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Berkeley
Design Automation Announces AFS Nano
— 5x-10x
Faster SPICE for Only $1,900
Foundry-Certified True
SPICE Accuracy 5x-10x Faster for Block-Level Verification
Santa Clara, CA, — February 10, 2009— Berkeley Design
Automation, Inc., provider of the Analog FastSPICE™ unified
circuit verification platform, today announced Analog FastSPICE
Nano™ (AFS Nano), the industry’s fastest SPICE simulator
for block-level verification. AFS Nano delivers foundry-certified true
SPICE accuracy for DC, AC, transient, and Monte Carlo analyses, and it
is available immediately for only $1,900 for a 1-year time-based
license.
Integrated circuit designers have used the same
“traditional” SPICE simulators for 10 to 30 years.
Developed for micron-scale circuits with hundreds of transistors, these
simulators severely limit designer efficiency, especially on
nanometer-scale highly nonlinear blocks. AFS Nano enables designers to
work twice as efficiently and perform more rigorous characterization at
a fraction of the price. AFS Nano verifies blocks with up to 5,000
elements, delivering guaranteed golden SPICE waveforms 5x-10x faster
than traditional SPICE for even moderately sized blocks (e.g., over
1,000 elements and 1-hour runtime). Available on Linux® and
Solaris™ platforms, AFS Nano seamlessly integrates into existing
design flows, runs standard SPICE netlists and models, and produces
standard SPICE outputs.
“AFS Nano is a breakthrough in terms of price/performance for a
true SPICE accurate simulator,” said Dr Alison Burdett, Technical
Director of Toumaz Technology. “We already used Analog FastSPICE
and the Noise Analysis Option for our big analog/RF verification tasks.
At this price/performance, AFS Nano is an easy choice for our
block-level verification. With AFS Nano, designers will be much more
efficient, and it is extremely affordable.”
Analog FastSPICE is the industry’s only unified circuit
verification platform for analog, mixed-signal, and RF design. Always
delivering true SPICE accurate results, it provides 5x-10x higher
performance than traditional SPICE, >1 million-element capacity, and
the industry’s only comprehensive noise analysis. The AFS
Platform is a single executable that uses advanced algorithms and
numerical analysis to rapidly solve the full-circuit matrix and
original device equations without any shortcuts. AFS Platform tools
include: AFS Nano SPICE simulator, Analog FastSPICE circuit simulator,
Noise Analysis Option™ device noise analyzer, and RF
FastSPICE™ multi-tone periodic analyzer.
"Leading analog, mixed-signal, and RF design teams from over 50
companies rely on our Analog FastSPICE unified verification platform to
solve the most difficult verification tasks in the world,” said
Ravi Subramanian, president and CEO of Berkeley Design Automation.
“With AFS Nano, we are delivering a compelling price/performance
that is easily 5x-10x superior to that for any other SPICE simulator
for block-level verification. With AFS Nano, our customers will benefit
from unprecedented efficiency from block-level design through
full-circuit verification.”
About
Berkeley
Design Automation
Berkeley Design Automation, Inc. is the
recognized leader in advanced analog, mixed-signal, and RF (AMS/RF)
verification. Its Analog FastSPICE unified circuit verification
platform combines the accuracy, performance, and capacity needed to
verify GHz designs in nanometer-scale silicon. Design teams from top-10
semiconductor companies to leading startups use the AFS Platform to
efficiently verify AMS/RF circuits. Founded in 2003, the company has
received several industry awards in recognition of its technology
leadership and impact on the electronics industry. The company is
privately held and backed by Woodside Fund, Bessemer Venture Partners,
Panasonic Corp., and NTT Corp. For more information, see
http://www.berkeley-da.com.
Analog FastSPICE, AFS Nano, Noise Analysis Option, RF
FastSPICE, PLL Noise Analyzer,
WaveCrave, and Precision Circuit Analysis are trademarks of Berkeley
Design Automation, Inc. Berkeley Design and BDA are registered
trademarks 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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