MONROVIA, California – September 8, 2010 – Tanner EDA, the driver for innovation in the design, layout and verification of analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits (ICs), has released a Linux version of the company’s HiPer Silicon full-flow design suite, giving designers a complete analog design flow from schematic capture, circuit simulation, and waveform probing to physical layout and verification. Merging the functionality of the Windows and Linux product lines, HiPer Silicon v15.02 includes all the functionality of the recently-introduced HiPer Silicon v15 while allowing customers on either platform to choose – and change as desired – between the Windows and the Linux platforms.

New features and functionality in HiPer Silicon v15.02 include:

• A complete redesign of the waveform editor product (W-Edit), which provides designers with a signal analysis platform rather than simple layout views.
• The addition of a new database for storage and management of simulation data.
• Seamless integration with optional add-in HiPer DevGen, the newest addition to Tanner’s tool portfolio that offers breakthrough device and structure generation for layout productivity .

 “With Tanner EDA now supporting Linux, we have been able to integrate their tools quickly and effectively into our wider Linux tool flow. L-Edit had proved an excellent addition to our flow, as it is  easy to use, very productive and well supported by Tanner,” said Professor Boni, CTO of Italina IC design house Silis S.r.l.

“HiPer Silicon for Linux is another example of our continued commitment to licensing flexibility and tool interoperability,” offered Tanner EDA’s product manager, Jeff Miller. “Realizing that many of our users maintain heterogeneous or hybrid computing environments, we continue to make our tool suite as robust as possible.”

Availability

HiPer Silicon v15.02 and the HiPer DevGen add-on are available now for the Linux operating system. For additional information, please contact Tanner EDA Sales by phone 626-471-9700, or email sales@tannereda.com. 

About Tanner EDA

Tanner EDA provides a complete line of software solutions that drive innovation for the design, layout and verification of analog and mixed-signal (A/MS) integrated circuits (ICs). Customers are creating breakthrough applications in areas such as power management, displays and imaging, automotive, consumer electronics, life sciences, and RF devices. A low learning curve, high interoperability, and a powerful user interface improve design team productivity and enable a low total cost of ownership (TCO). Capability and performance are matched by low support requirements and high support capability as well as an ecosystem of partners that bring advanced capabilities to A/MS designs.

Founded in 1988, Tanner EDA solutions deliver just the right mixture of features, functionality and usability. The company has shipped over 33,000 licenses of its software to more than 5,000 customers in 67 countries.

September 8th, 2010 – Nallatech, a leading supplier of high-performance Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) solutions for over eighteen years, has been selected by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) to investigate next generation system architectures that could be used on the instruments of the European Extremely Large Telescope (“E-ELT”) project: www.eso.org/sci/facilities/eelt/

The E-ELT will be a revolutionary new ground-based telescope aimed at tackling the biggest scientific challenges including tracking down Earth-like planets around other stars. It will also perform “stellar archaeology” in nearby galaxies, as well as make fundamental contributions to cosmology by measuring the properties of the first stars and galaxies and probing the nature of dark matter and dark energy.

In order to achieve these scientific breakthroughs, advanced sensor and computing technology will be required to control the E-ELT Instruments’ complex adaptive optics in real-time. This involves low latency, high throughput Matrix Vector Multiplication (MVM) calculations. Nallatech’s role in the project is to assess the viability of various architectures and interconnects that utilise Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) technology. A demonstration system using existing Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) hardware and IP will be used to prove that the required levels of performance are first possible at all, and secondly, scalable.

“We are delighted to be working with ESO on such a high profile and scientifically significant project”, said Craig Petrie, Product Manager at Nallatech. “The computing requirements of E-ELT instruments will push even cutting edge technology to the limit. The FPGA is a critical element of the proposed architecture as it can act as a data-centric processing engine capable of massive data throughput with minimal latency. “

“Nallatech is an excellent partner for us in high performance computing and real time applications. They are helping us identify and deliver a solution to a very difficult problem”, added Enrico Fedrigo, Project Leader at ESO. “The expertise and the know-how of Nallatech will make them a key contributor to this project. “

About Nallatech

Nallatech delivers volume-deployable FPGA and I/O solutions that increase bandwidth, processing speed, and image quality in rugged and non-rugged embedded computing applications. Our COTS and full custom solutions include modules, board, firmware, and software. Nallatech’s Design Services Team provides turnkey and co-developed algorithm development, FPGA programming, architecture optimization, and package miniaturization solutions. Nallatech, a subsidiary of Interconnect Systems Inc. (www.isipkg.com), has over 5,000 installations worldwide during eighteen-plus years as a leader in the COTS FPGA market. North American customer support, engineering, and manufacturing facilities are ITAR registered. Our European customer support and design center is located in Scotland. For further information, please visit www.nallatech.com, or call +1.805.383.8997 or +44.1236.789.567.

About European Southern Observatory

ESO, the European Southern Observatory, is the foremost intergovernmental astronomy organisation in Europe and the world’s most productive astronomical observatory. It is supported by 14 countries: Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Finland, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. ESO carries out an ambitious programme focused on the design, construction and operation of powerful ground-based observing facilities enabling astronomers to make important scientific discoveries. ESO also plays a leading role in promoting and organising cooperation in astronomical research. ESO operates three unique world-class observing sites in Chile: La Silla, Paranal and Chajnantor. At Paranal, ESO operates the Very Large Telescope, the world’s most advanced visible-light astronomical observatory and VISTA, the world’s largest survey telescope. ESO is the European partner of a revolutionary astronomical telescope ALMA, the largest astronomical project in existence. ESO is currently planning a 42-metre European Extremely Large optical/near-infrared Telescope, the E-ELT, which will become “the world’s biggest eye on the sky”.