SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 6, 2011 – Magma Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq: LAVA), a provider of chip design software, today announced that Dolphin Technology, Inc., a leading provider of performance-optimized system-on-a-chip (SoC) memory cores and performance-matched standard cell libraries and input/outputs (IOs), has standardized on the FineSim™ SPICE multi-CPU circuit simulation technology to accelerate delivery of high quality intellectual property (IP). Magma’s FineSim SPICE has enabled Dolphin Technology to quickly and accurately run thousands of simulations of their IP across all process corners. By increasing simulation coverage without sacrificing accuracy, FineSim SPICE enables Dolphin Technology to provide their customers with highly reliable, high yielding IP.
“I founded Dolphin Technology with the singular purpose of delivering high quality, high-performance, fab-verified silicon-IP in a fraction of the time and cost of in-house development,” said Mo Tamjidi, CEO of Dolphin Technology. “We need a SPICE simulator that can keep pace with the increasing complexity of our IP. With FineSim SPICE we can achieve remarkably fast simulation runtimes and improve utilization, which allows us to reduce time to market while improving IP quality.”
“Dolphin Technology’s IP is used by world-leading semiconductor and telecommunication companies that demand fast turnaround time, high performance and low power,” said Anirudh Devgan, general manager of Magma’s Custom Design Business Unit. “Offering fast, accurate multi-CPU simulation, FineSim SPICE is uniquely able to help Dolphin Technology meet and beat customer requirements.”
FineSim SPICE: Fast and Accurate Simulation
FineSim SPICE is a SPICE-level simulation analysis tool that incorporates transistor-level simulation analysis capabilities for mixed-signal and analog designs. FineSim SPICE is a full SPICE simulation engine with distributed processing that enables customers to simulate large-scale mixed-signal system chips at the transistor level. By providing increased speed and capacity while maintaining full SPICE accuracy, FineSim SPICE enables designers to simulate advanced circuits – such as PLLs, ADCs (analog-to-digital converters), DACs (digital-to-analog converters) and gigahertz SERDES (SERializer/DESerializer) – that they previously would not even attempt using slower traditional SPICE simulators.
About Magma
Leading semiconductor companies worldwide use Magma’s electronic design automation (EDA) software to produce chips for a wide variety of vertical markets including tablet computing, mobile devices, electronic games, digital video, networking, military/aerospace and memory. Silicon One, Magma’s technology solutions for emerging silicon, address time to market, product differentiation, cost and performance while making silicon more profitable. Magma products include software for digital design, analog implementation, mixed-signal design, physical verification, circuit simulation, characterization and yield management. 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.
