Rochester, NY (August 31, 2010) – EMA Design Automation™ (www.ema-eda.com), a full-service provider of electrical and mechanical CAD tools, today announced TimingDesigner 9.25 with enhanced Automerge functionality that dramatically decreases the time required for performing interface timing analysis. “TimingDesigner has always been about accurate, comprehensive timing analysis,” said Manny Marcano, president and CEO of EMA Design Automation. “With compressed design schedules and increased complexity, the need for upfront design analysis and exploration that is both quick and accurate is greater than ever. TimingDesigner 9.25 gives users the tool they need to verify and optimize their design early in the process without impacting their delivery schedule.”

With shrinking timing margins and increased design speeds, comprehensive timing analysis is critical to ensure first pass success. TimingDesigner with the enhanced Automerge functionality allows design teams a reusable, model based approach to their timing analysis. Designers can quickly connect component timing models to create parameterized interface diagrams that can be used to validate timing and interactively test design alternatives. These interface models can be created very early in the design phase to help drive constraint definition and timing budgeting. As the design progresses, it is easy to add data like propagation delay and signal integrity effects to the analysis giving a more accurate representation of timing margins as more information becomes available.

Current maintenance customers also have access to the TimingDesigner Design Kit Library which when combined with the new AutoMerge features provides a very powerful and automated analysis process. Users simply select from the building blocks that make up their analysis, define the connectivity through an easy to use graphical interface, and TimingDesigner generates a parameterized graphical interface timing model for analysis and validation.

Release 9.25 also includes a number of additional enhancements including updates to the Allegro PCB SI flow and new design validation commands to help users identify critical margins, ensure proper analysis, and determine when they have reached timing closure.

For more information about EMA and its static timing, FPGA, and PCB design solutions, visit www.timingdesigner.com/whatsnew or call 800-813-7494.

About EMA Design Automation, Inc.
EMA Design Automation is a leader in product development solutions offering a complete range of electrical and mechanical CAD tools, product lifecycle management systems, services, training, and technical support. EMA is a Cadence® Channel Partner serving all of North America, an Autodesk® Authorized Value Added Reseller, and is an Authorized North American Distributor of Aldec® Active-HDL™. EMA manufactures the Component Information Portal™ (CIP), TimingDesigner®, and CircuitSpace®, and all are distributed through a worldwide network of value added resellers. EMA is a privately held corporation headquartered in Rochester, New York. Visit EMA at www.ema-eda.com for more information.

Kirchheim/Teck, Germany, 31st August 2010 – Dialog Semiconductor plc (FWB: DLG), a leading provider of highly integrated innovative power management semiconductor solutions, has announced its DA9052 system level power management (PMIC) and DA7210 Class G audio ICs have been incorporated in the Renesas Electronics’ SH7724 reference platform, which is now shipping and generally available.

Renesas Electronics’ SH7724 reference platform (part number ROP7724LC0021RL) facilitates the design of a wide range of mobile devices, such as IP security cameras, car navigation systems with terrestrial digital broadcasting reception and portable media players. It combines Renesas Electronics’ SH7724 multimedia applications processor with Dialog’s ICs to significantly lower the power consumption and cut the build cost by reducing the number of peripheral power supply and audio system components. It also ensures these designs deliver high quality audio.
Typical products based on the Renesas Electronics’ multimedia processor and Dialog ICs include tablet PCs, ultra mobile devices, in-car navigation systems, portable TV systems and IP security cameras.

“This is another success for our Processor Partner Programme and we are proud to have been selected by Renesas Electronics for inclusion in its SH7724 reference platform. Recording and replaying high definition video is both power intensive and demanding. Combining Dialog’s flexible system level power management and low power audio ICs with Renesas Electronics’ exceptionally efficient applications processor minimises both peak power and dissipation and sets a new standard in HD video efficiency,” said Udo Kratz, VP and general manager of the audio and power management business unit at Dialog Semiconductor.

Battery life, and therefore power management, is essential in delivering today’s portable battery powered products. The Renesas Electronics’ SH7724 reference design combines a small footprint with powerful performance to give designers an accelerated route to market, and a significant head start in developing next generation HD connected devices. The DA9052 system level power management IC uses a revolutionary graphical user interface to precisely and simply optimise the power sequencing requirements of a system. It gives greater flexibility in reducing power consumption, size and cost in portable multimedia devices.

The DA7210 is a high performance Class G audio codec, has an industry leading consumption level of 2.5mW and incorporates the industry’s first onboard general purpose filter to enable fine-tuning and optimisation of the audio response for small speakers and enclosures.