export interface GlossaryEntry {
term: string;
definition: string;
category: string;
relatedTerms?: string[];
}
export const semiconductorGlossary: GlossaryEntry[] = [
// IP Core Terms
{
term: "IP Core",
definition: "Pre-designed and pre-verified building blocks used in chip design",
category: "IP",
relatedTerms: ["Soft IP", "Hard IP", "Firm IP"]
},
{
term: "PHY",
definition: "Physical Layer - the circuitry required to support a physical connection to an external device",
category: "IP",
relatedTerms: ["SerDes", "DDR PHY", "PCIe PHY"]
},
{
term: "SerDes",
definition: "Serializer/Deserializer - converts parallel data to serial data and vice versa",
category: "IP",
relatedTerms: ["PHY", "High-speed interface"]
},
// Process Technology Terms
{
term: "Process Node",
definition: "The manufacturing technology used to build semiconductors, measured in nanometers",
category: "Manufacturing",
relatedTerms: ["7nm", "5nm", "FinFET"]
},
{
term: "FinFET",
definition: "Fin Field-Effect Transistor - a 3D transistor architecture",
category: "Manufacturing",
relatedTerms: ["Process Node", "Planar", "GAA"]
},
{
term: "NRE",
definition: "Non-Recurring Engineering - one-time costs for designing and developing a chip",
category: "Cost",
relatedTerms: ["Mask cost", "Design cost"]
},
// ASIC Terms
{
term: "ASIC",
definition: "Application-Specific Integrated Circuit - a chip designed for a specific application",
category: "Design",
relatedTerms: ["Full custom", "Semi-custom", "FPGA"]
},
{
term: "RTL",
definition: "Register Transfer Level - a design abstraction for digital circuits",
category: "Design",
relatedTerms: ["Verilog", "VHDL", "SystemVerilog"]
},
{
term: "Tape-out",
definition: "The final stage of chip design before manufacturing",
category: "Design",
relatedTerms: ["GDSII", "Sign-off", "Mask"]
},
// Foundry Terms
{
term: "Foundry",
definition: "A semiconductor fabrication plant that manufactures chips",
category: "Manufacturing",
relatedTerms: ["TSMC", "Samsung", "GlobalFoundries"]
},
{
term: "PDK",
definition: "Process Design Kit - files and documentation for a specific manufacturing process",
category: "Manufacturing",
relatedTerms: ["Design rules", "Standard cells"]
},
{
term: "MPW",
definition: "Multi-Project Wafer - sharing mask and wafer costs across multiple designs",
category: "Manufacturing",
relatedTerms: ["Shuttle run", "Prototyping"]
}
];
export const categoryDescriptions: Record<string, string> = {
"IP": "Intellectual Property cores and reusable design blocks",
"Manufacturing": "Semiconductor fabrication and process technology",
"Design": "Chip design methodology and flow",
"Cost": "Financial aspects of semiconductor development",
"Verification": "Testing and validation of chip designs"
};
export function searchGlossary(searchTerm: string): GlossaryEntry[] {
const lowercaseSearch = searchTerm.toLowerCase();
return semiconductorGlossary.filter(entry =>
entry.term.toLowerCase().includes(lowercaseSearch) ||
entry.definition.toLowerCase().includes(lowercaseSearch) ||
entry.relatedTerms?.some(term => term.toLowerCase().includes(lowercaseSearch))
);
}
export function getTermsByCategory(category: string): GlossaryEntry[] {
return semiconductorGlossary.filter(entry =>
entry.category.toLowerCase() === category.toLowerCase()
);
}
