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Berkeley Design Automation Delivers Over 2x Superior Price/Performance
Versus All True SPICE Accurate Circuit Simulators
BDA Tokens Provide Cost-Effective Model for All Advanced Analog/RF Verification
Santa Clara, CA, — May 13, 2008— Berkeley Design
Automation, Inc., provider of Precision Circuit Analysis™
technology for advanced analog and RF integrated circuits (ICs), today
announced the availability of its BDA Token licensing model which
provides more than 2x superior price/performance compared to all other
true-SPICE-accurate and near-SPICE-accurate circuit simulators –
including new “turbo” and “accelerated” SPICE
simulators. Several semiconductor companies have already broadly
adopted the BDA Token licensing model and are realizing 30% to 40%
design cycle reduction.
BDA Token licenses enable capacity on the award-winning Analog
FastSPICE™ circuit simulator, the award-winning RF
FastSPICE™ periodic analyzer, and the new Noise Analysis
Option™ device noise analyzer. At approximately 2x the price of
“golden” SPICE simulators, BDA Tokens deliver 5x-10x higher
performance with guaranteed identical waveforms down to the SPICE noise
floor. So called “turbo” and “accelerated”
SPICE simulators have similar or higher pricing than BDA Tokens, yet
typically deliver less than half the performance and may compromise
accuracy to do so.
“Our state-of-the-art mobile digital TV applications have extreme
verification needs,” said Edward Youssoufian, Director of RF
Engineering and Founder, Newport Media, Inc. “BDA Tokens give us
the ability to flexibly use Berkeley Design Automation’s true
SPICE accuracy, 5x-10x performance, and 5x-10x higher capacity
throughout our design cycle and across different types of analysis for
complex blocks and full circuits. It is helping us get our leading-edge
circuits to market significantly faster and with higher confidence than
would otherwise be possible.”
“We entered the market by solving big analog and RF verification
problems that were impractical or impossible to solve,” said Ravi
Subramanian, president and CEO of Berkeley Design Automation.
“Our customers wanted a licensing model that would enable them to
fully take advantage of our superior accuracy, 5x-10x performance
advantage, and unique functionality throughout their design cycles,
while flexibly deploying this functionality across projects. BDA Tokens
are the answer.”
Design teams from over 50 companies around the world – from
top-10 semiconductor companies to leading 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).
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 capacity needed to verify GHz designs in
nanometer-scale silicon. Berkeley Design Automation has received
numerous awards including EDN Magazine’s 2006 Innovation of the
Year, the 2006 Red Herring 100 North America, and the 2007 Red Herring
Global 100 Finalist. 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, WaveCrave, and
Precision Circuit Analysis are trademarks and Berkeley Design is a
registered trademark of Berkeley Design Automation, Inc. 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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