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Berkeley Design Automation,
Inc., provider of the Analog FastSPICE™ unified circuit verification
platform for advanced analog and RF integrated circuits (ICs), today announced
that Summit Microelectronics, Inc., a world leader in programmable power management
ICs, has selected the company's Analog FastSPICE Nano SPICE simulator (AFS Nano)
for block-level characterization of its precision programmable power management
ICs.
"At Summit we have been using Analog FastSPICE for over one year for transistor
level simulation of our programmable, highly integrated precision power management
ICs, and we consistently get up to 14x faster results than traditional SPICE
simulators with identical waveforms," said Sridhar Kotikalapoodi, Vice
President of Design at Summit Microelectronics. "Now with AFS Nano we get
block-level simulation with true SPICE accuracy at a superior price/performance.
This makes it compelling even compared to traditional SPICE tools."
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.
"We are delighted that Summit Microelectronics has chosen AFS Nano for
block-level characterization of their programmable power management ICs,"
said Ravi Subramanian, president and CEO of Berkeley Design Automation. "Now,
more than ever, mixed-signal design teams are required to get more complex designs
done with greater cost-efficiency. Summit's selection of AFS Nano further validates
the strong ROI the Analog FastSPICE Platform provides to leading-edge design
teams of complex analog and mixed-signal devices."
Posted March 24th, 2009
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