DRESDEN, GERMANY–(Marketwire – Mar 13, 2012) – Design, Automation & Test in Europe Conference — The Accellera Systems Initiative, an independent non-profit organization focused on the creation and adoption of electronic design automation (EDA) and intellectual property (IP) standards for design and verification, is pleased to announce the release of the SystemC Analog/Mixed-Signal (AMS) 2.0 draft standard to address the need for more dynamic and reactive modeling features for analog/mixed-signal system-level design.

This release marks the start of a public review of the SystemC AMS 2.0 draft standard, open through April 30, 2012. The SystemC AMS community of users, architects, designers and ESL … Read More → "Accellera Systems Initiative Drafts SystemC AMS 2.0 Standard to Advance Dynamic and Reactive Mixed-Signal System Design"

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – March 13, 2012 – Methodics, Inc., a leading provider of integrated solutions used in managing design data and semiconductor intellectual property (IP) for complex IC design, today announced its VersIC™ platform is now integrated with the Synopsys Galaxy Custom Designer solution for cell-based and custom IC designs. The integration provides IC designers with a robust design data management foundation to use within the Synopsys custom IC design environment, enabling greater efficiency, predictability and quality in how design data is generated, used and tracked in complex multi-team IC design projects.

“The integration of Methodics … Read More → "Methodics announces support for Synopsys’ Galaxy Custom Designer implementation solution to bring new levels of SoC design data management to popular IC design environment"