Sigrity enters high-speed IC market; no more respins.SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , CA -- Saying chip designers have to analyze more than just the IC, Sigrity announced the beta release See beta version. of a tool that checks power grid integrity from chip to package to board. Due out as PCD&M goes to press, XcitePI handles all inductive and capacitive coupling In electronics, capacitive coupling is the transfer of energy within an electrical network by means of the capacitance between circuit nodes. This coupling can be an intentional or accidental effect. effects of the power grid, looks at transient noise distribution throughout the chip and performs kill system-level analysis, the company said. Perhaps best known for its power integrity solutions for boards and packages, Sigrity (sigrity.com) claims the tool can eliminate costly respins for complex ICs, potentially saving millions of dollars on each design. The full release is expected later this quarter. "Many companies face daunting daunt tr.v. daunt·ed, daunt·ing, daunts To abate the courage of; discourage. See Synonyms at dismay. [Middle English daunten, from Old French danter, from Latin signal integrity and power integrity design challenges as they try to figure out what the noise effects are and where they are located, and then devise strategies to eliminate them," said Jiayuan Fang, president of Sigrity. XcitePI analyzes file power grid with distributed electromagnetic field electromagnetic field Property of space caused by the motion of an electric charge. A stationary charge produces an electric field in the surrounding space. If the charge is moving, a magnetic field is also produced. A changing magnetic field also produces an electric field. propagation effects of the package, and capacitive and inductive coupling between all conductors of the IC power grid. |
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