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Berkeley Design Automation Analog
FastSPICE™ Selected by Axiom Microdevices for Full-Circuit and
Complex-Block Verification
Tool Delivers True
SPICE Accuracy 5x-10x faster for Mobile Handset ICs
Santa Clara, CA, — December 4, 2007— Berkeley Design Automation Inc.,
provider of Precision Circuit Analysis™ technology for advanced analog
and RF integrated circuits (ICs), today announced that Axiom
Microdevices Inc., provider of the world's first and only fully
integrated CMOS power amplifiers for mobile handsets, has selected the
company's Analog FastSPICE™ circuit simulator for full-circuit and
complex-block verification of its complex RF ICs. Axiom Microdevices'
patented technology offers the latest advances in RF integration,
enabling customers to reduce design complexities and bill of materials,
while optimizing performance and guaranteeing supply continuity.
"Analog FastSPICE produced identical results as our SPICE simulator 5x
faster for our full-circuit power amplifier with all the packaging
models," said David Kang, vice president of engineering for Axiom
Microdevices. "We also used Analog FastSPICE on complex RF blocks where
it delivered identical results 14.5x faster than SPICE and was the only
tool to deliver silicon-accurate noise analysis."
Berkeley Design Automation tools include Analog FastSPICE™ circuit
simulation, RF FastSPICE™ periodic analyzer, and PLL Noise Analyzer™.
The company guarantees identical waveforms to the leading "golden"
SPICE simulators down to noise floor (typically ~0.1%) while delivering
5x-10x higher performance and 5x-10x higher capacity. It achieves this
by using advanced algorithms and numerical analysis techniques to
rapidly solve the full-circuit matrix and the original device equations
without any shortcuts that could compromise accuracy.
Design teams from top-10 semiconductor companies to leading-edge
startups use Berkeley Design Automation tools to solve big analog/RF
verification problems. Typical applications include characterizing
complex blocks (e.g., PLLs, ADCs, DC:DC converters, PHYs, Tx/Rx chains)
and running performance simulation of full circuits (e.g., wireless
transceivers, wireline transceivers, high-speed I/O macros, memories,
microcontrollers, data converters, and power converters).
"We are delighted that Axiom Microdevices has chosen Analog FastSPICE
for their CMOS based power amplifier verification flow," said Ravi
Subramanian, president and CEO of Berkeley Design Automation.
"Full-circuit performance simulation with packaging effects,
complex-block verification, and accurate noise analysis are key
requirements for wireless nanometer designs and we are proud to enable
Axiom Microdevices to add this capability to their flow."
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 Co. Ltd., and NTT Corporation. For more information,
see http://www.berkeley-da.com.
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). Any other trademarks or trade names
mentioned are the property of their respective owners.
PR for Berkeley Design Automation – Cayenne Communication LLC
Michelle
Clancy, 252-940-0981, michelle.clancy@cayennecom.com
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