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Analog
FastSPICE™ Platform Selected for Wireless Handset
and Mobile Consumer GPS Applications
Platform Delivers True
SPICE Accuracy up to 20x Faster
for Full RF Front-End Verification
SANTA CLARA,
CA, — October 6, 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 ST-Ericsson, a world leader in mobile platforms and
wireless semiconductor solutions has selected the Analog
FastSPICE™ Platform. With the Analog FastSPICE Platform,
ST-Ericsson design teams now verify complex analog/RF blocks and full
circuits up to 20x faster with true SPICE accuracy.
"It's important for us to be able to offer our customers a GPS device
which delivers the highest sensitivity, the lowest power and the
fastest time-to-first-fix," said John Ryan, GPS Development and
Operation Manager at ST-Ericsson. "Analog Fast SPICE delivers 20 times
faster simulation speed of our complex blocks and our complete GPS RF
front-end compared to the traditional SPICE simulator with identical
waveforms, enabling ST-Ericsson to accelerate innovation and time to
market for our GPS products."
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.
"We are delighted that ST-Ericsson has selected Analog FastSPICE for
their GPS RFIC verification," said Ravi Subramanian, president and CEO
of Berkeley Design Automation. "Delivering critical semiconductors for
GPS mobile applications is a tremendous challenge involving advanced RF
technologies. ST-Ericsson selection of the Analog FastSPICE Platform
further validates the strong competitive advantage Berkeley Design
Automation provides to leading-edge designers of highly-integrated
analog/ RF applications."
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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