AMI Semiconductor Selects NeoCircuit: Neolinear's Automated Analog Circuit Sizing Solution; AMI Semiconductor Deploys NeoCircuit to Enhance Mixed-Signal Design Flow.Business & High-Tech Editors PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2002 Neolinear, Inc. today announced that AMI Semiconductor AMI Semiconductor is a company engaged the design and manufacture of customer specific integrated circuit solutions, including solutions for the automotive, medical and industrial markets. Among its products are products that integrate processing of analog and digital signals. , Inc. has selected NeoCircuit for automated analog circuit analog circuit, electronic circuit that operates with currents and voltages that vary continuously with time and have no abrupt transitions between levels. Generally speaking, analog circuits are contrasted with digital circuits, which function as though currents or sizing. "AMI Semiconductor rapidly designs ASICs using a flexible design methodology that can be targeted to multiple foundries and processes. Incorporating NeoCircuit into our design flow accelerates design of the challenging mixed-signal circuitry. We did an extensive evaluation and confirmed that NeoCircuit yields high quality results on even the toughest specifications," stated Bob Smith, Director of Technology Development at AMI Semiconductor. "In addition to time-to-market improvements, NeoCircuit is enabling technology for our cell library process migration strategy, allowing us to create foundry independent intellectual property (IP)." NeoCircuit, used in a complete design flow, automatically sizes a topology to a set of specifications using the customer's foundry of choice and simulation environment. Analog and mixed-signal designers realize a 5-10x productivity improvement through NeoCircuit's automatic sizing capabilities. By capturing the design intent in the form of constraints, NeoCircuit enables IP creation of re-usable mixed-signal system architectures. NeoCircuit is quickly becoming a critical component of any mixed-signal solution provider's design methodology. "We are pleased to welcome AMI Semiconductor to our family of customers and welcome the opportunity to work closely on improving their design flow," said Neolinear's President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Tom Beckley. "Our foundry and design services customers are leveraging NeoCircuit to meet the many design challenges created by explosive growth in the analog and mixed-signal markets." About AMI Semiconductor AMI Semiconductor designs, manufactures, markets and sells application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs). Experts in digital and mixed-signal technologies, AMIS A·mis , Kingsley 1922-1995. British writer best known for his novels, including Lucky Jim (1954) and Jake's Thing (1978). is committed to providing customers with the best total integrated circuit integrated circuit (IC), electronic circuit built on a semiconductor substrate, usually one of single-crystal silicon. The circuit, often called a chip, is packaged in a hermetically sealed case or a nonhermetic plastic capsule, with leads extending from it for solution. The company provides a broad range of industry-leading FPGA-to-ASIC and ASIC-to-ASIC conversion services and CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) Pronounced "c-moss." The most widely used integrated circuit design. It is found in almost every electronic product from handheld devices to mainframes. foundry services- all with unprecedented manufacturing flexibility and dedication to customer service. AMI Semiconductor is based in Pocatello, Idaho, and maintains a strong global presence through design and sales operations in North America, Europe and the Asia/Pacific region. About Neolinear Neolinear develops software for analog/mixed-signal silicon design. NeoCircuit automatically sizes analog circuits utilizing the customer's simulation environment and NeoCell automatically places and routes analog cells. In combination, Neolinear's solution provides an order of magnitude A change in quantity or volume as measured by the decimal point. For example, from tens to hundreds is one order of magnitude. Tens to thousands is two orders of magnitude; tens to millions is three orders of magnitude, etc. increase in design productivity. NeoCircuit is available from Neolinear and NeoCell is sold exclusively through Cadence Design Systems (company) Cadence Design Systems - A company that sells electronic design automation software and services. http://cadence.com/. See also Verilog. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : CDN (Content Delivery Network) A system of distributed content on a large intranet or the public Internet in which copies of content are replicated and cached throughout the network. - news). The products integrate seamlessly into customers' existing process flows and are technology and methodology independent, thereby resolving the challenge of analog IP re-use and deep submicron technology migration. The company has sales and support offices in the U.S. and Europe with distributors in the Far East. Neolinear's corporate headquarters are at 583 Epsilon Drive, Pittsburgh, Penn., 15238. Visit Neolinear at www.neolinear.com. Neolinear, NeoCell, NeoCircuit, and Accelerating Mixed-Signal Design are registered trademarks of Neolinear. All other product and company names are trademarks and registered trademarks of their respective companies. |
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