Spansion Adopts Berkeley Design Automation's Analog FastSPICE.Berkeley Design's Full SPICE Accuracy and 5X-10X Performance Reduces Verification Time SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Berkeley Design Automation Inc., provider of Precision Circuit Analysis(TM) technology for advanced analog and RF integrated circuits, today announced that Spansion, Inc., the world's largest pure-play provider of flash memory solutions, has adopted Analog FastSPICE(TM). Spansion adopted Analog FastSPICE after validating the tool's full-SPICE accuracy and 5X-10X performance across a rigorous test suite of circuits. "Our award-winning Spansion[R] MirrorBit[R] Flash memory technology pushes the limits of circuit design creativity, simulation size and accuracy, so we are very careful about any new simulators we deploy," said Jim Thomas, corporate vice president of product development at Spansion. "Frankly, we were skeptical when Berkeley Design Automation said Analog FastSPICE could produce results with the accuracy of our current SPICE simulator and run much faster without any changes to the netlist or our environment. After an extensive evaluation and qualification, we found that the tool delivers as promised." Analog FastSPICE uses Berkeley Design Automation's proprietary Precision Circuit Analysis(TM) technology to deliver full SPICE accuracy, 5X to 10X performance, and extremely robust DC convergence compared to traditional SPICE tools - all without block-level tuning. The tool uses the original device equations without any approximations, abstractions, or short cuts, so it delivers identical waveforms as SPICE at every node on every run. It is ideal for simulations that take hours, days, or weeks in traditional SPICE simulators. In addition to leading-edge flash memories, Analog FastSPICE has been proven on a wide range of production circuits, including full 802.11 a/b/g transceivers, sigma-delta ADCs, automatic gain control circuits with bandgap and bias, high-speed I/Os, memory interfaces, and multi-GHz PLLs and DLLs. "We are delighted that Spansion has chosen Analog FastSPICE," said Ravi Subramanian, 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 Berkeley Design Automation. "Passing Spansion's rigorous qualification process is the best testament to our Precision Circuit Analysis technology and the value it can deliver to design teams that push the limits of silicon technology." About Berkeley Design Automation Berkeley Design Automation Inc. is the recognized leader in advanced analog/RF verification. Its Precision Circuit Analysis technology combines the accuracy, performance, and robustness needed to verify GHz designs in nanometer-scale silicon. Berkeley Design Automation is the recipient of the 2006 Red Herring 100 North America Award, making it the first 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. company to earn such a distinction in 5 years. Founded in 2003, the company is funded by Woodside Fund, Bessemer Venture Partners Bessemer Venture Partners is a private venture capital firm with offices in Silicon Valley, New York, Massachusetts, China, and India. It has backed such companies as Ciena, Flarion, Parametric Technologies, Skype, Staples, VeriSign and Veritas. , and Matsushita Electric Industrial. For more information, see http://www.berkeley-da.com. Analog FastSPICE, RF FastSPICE, PLL PLL - phase-locked loop Noise Analyzer, and Precision Circuit Analysis are trademarks and Berkeley Design is a registered trademark of Berkeley Design Automation Inc. HSPICE is a registered trademark of Synopsys Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :SNPS SNPS Space Nuclear Power System ). Spectre is a registered trademark of Cadence Design Systems (company) Cadence Design Systems - A company that sells electronic design automation software and services. http://cadence.com/. See also Verilog. Inc. (NASDAQ:CDNS CDNS Cadence Design Systems, Inc (stock symbol) CDNS Climatological Data National Summary CDNS Command Data Network System CDNS Customer and Data Network Services (Sprint) ). Spansion is a trademark and MirrorBit is a registered trademark of Spansion, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPSN SPSN Synchronization Point Serial Number SPSN Specialist Practitioner School Nursing ). |
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