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Alps
Electric Selects Berkeley Design Automation Analog FastSPICE™
and Noise Analysis
Option™
Tools Deliver 5x-10x
Performance Advantage, Silicon Accuracy, and Cost-Efficiency
Required for
Automotive, Communications, Audio, and PC Markets
Santa Clara, CA, — January 21, 2009— Berkeley Design
Automation Inc., provider of Precision Circuit Analysis™
technology for advanced analog, mixed-signal, and RF integrated
circuits (ICs), today announced that Alps Electric Co. Ltd., a
leading global manufacturer of electronics devices and sensors for
automobiles, PCs, cellular phones, audio, and home appliances, has
selected the company's Analog FastSPICE™ circuit simulator and
Noise Analysis Option™ for characterization and performance
simulation of its advanced electronic devices.
“At Alps Electric we make careful decisions to upgrade our design
flow with next-generation tools that extend our competitive advantage,
compress our design cycle, and help us continue to deliver high quality
designs to our customers,” said Mr. Keisho Miyazaki, Group
Manager, Alps Electric Co. Ltd. “Our products require true SPICE
accuracy and accurate transistor-level noise analysis prior to
fabrication. Analog FastSPICE easily delivered identical waveforms to
our traditional SPICE simulator 5x-10x faster. The Noise Analysis
Option enables us to accurately analyze the noise specifications of our
circuits including the impact of device noise with excellent silicon
correlation.”
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. It
achieves this by using advanced algorithms and numerical analysis
techniques to rapidly solve the full-circuit matrix and the original
device equations without any shortcuts that could compromise accuracy.
Design teams from top-10 semiconductor companies to leading startups
use Berkeley Design Automation tools to solve big analog/RF
verification problems. Typical applications include complex-block
characterization (e.g., PLLs, ADCs, DC:DC converters, PHYs, Tx/Rx
chains) and full-circuit performance simulation (e.g., wireless
transceivers, wireline transceivers, high-speed I/O macros, memories,
microcontrollers, data converters, and power converters).
“We are delighted that Alps Electric, a leading global supplier
of precision electronic devices and sensors, has selected Berkeley
Design Automation,” said Ravi Subramanian, president and CEO of
Berkeley Design Automation. “Alps Electric’s selection of
both Analog FastSPICE and Noise Analysis Option further reinforces the
unique, strong, and compelling advantage our technology provides over
today’s other SPICE solutions. We are proud to help Alps Electric
extend their competitive advantage and continue to deliver innovative
high-quality products.”
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, Panasonic Corporation, 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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