Saifun Semiconductors Adopts Cadence Analog Mixed-Signal Methodology Kit
AMS Kit Combined With Virtuoso(R) Spectre(R) Circuit Simulator Provides Silicon Sign-Off Accuracy for Saifun
Last Update: 8:00 AM ET Apr 25, 2006
SAN JOSE, CA, Apr 25, 2006 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) -- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (CDNS : Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
) today announced that Saifun Semiconductors Ltd., a leading provider of non-volatile memory technology and solutions, has adopted the Cadence(R) Analog Mixed Signal (AMS) Methodology Kit. Leading semiconductor manufacturers use Saifun NROM technology to develop and manufacture a variety of Flash products for the wireless, consumer electronics, networking and automotive markets.
"The Cadence AMS kit helped our designers develop an optimized design methodology for reuse and migration of critical analog mixed-signal blocks for our innovative NROM technology," said Eduardo Maayan, vice president of research and development at Saifun Semiconductors. "Using the kit and Virtuoso Spectre Circuit Simulator, we were able to build a simulation strategy to achieve the best combination of silicon accuracy and speed, as well as beat our design timelines."
Built upon the Virtuoso custom design platform, with links to the Encounter(R) digital IC design platform and the Incisive(R) functional verification platform, the Cadence AMS Methodology Kit enables a more productive top-down, bottom-up design methodology. The components of this kit address the key productivity challenges which affect the predictability and risk of AMS design -- namely fragmented analog, digital, and verification design processes; parasitic effects in AMS; multiple power supplies; and AMS design migration and reuse.
"Cadence continues to put significant investment behind our Vertical Kits strategy, aligning our resources with the way customers want to buy and partners want to sell," said Kelly Perey, vice president of marketing for Verticals at Cadence. "We are extremely pleased to be working closely with Saifun, and providing them with Cadence kits that will enable designers of wireless, wired and consumer electronics devices to achieve higher levels of productivity."
The goal of the Cadence kits approach is to shorten time to productivity by simplifying the application of Cadence technology. Customers can then focus their precious design resources on design differentiation rather than design infrastructure. Cadence kits address application-specific design challenges by combining a verified methodology, packaged in platform flows, with IP and consulting, all demonstrated on a representative reference design.
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