Berkeley Design Automation proclaimed that Fresco Microchip has selected Berkeley’s Analog FastSPICE (AFS) platform, which will be used in its Simply RF silicon TV tuners for total circuit verification and block level characterization.
The AFS platform is a rapid nanometer circuit verification platform, which can be used in custom digital circuit, mixed signal, RF and analog applications. For a single core, the platform imparts 5-10x times rapid foundry certified nanometer SPICE accuracy, and further with multithreading, the performance is enhanced 2-4x times. For multiple cores, it imparts a near linear performance scaling.
A silicon-accurate device noise analysis is included in the AFS platform for characterization of the circuits. An element capacity greater than 10M can be delivered by the platform for the larger circuits which is considered to be the fastest industrial mixed –analog-digital co-simulation and near-SPICE- accurate simulation with Verilog simulators. Licenses have been obtained for AFS nano SPICE, AFS Co-Simulation, AFS RF analysis, AFS transient noise analysis and AFS circuit simulation.
Dr. Stephen Jantzi, the Director for Analog/RF Design in Fresco Microchip, stated that the Simply RF silicon TV tuners required a total circuit verification and block level characterization and through the support of BDA’s AFS platform, the required precision and functional ability for circuit verification can be obtained. In mixed-signal circuits, a 15x speed-up is observed over conventional SPICE.
Ravi Subramanian, CEO and President of BDA, expressed his happiness over Fresco’s selection of the AFS platform and added that this selection substantiates BDA’s market position for providing mixed-signal applications and highly combined RF/analog to designers.
Source: http://www.berkeley-da.com