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Newport
Media Standardizes on Berkeley Design Automation
Analog FastSPICE Platform for Analog/RF Verification
Platform Provides
>2x Verification Efficiency versus Traditional Circuit Simulators
Santa Clara,
CA, — June 02, 2009— Berkeley Design Automation Inc.,
provider of the Analog FastSPICE™ unified circuit verification
platform for advanced analog and RF integrated circuits (ICs), today
announced that Newport Media Inc., a fabless semiconductor company that
develops and sells highly integrated solutions for emerging digital
audio and mobile TV broadcast standards, has standardized on the
company’s Analog FastSPICE platform for all analog, mixed-signal,
and RF verification. This includes the Analog FastSPICE circuit
simulator (AFS), the AFS Nano SPICE simulator, AFS Co-Simulation, and
the Noise Analysis Option device noise analyzer.
"At Newport Media we have been using Analog FastSPICE for over two
years for verification of our single-chip solutions for mobile TV
broadcast and we consistently get 5x-10x faster results than
traditional SPICE simulators with identical waveforms and silicon
accurate device noise analysis," said Edward Youssoufian, Director of
RF Engineering at Newport Media. "We standardized on the AFS Platform
for analog/RF verification because it delivers >2x improved designer
efficiency and addresses all our verification needs, including
block-level design characterization, complex-block simulation,
silicon-accurate device noise analysis, and full-chip mixed-signal
verification -- all with true SPICE accuracy."
Analog FastSPICE is the industry's only unified circuit verification
platform for analog, mixed-signal, and RF design. Always delivering
true SPICE accurate results, it provides 5x-20x higher performance than
traditional SPICE, >10 million-element capacity, and the industry's
only comprehensive noise analysis. The AFS Platform is a single
executable that uses advanced algorithms and numerical analysis to
rapidly solve the full-circuit matrix and original device equations
without any shortcuts. AFS Platform tools include: AFS Nano SPICE
simulator, Analog FastSPICE circuit simulator, Noise Analysis
Option™ device noise analyzer, and RF FastSPICE™ multi-tone
periodic analyzer.
"Newport Media is a great example of a company retooling for
next-generation analog, mixed-signal, and RF design to significantly
improve their verification efficiency," said Ravi Subramanian,
president and CEO of Berkeley Design Automation. "Newport Media
develops breakthrough nanometer mixed-signal and RF solutions for the
TV-enabled cellular phone market, and we are proud that they have
chosen to standardize on the Analog FastSPICE platform for all their
analog/RF verification needs. This further validates that Berkeley
Design Automation is an essential partner as companies embark on new
tooling strategies for greater verification efficiency."
About
Berkeley
Design Automation
Berkeley Design Automation, Inc. is the
recognized leader in advanced analog, mixed-signal, and RF (AMS/RF)
verification. Its Analog FastSPICE unified circuit verification
platform combines the accuracy, performance, and capacity needed to
verify GHz designs in nanometer-scale silicon. Design teams from top-10
semiconductor companies to leading startups use the AFS Platform to
efficiently verify AMS/RF circuits. Founded in 2003, the company has
received several industry awards in recognition of its technology
leadership and impact on the electronics industry. The company is
privately held and backed by Woodside Fund, Bessemer Venture Partners,
Panasonic Corporation, and NTT Corporation For more information,
see http://www.berkeley-da.com.
Analog FastSPICE, AFS Nano, Noise Analysis Option, RF FastSPICE, PLL
Noise Analyzer, WaveCrave, and Precision Circuit Analysis are
trademarks of Berkeley Design Automation, Inc. Berkeley Design and BDA
are registered trademarks 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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