Magma Design Automation Inc. today announced that Diodes Incorporated has used FineSim™ SPICE multi-CPU circuit simulation technology to tape out two highly integrated synchronous switching voltage regulators. The AP6502 and AP6503, 340 kHz switching frequency external compensated synchronous DC/DC buck converters, are designed for use in consumer electronics systems such as digital TVs, LCD monitors and set-top boxes, which require ultra-effic...

Magma® Design Automation Inc.announced the “Best Paper” winners for MUSIC – Magma Users Summit on Integrated Circuits held here on September 7. Over 200 Magma users attended the annual event that featured 11 papers, a keynote by Balajee Sowrirajan, director of IC Engineering in the OMAP Business Unit at Texas Instruments, and a presentation given by Magma CEO Rajeev Madhavan.

Innovative technology solutions for emerging silicon challenges to be presented

Magma Design Automation has announced that the new pattern matching capability in the Quartz DRC physical verification product has been qualified to support DRC+, GLOBALFOUNDRIES' silicon-validated, yield-critical pattern-based design for manufacturing (DFM) verification flow for all advanced process technologies, including 40 nanometer (nm), 28 nm and below.

Magma Design Automation a provider of chip design software, today announced Chrontel, a leading provider of display interface ICs for personal computers, portable media players and smartphones, has standardized on the Titan™ Mixed-Signal Design Platform, FineSim™ SPICE and FineSim Pro circuit simulation, and Quartz™ DRC and Quartz LVS physical verification products. Chrontel selected the Magma software after an extensive evaluation and benc...

Magma Design Automation today announced TSMC has included the QCP extractor in TSMC’s quarterly EDA qualification report for 28-nanometer (nm) integrated circuits (ICs). This qualification gives designers additional confidence in using QCP to address the increasing complexity of ICs implemented in TSMC’s 28-nm processes.

Magma Design Automation announced a partnership with Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS, developer of microelectronic systems and devices, to develop process-independent Titan™ FlexCell models of the Institute’s analog intellectual property (IP) cores. Through the partnership, Magma will provide Fraunhofer IIS with access to Titan analog design accelerators and FineSim SPICE simulation technology and will assist in creating mod...

Magma Design Automation announced the availability of a netlist-to-GDSII reference flow for GLOBALFOUNDRIES’ 28-nanometer (nm) super low-power (SLP) high-k metal-gate (HKMG) technology.

Magma Design Automation announced immediate availability of the Titan Analog Design Kit for TSMC 180-nanometer (nm) and 65-nm processes, that implements Titan’s model-based design methodology with Titan FlexCells, which are modular, process- and specification-independent, reusable analog building blocks. The kit provides an analog design ecosystem that enables mutual Magma and TSMC customers to dramatically improve design quality and designer p...

Magma Design Automation launched Silicon One, an initiative intended to bring focus to making silicon profitable for customers by providing differentiated solutions and technologies that address business imperatives facing semiconductor makers today – time to market, product differentiation, cost, power and performance. Magma is debuting its solution-oriented Silicon One offerings at the 48th annual Design Automation Conference, opening today ...

Magma Design Automation has validated the Titan Mixed-Signal Design Platform and FineSim SPICE and FineSim Pro circuit simulation products for inclusion in TSMC's Analog/Mixed-Signal (AMS) Reference Flow 2.0. The TSMC AMS Reference Flow 2.0 targets its most advanced 28-nanometer (nm) process technology and includes a comprehensive design kit and new advanced custom design methodologies. Magma's Titan Mixed-Signal Design Platform and FineSim circu...

Magma Design Automation announced that Magma's Talus, Hydra, Tekton, QCP and Quartz DRC integrated circuit (IC) implementation and verification solutions have been qualified to support the TSMC Reference Flow 12.0. Through TSMC's Open Innovation Platform (OIP), Magma's product suite provides users with advanced features to address the challenges of 28-nanometer (nm) design.

Magma Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq: LAVA), a provider of chip design software, and HDL Design House, creators of re-usable IP cores, verification components and behavioral simulation models, today announced that HDL Design House has adopted the full suite of Magma chip design software, including the Talus digital IC implementation system and the Titan™ mixed-signal design platform.

Magma® Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq: LAVA), a provider of chip design software, today announced Excalibur-Litho™, a complete fab analysis framework that supports the development and monitoring of advanced lithography solutions. Excalibur-Litho is the first system to efficiently integrate design and real-time data from the semiconductor manufacturing floor, including defectivity, metrology and tool history, enabling an unmatched level of data...

Magma Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq: LAVA), a provider of chip design software, today announced iWatt has adopted the Titan platform to improve analog design and layout productivity, and to automate difficult routing tasks including analog cell layouts and chip-level assembly. iWatt, a developer of energy-efficient digital power supply control integrated circuits (ICs) used in leading-edge power supplies, adopted Titan based on results of an ext...

Applied Materials Inc and Magma Design Automation Inc announced today that they have integrated Magma’s CAD-based navigation and yield analysis software with Applied’s advanced inspection systems. This unique combination of design and manufacturing tools has accelerated lithography qualification and improved chip yields at multiple customers for the development and production of advanced technology nodes.

Magma Design Automation today announced the LFoundry’s interoperable process design kits are validated for use with the Titan Mixed-Signal Design Platform, Titan Acclerators and FineSim circuit simulator for 0.15-micron technology platforms. The combination of Magma’s Titan and FineSim software and LFoundry’s process technology will accelerate development of analog/mixed-signal (AMS) products, especially for European system-on-chip (SoC) de...

Magma Design Automation today announced the availability of a proven hierarchical RTL-to-GDSII reference flow for the Common Platform alliance’s 32/28-nanometer (nm) low-power process technology. This reference flow leverages the Talus® IC implementation system’s unique power optimization and management capabilities, the latest ARM Artisan® 32/28-nm LP process libraries and the Common Platform alliance’s advanced 32/28-nm process technolo...

Magma Design Automation Inc today announced the appointment of Maggie Chen as country manager for the company's Taiwan operations. Chen reports to Charlie Shin, Magma’s vice president of Asia-Pacific Sales. “Maggie brings a great combination of managerial and sales achievement and I expect her experience will help our Taiwan team achieve even greater success,” Chin said. Taiwan is a key market for Magma and I anticipate that Maggie will con...

Magma Design Automation Inc. (NASDAQ: LAVA), a leading provider of chip design software, is showcasing its advanced mixed-signal system-on-chip (SoC) implementation solutions, including the new Talus® 1.2 and Talus Vortex products, at the International Conference on VLSI Design. Magma is the Silicon sponsor of the conference which is being held Jan 2-7, 2011 at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras.