Cadence intros new Virtuoso platform

BANGALORE: Cadence Design Systems Inc. today introduced its new Virtuoso custom design platform for advanced analog, mixed-signal, RF and custom digital design.

According to Cadence statement, the platform, OLE_LINK3OLE_LINK4, provides design teams with integrated technologies that address challenges across a wide range of process nodes and design styles, including traditional analog, SiP, mixed-signal, RF SoC and digital cell characterization, from 180 through 45 nanometers.

The new Virtuoso platform features an integrated design environment, capabilities for constraint management as well as new technologies for verification, floor planning and routing. With the new platform, customers may improve productivity with an accelerated overall IC design flow; increase design accuracy with minimized re-spins; and deliver differentiated, high-quality, custom silicon which meets demanding time to market schedules, the statement said.

The new platform was beta-tested with a number of semiconductor and fabless design companies, including Avago Technologies, Infineon Technologies, National Semiconductor Corporation, PMC-Sierra, QUALCOMM, and Renesas Technology.

Charlie Giorgetti, corporate vice president, Product Marketing, at Cadence, said, “OLE_LINK1OLE_LINK2 delivers everything from specification to layout to verification, driven with an integrated constraint-driven methodology that connects the electrical and physical design domains together for the first time. Our customers stand to benefit with faster design time, reduced errors and increased predictability and opportunity for first-pass design success."

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