SAN JOSE, CA–(Marketwire – July 17, 2012) – Timing signoff closure has become an increasingly significant bottleneck due to the increase in modes and corners required for analysis and the divergence of timing results between implementation and signoff timing tools. Furthermore, the complexity of today’s designs requires the ability to do complete physically-aware MMMC signoff during ECO for rapid timing closure. To accomplish this requires a deep integration between physical and signoff design tools and a fundamentally new approach to software architecture. All of this can be done today uniquely with Cadence Encounter Timing System. The Encounter Timing System’s physically … Read More → "Fujitsu Semiconductor Selects Cadence Signoff Solution for Its Newest Reference Design Flow"

Napa, Calif., USA, 16 July 2012 — Accellera Systems Initiative announces the release of version 2.3.0 of its SystemC open source proof-of-concept library, now available at no charge to the worldwide electronic design community. Compatible with the newly revised IEEE 1666 “Standard SystemC Language Reference Manual,” announced by the IEEE Standards Association in November 2011, version 2.3.0 provides a number of important new features, including support for transaction-level modeling (TLM), a critical approach to enable high level and more efficient design of complex ICs and SoCs in a single library.

New extensive process control features enable modeling of concepts such as power domains and … Read More → "Proof-of-Concept Library is compatible with IEEE Std. 1666™-2011 Standard, includes Transaction-Level Modeling"

SAN JOSE, CA–(Marketwire – July 17, 2012) – “Once we switched to the Cadence Encounter RTL-to-GDSII flow, we saw dramatic improvements in turnaround time and better quality designs,” said Naoya Fujita, division deputy general manager and department general manager of the Product Planning Department, Sensing Device Division in Sharp’s Electronic Components and Devices Group. “We exceeded our design requirements and expectations, and look forward to continued collaboration with Cadence to meet the growing demand for high-quality CMOS images sensors.”Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS), a leader … Read More → "Cadence Encounter RTL-to-GDSII Flow Enables Sharp to Achieve 2X Improvement in Turnaround Time"