SANTA CLARA, — May 22, 2012— Berkeley Design Automation, Inc., provider of the world’s fastest nanometer circuit verification, today announced that Etron Technology, Inc., a world-class fabless IC design and product company specializing in specialty memory and system chips, has selected the company’s Analog FastSPICE™ (AFS) Platform for characterization and verification of their memory designs for low-power and consumer applications.

“Etron memory applications require circuit verification with the highest possible accuracy to ensure high quality die,” said Bor-Doou Rong, Vice President at Etron. “We selected the Analog FastSPICE Platform because it delivers nanometer SPICE accuracy 5x-10x faster than traditional SPICE and helps us meet the quality and yield goals for our Known-Good-Die (KGD) and packaged buffer memory designs.”  

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.  

“We are excited that Etron selected the Analog FastSPICE Platform for verification of their memory designs,” said Ravi Subramanian, president and CEO of Berkeley Design Automation. “Delivering memory ICs and KGD for low power and consumer applications is a significant challenge. Etron's selection of the AFS Platform validates that Berkeley Design Automation is an essential partner to leading edge memory providers.”  

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 Etron Technology, Inc.

Etron Technology, Inc. is a world-class fabless IC design and product company specializing in buffer memory and system-on-chips. The company offers cutting-edge Known-Good-Die-Memory (KGDM) and Consumer Electronic DRAM (CEDRAM), including DDRI DRAM, DDRII DRAM, SDR DRAM, and Low-Power SDRAM. Its system-on-chip products include USB 3.0 host controllers and webcam controllers. Etron focuses on premium-quality products and advanced technology development. Its products are widely used in network communications, optical disc drives, hard disk drives, digital TV and panels, digital set-top boxes, video graphics cards, portable devices and automotive electronics. For more information visit www.etron.com.

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