Analog Design Automation Turbocharges Newest Release of Analog/Mixed-Signal Design Optimization Tools.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif. & OTTAWA, Canada--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 10, 2003 Genius v2.1 Achieves 5-10x Performance Improvements over Previous Version; Enables Designers to Explore Thousands of Design Tradeoffs Analog Design Automation Inc. (ADA Ada, city, United States Ada (ā`ə), city (1990 pop. 15,820), seat of Pontotoc co., S central Okla.; inc. 1904. It is a large cattle market and the center of a rich oil and ranch area. ) today released Creative Genius v2.1 and IP Explorer v2.1, high-capacity optimization tools for designers of analog, mixed-signal and custom integrated circuits Integrated circuits Miniature electronic circuits produced within and upon a single semiconductor crystal, usually silicon. Integrated circuits range in complexity from simple logic circuits and amplifiers, about 1/20 in. (1. (ICs). The 2.1 releases are five to ten times faster than the previous versions due to improved optimization algorithms and more efficient use of simulation resources. Creative Genius v2.1 enables designers to optimize up to 200 devices across 60 environmental and manufacturing variations, with 30+ performance goals. IP Explorer v2.1 is the only analog/mixed-signal analysis tool that enables designers to work interactively with vast amounts of numerical information, dynamically steer the optimization process, explore trade-offs, and select the circuit that best meets their demanding specifications. In a recent design by Fyre Storm Inc., a fabless semiconductor company A fabless semiconductor company specializes in the design and sale of hardware devices implemented on semiconductor chips. It achieves an advantage by outsourcing the fabrication of the devices to a specialized semiconductor manufacturer called a semiconductor foundry or "fab. developing innovative, chip-based power management technologies, Genius v2.1 gave the designers multiple results so that they could evaluate all the tradeoffs and select the most optimal design for their application. Such flexibility and choice increased the Fyre Storm designers' productivity, reduced design time by 30%, and enabled them to meet their design schedule. "Finally, the time has come for analog optimization," said George Serhan, senior VLSI VLSI: see integrated circuit. (1) (Very Large Scale Integration) Between 100,000 and one million transistors on a chip. See SSI, MSI, LSI and ULSI. (2) (VLSI Technology, Inc., Tempe, AZ, www.semiconductors. director at Fyre Storm. "ADA has made it practical, unlike the old first-generation optimization algorithms. What we're seeing is a true paradigm shift A dramatic change in methodology or practice. It often refers to a major change in thinking and planning, which ultimately changes the way projects are implemented. For example, accessing applications and data from the Web instead of from local servers is a paradigm shift. See paradigm. in analog design throughput." "We're providing a new generation of analog/mixed-signal design tools," said Matthew Raggett, 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. of ADA. "Designers want interactivity. They want to be able to steer the tools during optimization. These performance enhancements enable a new level of communication between designers, system architects and marketing organizations and allow designers to truly explore the limits of their topologies." About Analog Design Automation Inc. (www.analogda.com) Analog Design Automation Inc. (ADA) is a leading provider of high-capacity optimization tools for the analog, mixed-signal, and custom 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 (IC) markets. Using ADA's patent-pending, intelligent systems-based high-capacity optimization engine, the Genius line of products improves circuit performance, reduces development costs, increases designer efficiency, and reduces the number of silicon re-spins for system-on-chip (SoC) and custom IC design. ADA's products include Creative Genius(TM), which automates device sizing and biasing to optimize circuit performance; and IP Explorer(TM), a visualization Using the computer to convert data into picture form. The most basic visualization is that of turning transaction data and summary information into charts and graphs. Visualization is used in computer-aided design (CAD) to render screen images into 3D models that can be viewed from all tool for analyzing optimized circuits from Creative Genius and for selecting optimal IP. ADA is located in Saratoga, Calif., and Ottawa, Canada. Creative Genius and IP Explorer are trademarks of Analog Design Automation Inc. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners. |
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