Magma's Talus IC Implementation System Nominated for EDN Innovation of the Year.Automated Hierarchical Design Capabilities and Unlimited Capacity Enable Rapid Multimillion-Gate, Nanometer Designs SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Magma[R] Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq:LAVA), a provider of semiconductor design software, today announced that the revolutionary Talus talus (tā`ləs), deposit of rock fragments detached from cliffs or mountain slopes by weathering and piled up at their bases. A talus is a common geologic feature in regions of high cliffs. [TM] IC implementation platform has been nominated for the EDN Innovation of the Year. Talus, nominated in the category for IC back-end/design-for-manufacturing (DFM DFM Design for Manufacturing (newsletter) DFM Design for Manufacturability DFM Dubai Financial Market DFM Delphi Form (computer filename extension) DFM Distinguished Flying Medal DFM Diesel Fuel Marine )/proprietary ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) Pronounced "a-sick." A chip that is custom designed for a specific application rather than a general-purpose chip such as a microprocessor. and FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) A type of gate array that is programmed in the field rather than in a semiconductor fab. Containing up to hundreds of thousands of gates, there are a variety of FPGA architectures on the market. flows, offers unequaled automation and virtually unlimited capacity while delivering improved timing, area, power, signal integrity and manufacturability. Talus is the only automated RTL-to-GDSII design flow that combines hierarchical design capabilities, clock and power planning, and chip assembly in one system. Talus automatically partitions design into blocks, fully places them in the chip, and farms them to multiple computers to enable any size design iteration to be implemented from RTL (Register Transfer Level) A high-level hardware description language (HDL) for defining digital circuits. The circuits are described as a collection of registers, Boolean equations, control logic such as "if-then-else" statements as well as complex event sequences; to GDSII GDSII Graphic Design System II in two days or less. "Talus provides great value to our customers who utilize advanced development technologies and methodologies to deliver highly innovative products," said Kam Kittrell, general manager of Magma's Design Implementation Business Unit. "This revolutionary platform eliminates the need of manual floorplanning in hierarchical designs. It automatically creates a floorplan and handles block dependencies such as clocking requirements, power grids, block pins assignment and budgeting. This allows customers to realize a quick turnaround time (1) In batch processing, the time it takes to receive finished reports after submission of documents or files for processing. In an online environment, turnaround time is the same as response time. through distributed design implementation employing multiple computers throughout the flow. We're very pleased with the nomination for the EDN Innovation of the Year as we feel it underscores the growing impact Talus is having in the industry." The advanced implementation capabilities in Talus are designed to dramatically reduce the design development cycle and design costs, and speed yield ramp-up for ICs targeted at 65-nanometer (nm) and smaller process geometries. For more on Talus, visit Magma's website at www.magma-da.com/TalusLX.html. And watch Magma Chairman 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. Rajeev Madhavan explain the evolution of Talus in a Nasdaq CEO Signature Series interview, accessible at www.magma-da.com/NasdaqPage417.html. About the EDN Innovation Awards The EDN Innovation Awards honor outstanding engineering professionals and products and recognize unique, state-of-the-art electronics products in several categories. The Innovator of the Year award recognizes an electronics engineer or engineering team for innovation in product design or technical leadership. In addition to honoring these people and products, EDN donates a portion of the proceeds from the nominations and the awards event to an engineering college or university chosen by the Innovator of the Year. It's EDN's way of encouraging and supporting tomorrow's great minds. The EDN Innovation Awards carry special meaning because the winners are chosen by a jury of their peers. After an open nomination period, a panel of EDN editors selects finalists in each category. Then, EDN's audience of engineers and engineering managers votes to select the final winners using an online ballot at www.edn.com/innovation. About Magma Magma's software for integrated circuit (IC) design is recognized as embodying the best in semiconductor technology. The world's top chip companies use Magma's EDA (1) (Electronic Design Automation) Using the computer to design, lay out, verify and simulate the performance of electronic circuits on a chip or printed circuit board. software to design and verify complex, high-performance ICs for communications, computing, consumer electronics and networking applications, while at the same time reducing design time and costs. Magma provides software for IC implementation, analysis, physical verification Physical verification A procedure auditors use to ensure that inventory recorded in the book is correct by actually checking out the physical inventory. , characterization and programmable logic design, and the company's integrated RTL-to-GDSII design flow offers "The Fastest Path from RTL to Silicon"[TM]. Magma is headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif. with offices around the world. Magma's stock trades on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol Ticker Symbol An arrangement of characters (usually letters) representing a particular security listed on an exchange or otherwise traded publicly. When a company issues securities to the public marketplace, it selects an available ticker symbol for its securities which investors LAVA. Visit Magma Design Automation Magma Design Automation (NASDAQ: LAVA) is a software company in the electronic design automation (EDA) industry. The company was founded in 1997 and maintains headquarters in San Jose, California. on the Web at www.magma-da.com. Magma is a registered trademark, and Talus and "The Fastest Path from RTL to Silicon" are trademarks of Magma Design Automation Inc. All other product and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Forward-looking Statements: Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters set forth in this press release, including statements about the features and benefits of Magma's software, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially, including but not limited to the ability of Magma's products to produce the desired results and Magma's ability to keep pace with rapidly changing technology. Further discussion of these and other potential risk factors may be found in Magma's public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (www.sec.gov). Magma undertakes no additional obligation to update these forward-looking statements. |
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