Tools & Methods
Accelerating Reliable Chip Development
Electronic Design Automation (EDA), test, and verification are essential for developing reliable, high-performance semiconductor devices. As chip architectures become increasingly complex, advanced design tools and validation methods help reduce development risks, accelerate innovation, and ensure first-time-right silicon.
AT-C³ supports companies throughout the entire development lifecycle – from digital design and simulation to prototyping, verification, testing, and silicon validation—helping transform innovative concepts into market-ready semiconductor solutions.
Electronic Design Automation, Test & Verification
Electronic Design Automation (EDA), test, and verification are at the heart of modern semiconductor development. As integrated circuits become increasingly complex, advanced design tools and verification methods are essential to ensure performance, functionality, and reliability before manufacturing begins.
AT-C³ supports companies throughout the entire chip development process, from architecture and circuit design to simulation, prototyping, verification, and silicon validation. By combining advanced EDA tools with comprehensive testing methodologies, we help reduce development risks, shorten time-to-market, and enable reliable, high-performance semiconductor solutions.
Methods & Competencies Driving Chip Design Innovation
Explore the methods and competencies that enable efficient chip design and reliable semiconductor development. AT-C³ supports companies with expertise in Electronic Design Automation (EDA), simulation, prototyping, verification, testing, and silicon validation across the entire development lifecycle.
Electronic Design Automation (EDA)
Electronic Design Automation provides the digital foundation for modern chip development. AT-C³ supports the design, simulation, and optimisation of integrated circuits using advanced EDA workflows that enable efficient development of increasingly complex semiconductor devices.
We support you at every stage
From feasibility to optimization – our tech services guide you through every phase of your product journey.
AT-C³ can help users explore the potential benefits of using in-house developed chips in products and evaluate the costs involved in such development. Examples may include replacing a PCB with standard components using an in-house developed integrated circuit (ASIC). This study could also examine alternative manufacturing processes to optimize an existing ASIC. Feel free to contact AT-C³ if you’re interested in learning more about a potential feasibility study for your company.
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Inside Austria’s Chip Industry
15. October 2026
Training: Ferrite Circulators – Theory, Design and Simulation with Silicon Austria Labs
We are pleased to invite you to the one-day on-site training “Ferrite Circulators: Theory, Design and Simulation” on 26 November in Villach, delivered by Silicon Austria Labs as part of the FAMES Academy.
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14. October 2026
EBSCON 2026: ‘Crossroads – Europe at a Turning Point’ – a recap
Graz/Villach, 9 October 2026. Europe is at a turning point when it comes to semiconductors, AI and strategic technologies. EBSCON, the leading trade fair for the European semiconductor and electronics industry, held in Graz on 7 October 2026, was therefore themed ‘Crossroads – Europe at a Turning Point’.
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10. September 2026
AT-C³ at FFG Forum 2026: Strengthening Austria’s Innovation and Technology Ecosystem
At the FFG Forum 2026 in Vienna, AT-C³ was represented by Lukas Lassbacher, who introduced the Austrian Chips Competence Center and represented its role within the European semiconductor and innovation ecosystem.
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FAQs – Semiconductor Design Tools & Methods
Explore how AT-C³ supports semiconductor design and development through specialised tools, methods and technical expertise. Find answers about semiconductor design flows, simulation, EDA tools and the technologies that help engineers develop and validate chip designs.
AT-C³ connects companies with relevant semiconductor design tools, EDA solutions, and technical expertise to support chip design and development projects.
A semiconductor design flow is the sequence of processes and tools used to develop and validate a chip, from design and simulation through verification and manufacturing preparation.
Semiconductor simulation helps engineers evaluate designs, identify potential issues, and optimize performance before physical prototypes or manufacturing, thereby reducing development risks and costs.
Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools support engineers throughout the semiconductor design process, including circuit design, simulation, verification, and other CAD-based development workflows.