Synopsys, Inc. has announced the launch of its new CustomSim circuit simulation solution. The simulation technologies of NanoSim, HSIM and XA have been unified into a single circuit simulation solution with added multicore capabilities delivering up to four times (4x) performance improvement for large analogue and mixed-signal circuits.
Apr 07, 2009

The level of integration that designers can archive today is staggering.
Apr 06, 2009

Platform Encompasses New Multicore Simulation Performance, Native Design Checks, Comprehensive Low Power Verification Capabilities, and CustomSim Unified Circuit Simulation Solution.
Apr 06, 2009

Synopsys has increased verification speed and brought digital, analogue and memory simulation under the same roof as it moves its tools to multi-core hosts.
Apr 06, 2009

Synopsys is beefing up its Discovery verification platform, a move that is at the forefront of a projected recovery in the electronics industry and a new push for tools that can help ease the burden of increasingly complex SoC designs.
Apr 06, 2009

Power is a hot problem these days, no pun intended. To address the escalating power challenges, many companies have adopted multi-voltage design techniques such as power gating, back bias, multi-VDD, dynamic voltage frequency scaling (DVFS), and retention.
Oct 17, 2008

In large system-on-chip (SoC) and ASIC design projects, functional verification is typically on the critical path due to the large verification space of these designs.
May 27, 2008

The advent of handheld devices signaled an era of battery conservation. The demanding need of the consumer market to drive down the price of the handhelds called for the integration of several functions into a single gadget, and multiple applications running on a single gadget have put tremendous pressure on battery life.
May 20, 2008