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Luminary Micro
Adopts Berkeley Design Automation Analog FastSPICE™ for Full-Circuit
Verification
Tool Breaks Complexity Barrier While Delivering
Full SPICE Accurate Results 5x-10x Faster
SANTA CLARA, CA, —May 30, 2007— Berkeley Design Automation Inc.,
provider of Precision Circuit Analysis™ technology for advanced analog
and RF integrated circuits (ICs), today announced that Luminary Micro,
a fabless semiconductor company that designs, markets, and sells the
award-winning Stellaris® family of ARM® Cortex™-M3
processor-based microcontrollers, has chosen the company’s Analog
FastSPICE™ circuit simulator for previously impossible full-circuit
verification as well as to verify complex blocks 5x-10x faster – both
with full SPICE accuracy.
“We have always wanted to run full-circuit simulation of our
microcontroller designs since they contain complex analog components,
but traditional SPICE cannot converge on them and traditional fastSPICE
tools produce the wrong results,” said Tom Hegedus, vice president of
engineering for Luminary Micro. “Analog FastSPICE finished what was
impossible for every other simulator in just 12 hours. It also slashed
our PLL simulations from 24 hours to 2.5 hours while producing
identical results. With Analog FastSPICE we can tapeout our chips
faster and with significantly more confidence in first pass silicon
success.”
Analog FastSPICE uses Berkeley Design Automation’s proprietary
Precision Circuit Analysis technology to deliver full SPICE accuracy,
5X to 10X faster, and with vastly superior DC convergence compared to
traditional SPICE tools. By solving the original device equations
without any approximations, abstractions, or short cuts, Analog
FastSPICE delivers identical waveforms as traditional SPICE simulators
at every node on every run. The product is proven on a wide range of
circuits including high-speed I/Os, power regulators, LCD-TV source
drivers, memory interfaces, and PLLs (phase-locked loops) and DLLs
(delay-locked loops).
“We are delighted that Luminary Micro has chosen Analog FastSPICE for
their microcontroller verification flow,” said Ravi Subramanian,
president and CEO of Berkeley Design Automation. “We believe that
top-level simulation is a key requirement for nanometer designs and we
are proud to enable Luminary Micro to add this capability to their
flow, thus improving the effectiveness of their design verification.”
About Berkeley
Design Automation
Berkeley Design Automation, Inc. is the
recognized leader in advanced analog/RF verification. Its Precision
Circuit Analysis technology combines the accuracy, performance, and
robustness needed to verify GHz designs in nanometer-scale silicon.
Berkeley Design Automation is the recipient of EDN Magazine’s 2006
Innovation Award and the 2006 Red Herring 100 North America Award,
making it the first analog and RF EDA company to be honored with either
exclusive award in five years. Founded in 2003, the company is funded
by Woodside Fund, Bessemer Venture Partners, Matsushita Electric
Industrial, and NTT Corporation. For more information, see
http://www.berkeley-da.com.
About Luminary Micro and Stellaris
Luminary Micro, Inc. designs, markets
and sells the award-winning Stellaris family of ARM Cortex-M3-based
microcontrollers (MCUs). Austin, Texas-based Luminary Micro is the lead
partner for the Cortex-M3 processor, delivering the world’s first
silicon implementation of the Cortex-M3 processor. The award-winning
Stellaris® family of products provides 32-bit performance for the
same price as current 8- and 16-bit microcontroller designs. With
entry-level pricing at $1.00 for an ARM technology-based MCU, Luminary
Micro’s Stellaris product line allows for standardization that
eliminates future architectural upgrades or software tools changes.
Contact the company at +1-512-279-8800 or email press@luminarymicro.com
for more information.
Analog FastSPICE, RF FastSPICE,
PLL Noise Analyzer, and Precision Circuit Analysis are trademarks and
Berkeley Design is a registered trademark of Berkeley Design
Automation, Inc. HSPICE is a registered trademark of Synopsys Inc.
(NASDAQ:SNPS). Spectre is a registered trademark of Cadence
Design Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:CDNS). ARM® Cortex™-M3 is a registered
trademark of ARM Limited. Any other trademarks or trade names mentioned
are the property of their respective owners.
Stellaris is a registered trademark and the Luminary Micro logo is a
trademark of Luminary Micro, Inc. or its subsidiaries in the United
States and other countries. All other products are trademarks of
their respective owners.
PR for Berkeley Design Automation – Cayenne Communication LLC
Michelle
Clancy, 252-940-0981, michelle.clancy@cayennecom.com
PR for Luminary Micro, Inc.
Jean Anne
Booth, CMO. 512.279.8801, JeanAnne.Booth@luminarymicro.com
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