SAN JOSE, Calif., April 6, 2010 – Magma® Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq: LAVA), a provider of chip design software, today announced that TSMC has selected Quartz™ DRC and Quartz LVS for physical verification in TSMC’s Integrated Sign-off Flow (ISF). TSMC provides certified flow comprising proven, best-in-class tools to enable the fastest path to TSMC silicon. The flow is now available for 65-nanometer (nm) designs.

“Design success at 65 nm requires an advanced flow that significantly reduces turnaround time and development costs,” said S.T. Juang, senior director of design infrastructure marketing at TSMC. “We expanded EDA support of physical verification in Integrated Sign-off Flow with Magma after we and key customers used them successfully on a number of complex designs. By integrating Quartz DRC and Quartz LVS into the ISF, we minimize customers’ setup and deployment costs and make it easier for them to leverage accurate and best-in-class physical verification for sign-off.”

Quartz DRC and Quartz LVS are architected to process integrated circuit designs of any size, at any technology node, in the least amount of time. The Quartz tools are fully compatible with third-party IC implementation flows and can read file formats used by traditional physical verification tools.

“Whether targeting 90, 65, 40 or 28 nm, reducing costs by shortening the design cycle is a common goal among the growing list of Quartz DRC and Quartz LVS users,” said Anirudh Devgan, general manager of Magma’s Custom Design Business Unit. “TSMC’s decision to deploy Quartz DRC and Quartz LVS as the sign-off physical verification tool for the 65-nm ISF is a reflection of the software’s ability to provide the fast turnaround time and high accuracy.”

About Magma

Magma’s electronic design automation (EDA) software provides the “Fastest Path to Silicon”™ and enables the world’s top chip companies to create high-performance integrated circuits (ICs) for cellular telephones, electronic games, WiFi, MP3 players, digital video, networking and other electronic applications. Magma products are used in IC implementation, analog/mixed-signal design, analysis, physical verification, circuit simulation and characterization. The company maintains headquarters in San Jose, Calif., and offices throughout North America, Europe, Japan, Asia and India. Magma’s stock trades on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol LAVA. Follow Magma on Twitter at www.Twitter.com/MagmaEDA and on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/Magma. Visit Magma Design Automation on the Web at www.magma-da.com.

Unterpremstaetten, Austria, April 7, 2010 – austriamicrosystems (SIX: AMS), a leading designer and manufacturer of high-performance analog ICs, today announced the AS5055 magnetic rotary encoder with automatic power-down and wake-up modes. Targeted for low-power battery operated applications such as robotics, the AS5055 is also well suited for other position sensing applications requiring small size and high resolution. The AS5055 integrates four Hall sensor elements, a 12-bit angle encoder, a smart power management controller and an easy-to-use 3- or 4-wire SPI communications interface.

Housed in a small 4×4 mm QFN package, the low-power encoder is the smallest device in its class. Depending on the readout rate, the current consumption is reduced to µA-levels, e.g. 50 µA average at 10 measurements per second – the lowest in the industry.

Only a few passive components and a magnet rotating above the chip are necessary to assemble an encoder system. The AS5055 performs all angle calculations as well as automatic power-up and power-down on-chip. It only draws current when a new measurement is requested by the host controller. As soon as a measurement is completed, the AS5055 automatically powers down.

Josef Janisch, product marketing manager at austriamicrosystems, stated, “This is the industry’s smallest 12-bit magnetic rotary encoder available. It also offers the lowest power consumption due to automatic shutdown and wake-up modes. This is ideal for battery powered equipment, as it extends battery life. In addition, the industry standard SPI interface offers an easy-to-use connection to common microcontrollers.”

The AS5055 is available in a tiny 4×4 mm 16-pin QFN package, operates from a 3.3 volt power supply, and has an ambient operating temperature range of -20 to +85°C.

Price & Availability

Available now, the price for the AS5055 is $2.69 in 10,000-piece quantities.

Technical Support

A demonstration board for the AS5055 magnetic encoder is available. Contact austriamicrosystems for price. For further information on the AS5055 or to request samples, please visit www.austriamicrosystems.com/AS5055