{"id":1307,"date":"2025-10-27T11:02:33","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T15:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/xcelerator-academy\/?p=1307"},"modified":"2026-03-27T08:23:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T12:23:13","slug":"smarter-ic-design-starts-here-s-edit-and-solido-design-environment-better-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/xcelerator-academy\/2025\/10\/27\/smarter-ic-design-starts-here-s-edit-and-solido-design-environment-better-together\/","title":{"rendered":"Smarter IC Design Starts Here: S-Edit and Solido\u2122 Design Environment, Better Together"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In today\u2019s era of increasingly complex analog and mixed-signal (AMS) IC design, engineers face mounting pressure to deliver high-performance, variation-resilient chips on tighter schedules and shrinking process nodes. Traditional design tools, while powerful in isolation, often fall short when it comes to handling the variability and design exploration demands of modern silicon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is where the integration of <strong>S-Edit<\/strong>, a leading custom IC schematic and layout editor, with the <strong>Solido\u2122 Design Environment<\/strong> (SDE), a cutting-edge variation-aware design and analysis platform, becomes a game-changer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By combining S-Edit\u2019s intuitive design interface and precision schematic capture with Solido\u2019s machine learning-driven analytics and statistical design tools, this integration bridges design intent with silicon reality. It empowers designers to not only create faster and more accurately but also to confidently optimize for yield, performance, and robustness early in the design cycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A new training course is now available to guide you through the various features and licensing schemes of the <strong>S-Edit<\/strong> and<strong>&nbsp;Solido\u2122 Design Environment<\/strong> integration, ensuring you have a thorough understanding of its capabilities. You will become familiar with the Graphical User Interface (GUI), allowing you to navigate and operate the software seamlessly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You will explore the integration between&nbsp;<strong>Solido\u2122 Design Environment<\/strong>&nbsp;and Siemens Custom IC design tool, <strong>S-Edit<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You will learn how to set up and run simulations using <strong>S-Edit<\/strong> and <strong>Solido\u2122 Design Environment<\/strong>, covering various flow models.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You will discover how to use the <strong>Solido<\/strong> toolbar from the <strong>S-Edit<\/strong> tool, offering back-annotation, browsing data, different plotting modes, and the waveform calculator.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You will cross-probe between <strong>S-Edit<\/strong>, <strong>Solido\u2122 Design Environment<\/strong>, and<strong> Solido Waveform Analyzer <\/strong>tools to gain valuable insights into your designs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"626\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2025\/10\/S-Edit_Solido-1024x626.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2025\/10\/S-Edit_Solido-1024x626.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2025\/10\/S-Edit_Solido-600x367.png 600w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2025\/10\/S-Edit_Solido-768x469.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2025\/10\/S-Edit_Solido-1536x938.png 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2025\/10\/S-Edit_Solido-900x550.png 900w, https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/2025\/10\/S-Edit_Solido.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Get hands-on with <strong>S-Edit<\/strong> and the <strong>Solido\u2122 Design Environment<\/strong> to take your design skills to the next level. Learn how to capture high-quality schematics, perform variation-aware analysis, optimize yield and performance, and confidently design for today\u2019s most advanced process nodes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more about how to use <strong>S-Edit<\/strong> and the <strong>Solido\u2122 Design Environment<\/strong> by registering for our upcoming classes at <a href=\"https:\/\/training.plm.automation.siemens.com\/ilt\/ilt_list.cfm?solution=EDA&amp;countryCode=DE&amp;software=Custom%20IC%20Platform&amp;vers=&amp;nameSearch=Solido&amp;codeSearch=&amp;filterlang=&amp;sort=software&amp;sortOrder=ASC&amp;pg=1&amp;perPage=25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Siemens Xcelerator Academy: Live Training Course Catalog<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After completing the training, you can test your knowledge and get certified by taking the <a href=\"https:\/\/eda.sw.siemens.com\/en-US\/eda-training\/badging-certification\/?pk_vid=e949c02bc4ce1ef051bbd9f288394e221761145571167451\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Certification Exam<\/a>. 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