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24 April 2026
Atomera extends collaboration with Synopsys to GaN workflows
Semiconductor materials and technology licensing company Atomera Inc of Los Gatos, CA, USA has expanded its collaboration with Synopsys Inc of Mountain View, CA, USA ― which provides electronic design automation (EDA) software, semiconductor IP and services for chip and electronic system design ― to advance gallium nitride (GaN) device modeling for radio frequency (RF) and power semiconductor applications. The work builds on their long-standing relationship around Synopsys’ Sentaurus TCAD and Atomera’s MSTcad toolset and extends the collaboration into GaN workflows to support bringing higher-quality GaN solutions to market.
“Synopsys has a strong history of working with innovative semiconductor technology companies to help customers evaluate and integrate new capabilities,” says Rahul Deokar, executive director of product management for Manufacturing Solutions at Synopsys. “Our broadened collaboration with Atomera is focused on advancing GaN TCAD simulations to gain deeper insights into how advanced materials can be leveraged to design more efficient devices and address the semiconductor industry’s future RF and power challenges.”
Atomera will use Synopsys’ Sentaurus TCAD tools to develop a GaN calibration methodology for TCAD workflows, create marketing materials and calibrated TCAD decks for GaN devices, and provide product feedback to Synopsys.
Synopsys and Atomera have worked together for years to enable modeling of Atomera’s Mears Silicon Technology (MST) technology within Synopsys’ Sentaurus TCAD environment. This collaboration enables support for Atomera’s MSTcad capabilities and allows customers and partners to evaluate the physical and electrical effects of MST using Synopsys’ process and device simulation tools.
MST is a quantum-engineered thin-film technology that is said to increase performance and power efficiency in semiconductor transistors. It can be implemented using equipment already deployed in semiconductor manufacturing facilities and is complementary to other nano-scaling technologies in the semiconductor industry roadmap.
“This collaboration represents a natural next step in our long-standing collaboration with Synopsys,” says Atomera’s president & CEO Scott Bibaud. “We have already shown the value of combining MST with Synopsys’ Sentaurus tools through MSTcad, and we are excited to extend that relationship into GaN to continue broadening Atomera’s reach into high-value RF and power semiconductor markets.”
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