SANTA CLARA, — February 14, 2012— Berkeley Design Automation, Inc., provider of the world’s fastest nanometer circuit verification, today announced that Fresco Microchip Inc., a developer of leading-edge RF, mixed-signal, and digital signal processing integrated circuits has adopted the company's Analog FastSPICE (AFS) Platform for block-level characterization and full-circuit verification of the company’s Simply RF™ silicon TV tuners.  

“Our Simply RF™ silicon TV tuners require extensive block characterization and full-circuit performance simulation,” said Dr. Stephen Jantzi, director of Analog/RF Design at Fresco Microchip. “In conjunction with BDA’s excellent support, the AFS Platform provides the accuracy and performance capability we need for circuit verification of our industry-leading products. We have seen as much as 15x speed-up over traditional SPICE on our mixed-signal circuits.”  

The Analog FastSPICE Platform is the world’s fastest nanometer circuit verification platform for analog, RF, mixed-signal, and custom digital circuits. The AFS Platform delivers foundry-certified nanometer SPICE accuracy 5x-10x faster than any other simulator on a single core and an additional 2x-4x performance with multithreading. For circuit characterization, the AFS Platform includes the industry’s only comprehensive silicon-accurate device noise analysis and delivers near-linear performance scaling with the number of cores. For large circuits, it delivers >10M-element capacity, the industry’s fastest near-SPICE-accurate simulation, and mixed- analog-digital co-simulation with leading Verilog® simulators. Available licenses include AFS circuit simulation, AFS Transient Noise Analysis, AFS RF Analysis, AFS Co-Simulation, and AFS Nano SPICE.  

“As a market leader in the TV industry, we are delighted that Fresco Microchip has adopted the AFS Platform for their game-changing silicon tuner verification flow,” said Ravi Subramanian, president and CEO of Berkeley Design Automation. “Fresco's selection of the AFS Platform further validates the strong competitive advantage Berkeley Design Automation provides to leading-edge designers of highly-integrated analog/ RF and mixed-signal applications.”

About Berkeley Design Automation

Berkeley Design Automation, Inc. is the recognized leader in nanometer circuit verification. The company combines the world’s fastest nanometer circuit verification platform, Analog FastSPICE, with exceptional application expertise to uniquely address nanometer circuit design challenges. More than 100 companies rely on Berkeley Design Automation to verify their nanometer-scale circuits. Berkeley Design Automation has received numerous industry awards and is widely recognized for its technology leadership and contributions to the electronics industry. The company is privately held and backed by Woodside Fund, Bessemer Venture Partners, Panasonic Corp., NTT Corp., IT-Farm, and MUFJ Capital. For more information, visit http://www.berkeley-da.com.

About Fresco Microchip, Inc.

Fresco Microchip is a leader in RF, analog and digital semiconductors. The company’s products deliver Value Through Innovation™ by offering significantly lower system solution costs at optimal performance. Fresco’s patent-pending technology transcends a broad range of consumer devices creating a fundamental paradigm shift in the television market. Millions of Fresco’s chips have shipped worldwide in thousands of TV models made by several leading consumer brands. For more information visit: www.frescomicrochip.com

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