Hercules™ DRC and LVS is a hierarchical, production-proven physical verification tool suite used at many of the world’s largest IDMs and is qualified by all major foundries. For high performance, Hercules’ unique dual mode processing provides excellent scalability and turnaround time, even for the largest designs. For ease of use, Hercules’ VUE graphical user interface enables fast debug and interactive debug of multiple shorts. As an integrated component of the Galaxy™ Design platform, with production-proven links to IC Compiler and StarRC™, Hercules DRC and LVS offers customers the performance and capabilities needed for comprehensive verification with foundry certified signoff. Hercules is a technology-leading physical verification solution for 45nm and above.