Parallel Shared Computational Prototyping Environment ( ParaSCOPE ) Using Scalable Libraries

The ParaSCOPE project has developed and demonstrated new concepts in creating a Shared COmputational Prototyping Environment (i.e. SCOPE). The key contributions include: common procedural interfaces (API) and shared information about wafer representations (SWR); use of these interfaces and services in creating a heterogeneous Technology-CAD demonstration vehicle; ability to rapidly prototype partial differential equations (PDE) for TCAD applications, primarily in the area of novel device design; use of scripting language for portable representation of the PDEs; demonstration of the ParaSCOPE modules in computational prototyping of advanced electronic devices. Results of the advanced modeling capabilities are presented in this report, along with representative examples of how the PDE-scripting approach allows rapid prototyping. Specific examples related to silicon on insulator (SOI) simulations–both at the device and higher functional block levels–have been demonstrated. Collaborative efforts involving university, government lab and industrial participants and using ParaSCOPE modules have demonstrated the power of the overall capabilities to implement and test totally new device formulations on a quick-turn-around basis. The project has had additional benefits in creating new knowledge, as reflected in PhD theses of several graduate students and an extensive set of publications–both aspects are reflected in the appendices of the report.

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