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TSMC
Selects Berkeley Design Automation Analog FastSPICE™ for
Analog and
Mixed-Signal IP Verification
Tool Delivers SPICE
Accuracy Five to Ten Times Faster for
Complex Analog/Mixed-Signal Circuits
Santa Clara, CA, — December 16, 2008— Berkeley Design
Automation Inc., provider of Precision Circuit Analysis™
technology for advanced analog and RF integrated circuits (ICs), today
announced that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. (TSMC)
has selected the company's Analog FastSPICE™ circuit simulator
for complex-block characterization and full-circuit performance
simulation of its analog and mixed-signal design environment. TSMC
selected Analog FastSPICE based on the tool’s SPICE accuracy and
performance.
“TSMC provides the foundry industry's largest portfolio of
process-proven library, IP, design tools and reference flows,”
said ST Juang, Senior Director of TSMC’s Design Infrastructure
Marketing Division. “We selected Analog FastSPICE for our design
teams because it delivered SPICE accurate results five to ten times
faster than traditional SPICE on our analog/mixed-signal IP and
building blocks across our major process technologies down to
45nm.”
Berkeley Design Automation tools include Analog FastSPICE™
circuit simulation, Noise Analysis Option™ device noise analyzer,
RF FastSPICE™ periodic analyzer, and PLL Noise Analyzer™.
The company guarantees identical waveforms to the leading "golden"
SPICE simulators down to noise floor (typically 0.1% or less) while
delivering 5x-10x higher performance and 5x-10x higher capacity. By
using advanced algorithms and numerical analysis techniques to rapidly
solve the full-circuit matrix and the original device equations without
any accuracy compromising shortcuts. Design teams from top-10
semiconductor companies and leading startups use Berkeley Design
Automation tools to solve big analog/RF verification problems.
"We are delighted that TSMC selected Analog FastSPICE for their analog
and mixed-signal design environment," said Ravi Subramanian, president
and CEO of Berkeley Design Automation. "We see TSMC’s adoption of
our products for their design teams as a testimonial to our Precision
Circuit Analysis technology. We are proud to help TSMC's Design Service
Division accelerate their analog/mixed-signal design verification."
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 capacity needed to verify GHz designs in
nanometer-scale silicon. Berkeley Design Automation has received
numerous awards including EDN Magazine’s 2006 Innovation of the
Year, the 2006 Red Herring 100 North America, and the 2007 Red Herring
Global 100 Finalist. Founded in 2003, the company is funded by Woodside
Fund, Bessemer Venture Partners, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.
Ltd., and NTT Corporation. For more information, see
http://www.berkeley-da.com.
Analog FastSPICE, Noise Analysis Option, RF FastSPICE, PLL Noise
Analyzer, WaveCrave, and Precision Circuit Analysis are trademarks and
Berkeley Design is a registered trademark of Berkeley Design
Automation, Inc. Any other trademarks or trade names mentioned are the
property of their respective owners.
PR for Berkeley
Design
Automation – Cayenne Communication LLC
Michelle
Clancy, 252-940-0981, michelle.clancy@cayennecom.com
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