SAN JOSE, Calif., April 30, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Magma(r) Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq:LAVA), a provider of chip design software, announced today that Panasonic Corporation, one of the largest providers of consumer electronics products, has adopted Magma's Titan(tm) ADX analog migration and optimization software in its production custom analog design flow. Panasonic selected Titan ADX because it enables circuit optimization for a given process technology in a matter of hours without lengthy SPICE runs and streamlines analog design porting. With enhanced designer productivity, Panasonic can effectively reduce the time and effort required for analog design development.
"Using Titan ADX we built a methodology for circuit optimization that allows a variety of architectures to be optimized very quickly," said Dr. Shiro Dosho, a senior staff engineer at the Strategic Semiconductor Development Center of Panasonic. "Analog optimization has historically been a difficult problem due to the large number of design parameters to solve for simultaneously. Titan ADX addresses this problem by identifying the types of circuits that provide better performance -- before circuit design begins. By providing this information up front, Titan ADX enables us to avoid design iterations and helps us meet our time-to-market goals. In addition, with Titan ADX we can not only reduce area, but also minimize power consumption of large, complex analog designs. Titan ADX enables our designers to obtain optimized results over multiple process conditions in a few days -- previous approaches would have taken many weeks."
"Analog design methodologies have not kept pace with digital design. As more ICs incorporate analog components, designers demand more effective and productive analog design tools," said Anirudh Devgan, general manager of Magma's Custom Design Business Unit. "With a unique model-based approach, Titan ADX performs circuit optimization and porting in a fraction of the time required by simulation-based techniques. Panasonic's decision to deploy Titan ADX in its analog design flow highlights this tool's ability to address the challenges of analog and mixed-signal design."
Titan ADX: Streamlining Analog Design Optimization and Porting
Titan ADX, an integral part of Magma's Titan mixed-signal design platform, focuses on solving analog/mixed-signal design, optimization and porting challenges. The Titan ADX model-based approach allows circuit optimization and porting in a fraction of the time required by simulation-based techniques. The technology enables product groups to push the design envelope for extreme performance, to center the design for multiple process, voltage and temperature (PVT) corner cases, and to reduce power and jitter. In addition to providing an efficient and predictable method to store analog circuits, Titan ADX reduces design porting time from several weeks to days.
About Magma
Magma's software for designing integrated circuits (ICs) is used to create complex, high-performance chips required in cellular telephones, electronic games, WiFi, MP3 players, DVD/digital video, networking, automotive electronics and other electronic applications. Magma's EDA software for IC implementation, analysis, physical verification, circuit simulation and characterization is recognized as embodying the best in semiconductor technology, enabling the world's top chip companies to "Design Ahead of the Curve"(tm) while reducing design time and costs. Magma is headquartered in San Jose, Calif., with offices around the world. Magma's stock trades on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol LAVA. Visit Magma Design Automation on the Web at www.magma-da.com.
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Forward-looking statements:
Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters set forth in this press release including statements that Titan ADX enables circuit optimization for a given process technology in a matter of hours without lengthy SPICE runs, streamlines analog design porting, shortens turnaround time and reduces development costs are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially, including but not limited to Magma's ability to keep pace with rapidly changing technology, the company's products' abilities to produce desired results and Panasonic's decision to continue using Titan ADX. Further discussion of these and other potential risk factors may be found in Magma's public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (www.sec.gov). Magma undertakes no additional obligation to update these forward-looking statements.