Integrated circuit design

Avatar Integrated Systems Helps Tackle Advanced Node and Extreme Low Power Design Challenges with Aprisa 19.1 Release

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Monday, June 3, 2019
Technology, Consumer electronics, Electronic design automation, Hardware, Telecommunications, Nanotechnology, Semiconductor, Mobile, Wireless, Electronic engineering, Electronics, Electronic design automation, Electromagnetism, Electronic design, Integrated circuits, Avatar, Integrated circuit design, Physical design

This latest innovation demonstrates Avatars dedication to helping designers overcome some of the most daunting challenges in integrated circuit design today.

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  • This latest innovation demonstrates Avatars dedication to helping designers overcome some of the most daunting challenges in integrated circuit design today.
  • This has spurred many companies to more quickly adopt advanced process nodes with more complex technology constraints and new design challenges.
  • The 19.1 release is an evidence of our continuous technology innovation in digital place and route, said Ping-San Tzeng, CTO of Avatar Integrated Systems.
  • Avatar Integrated Systems is a leading software company in the Electronic Design Automation (EDA) industry focused on Physical Design Implementation.

Deliver "smarter" faster: Mentor introduces new AI/ML toolkit, adds AI/ML power to Calibre tools to speed smarter IC innovation

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Thursday, May 23, 2019
Articles, Cybernetics, Technology, Academic disciplines, Mentor Graphics, Siemens, Artificial intelligence, Machine learning, ML, Integrated circuit design

More than 3,000 design engineers use Solido's AI/ML-powered tools to drastically speed development for many of the world's most popular and sophisticated semiconductor designs in production today.

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  • More than 3,000 design engineers use Solido's AI/ML-powered tools to drastically speed development for many of the world's most popular and sophisticated semiconductor designs in production today.
  • "Mentor is committed to developing solutions with functionality that will help our customers more easily integrate AI/ML into their products.
  • "With the new Calibre LFD with Machine Learning, we realized a dramatic boost in performance and a 25 percent improvement in accuracy over earlier Calibre LFD solutions."
  • These new solutions add to an already deep portfolio of AI/ML-powered tools from Mentor, including:
    Solido Variation Designer, which incorporates adaptive machine learning for variation-aware custom IC design.

Synopsys Delivers 100X Faster Formal Verification Closure for AI, Graphics, and Processor Designs

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Thursday, May 23, 2019
Electronic engineering, Digital electronics, Electronics, Electronic design, Formal methods, Logic in computer science, Formal verification, Theoretical computer science, Verification, Integrated circuit design, Functional verification, Mentor Graphics

The DPV app leverages proven HECTOR technology to deliver exhaustive formal verification closure on datapath-intensive designs during the design and verification cycle for broad market adoption.

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  • The DPV app leverages proven HECTOR technology to deliver exhaustive formal verification closure on datapath-intensive designs during the design and verification cycle for broad market adoption.
  • The app also delivers over 100X speed-up in formal verification between a reference C/C++ algorithm and RTL design implementation over conventional techniques of complex system-on-chip (SoC) designs, and enables exhaustive functional verification in situations previously deemed impractical.
  • "Formal verification of C/C++ algorithms provides exhaustive verification for our datapath-centric designs to efficiently discover corner-base bugs in minutes, where other techniques would have been impractical.
  • "There is an increase in datapath-intensive designs that require specialized datapath validation techniques to achieve faster verification closure," saidAjay Singh, senior vice president of Engineering in the Verification Group at Synopsys.

Five Outstanding Innovators Under Age 40 Honored at the 56th Design Automation Conference

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Thursday, May 16, 2019
Technology, Electronic design automation, Hardware, Software, Telecommunications, Security, Semiconductor, Automotive, General Automotive, IEEE conferences, Electronic engineering, Electronic design automation, Electronics, Electronic design, Design Automation Conference, Automation, Integrated circuit design, Digital electronics, Silicon Integration Initiative, Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference

For 56 years, the future of innovation for the design and automation of electronic systems and circuits has been found at the Design Automation Conference (DAC) .

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  • For 56 years, the future of innovation for the design and automation of electronic systems and circuits has been found at the Design Automation Conference (DAC) .
  • The award recognizes five top young innovators, who have made a significant impact in the field of design and automation of electronics.
  • The Design Automation Conference (DAC) is recognized as the premier event for the design of electronic circuits and systems, and for electronic design automation (EDA) and silicon solutions.
  • Design Automation Conference acknowledges trademarks or registered trademarks of other organizations for their respective products and services.

Hangzhou's IC projects attract RMB 163 million investments in Q1, up 24.1 pct year-on-year

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Thursday, May 16, 2019
Hangzhou, Jiangnan, Yangtze River Delta, Geography of Asia, Integrated circuit design, China, East Asia, Countries

IC sector has become a pillar of Hangzhou's electronic information industry, earning 19.1 billion yuan of revenue in 2018.

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  • IC sector has become a pillar of Hangzhou's electronic information industry, earning 19.1 billion yuan of revenue in 2018.
  • As one of China's IC design hubs, Hangzhou is home to 122 IC enterprises, including many market leaders.
  • The town has attracted investments of 7.92 billion yuan in 26 micro-nano projects as of today.
  • Hangzhou's IC industry covers design, manufacturing, packaging and test, materials, devices and other areas in the whole industrial chain.

Hangzhou's IC projects attract RMB 163 million investments in Q1, up 24.1 pct year-on-year

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Thursday, May 16, 2019
Hangzhou, Jiangnan, Yangtze River Delta, Geography of Asia, Integrated circuit design, China, East Asia, Countries

IC sector has become a pillar of Hangzhou's electronic information industry, earning 19.1 billion yuan of revenue in 2018.

Key Points: 
  • IC sector has become a pillar of Hangzhou's electronic information industry, earning 19.1 billion yuan of revenue in 2018.
  • As one of China's IC design hubs, Hangzhou is home to 122 IC enterprises, including many market leaders.
  • The town has attracted investments of 7.92 billion yuan in 26 micro-nano projects as of today.
  • Hangzhou's IC industry covers design, manufacturing, packaging and test, materials, devices and other areas in the whole industrial chain.

Shimadzu Corporation selects Mentor's Xpedition PCB design-through-manufacturing flow as its global standard

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Thursday, May 16, 2019
Electronic engineering, Electronics, Xpedition, Mentor Graphics, Electromagnetism, ModelSim, Integrated circuits, Electronic design automation, Integrated circuit design

Shimadzu selected the Xpedition tool suite for the corporation's entire electronic design process, from concept design to schematic design, and for their printed circuit board (PCB) design-through-manufacturing flow.

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  • Shimadzu selected the Xpedition tool suite for the corporation's entire electronic design process, from concept design to schematic design, and for their printed circuit board (PCB) design-through-manufacturing flow.
  • Shimadzu selected Mentor's Xpedition technologies for the following capabilities and advantages:
    Improved design quality and IP design reuse across Shimadzu divisions by leveraging shared data with the Xpedition EDM data management technology.
  • Direct access to the verification functionality of Mentor's HyperLynx tool, which is now integrated with Xpedition flow.
  • Mentor Graphics, Mentor, Xpedition, HyperLynx, Valor, Questa and ModelSim are trademarks or registered trademarks of Mentor Graphics Corporation.

Cadence Custom/AMS Flow Certified for Samsung 28nm FD-SOI Process Technology

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Monday, May 13, 2019
Technology, Data management, Electronic design automation, Internet, Software, Semiconductor, Automotive, Performance & Special Interest, Electronic engineering, Electronics, Electronic design automation, Design, Cadence Design Systems, Electronic design, Signoff, Integrated circuit design, Mentor Graphics, Sigrity

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS) today announced that its custom and analog/mixed-signal (AMS) IC design flow has achieved certification for Samsung Foundrys 28nm FD-SOI (28FDS) process technology.

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  • Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS) today announced that its custom and analog/mixed-signal (AMS) IC design flow has achieved certification for Samsung Foundrys 28nm FD-SOI (28FDS) process technology.
  • This certification ensures that mutual customers of Cadence and Samsung Foundry will have access to a highly automated circuit design, layout, signoff and verification flow that enables efficient custom design at 28FDS.
  • For more information on the new Cadence custom and AMS flow that supports the Samsung 28FDS process technology, visit www.cadence.com/go/samsung28fdsoicams .
  • Cadence, the Cadence logo and the other Cadence marks found at www.cadence.com/go/trademarks are trademarks or registered trademarks of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Si2 Announces Winners of Inaugural Power of Partnerships Awards

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Tuesday, May 7, 2019
Technology, Electronic design automation, Semiconductor, Manufacturing, Engineering, Electrical engineering, Electromagnetism, Electronic engineering, OpenAccess, Proprietary software, Integrated circuits, Synopsys, Integrated circuit design, Interoperability, Samsung, Si2, Common Power Format

Semiconductor design experts from Intel, Samsung and Synopsys are winners of the first annual Si2 Power of Partnerships award which recognizes the Si2 group or committee that has made the most significant contributions to the success of electronic design automation industry.

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  • Semiconductor design experts from Intel, Samsung and Synopsys are winners of the first annual Si2 Power of Partnerships award which recognizes the Si2 group or committee that has made the most significant contributions to the success of electronic design automation industry.
  • Volunteers of the Si2 OpenAccess oaScript Working Group were the winners of a competition between committees from each of three Si2 coalitions: OpenAccess, Compact Model, and OpenStandards.
  • OpenStandards Coalition: Unified Power Model Working Group developed several versions of a specification for system-level power modeling focused on IP blocks of arbitrary complexity.
  • Founded in 1988, Si2 is a leading research and development joint venture that provides standard interoperability solutions for integrated circuit design tools.

$28+ Billion Electronic Design Automation (EDA) Market to 2027 - Global Analysis & Outlook by Type & Application - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Tuesday, April 30, 2019
Technology, Electronic design automation, Electronic engineering, Electronics, Electromagnetism, Automation, Electronic design automation, Integrated circuit design

The "Electronic Design Automation Market to 2027 - Global Analysis and Forecasts by Type and Application" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

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  • The "Electronic Design Automation Market to 2027 - Global Analysis and Forecasts by Type and Application" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
  • Rising complexities and cost challenges faced by the industries for implementation of expensive complex designs is key influencer driving the electronic design automation market.
  • Key trend which will predominantly effect the electronic design automation market in coming years is demand for machine learning in EDA software to gain significant momentum in the electronic design automation market.
  • The continuous advancements in the consumer electronics and automotive industries would further raise the demand for electronic design automation market over the forecast period.