WILSONVILLE, Ore., May 25, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Mentor Graphics
Corp. (Nasdaq: MENT) today announced that Silicon Labs, a leading
provider of silicon, software, and solutions for the Internet of
Things (IoT), has selected the Analog FastSPICE™ (AFS™) Platform
for circuit verification and device noise analysis of its complex
pre-layout and post-layout analog circuits. Silicon Labs is using
AFS to analyze PLLs, data converters, wired and wireless
transceivers, and other specialized high performance analog and RF
circuits.
"We have stringent circuit verification and noise analysis
requirements for our low-power custom analog, RF, and mixed-signal
circuits for our IoT SoCs," said Ramin Poorfard, vice president of
technology at Silicon Labs. "We selected the AFS Platform from
Mentor Graphics because they are able to fully address our
requirements for circuit verification accuracy, performance,
simulation time and capacity. Mentor has become a valuable EDA
partner, and we continue to work closely with them as we further
advance the state-of-the-art in complex, ultra-low-power
mixed-signal integrated circuits."
"AFS device noise analysis delivers silicon-accurate noise
analysis for our low-power, high-performance PLL and data converter
circuits," said Ravi Kummaraguntla, IoT design manager at Silicon
Labs. "AFS consistently delivers nanometer SPICE accuracy
with superior performance that fully meets our requirements. This
capability has allowed us to run more Monte Carlo simulations in a reasonable amount
of time, providing us a higher degree of confidence in our
designs."
The AFS Platform provides the world's fastest circuit
verification for nanometer analog, RF, mixed-signal, memory, and
custom digital circuits. Foundry certified to 7nm, the AFS Platform
delivers nanometer SPICE accuracy five to ten times faster than
traditional SPICE and two to six times faster than parallel SPICE
simulators. For large circuits the AFS Platform delivers greater
than 20M element capacity and the fastest mixed-signal simulation.
For memory and other array-based circuits, AFS Mega delivers
silicon-accurate simulation with greater than 100M element
capacity. For silicon-accurate characterization it includes the
industry's only comprehensive full-spectrum device noise analysis
and a high-productivity Analog Characterization Environment product
—both of which deliver five to ten times speedup over alternative
approaches.
"The close cooperation we have had with Silicon Labs over the
past decade has enabled us to develop industry-leading capabilities
in the Analog FastSPICE Platform," said Ravi Subramanian, general manager of Analog
Mixed Signal products in the Deep Sub Micron division, Mentor
Graphics. "We are pleased to see that Silicon Labs has selected the
AFS Platform for its IoT custom analog, RF and mixed-signal
verification flows. This selection further validates the value
Mentor Graphics offers as an essential partner to leaders in the
semiconductor industry."
About Silicon Labs
Silicon Labs (NASDAQ: SLAB) is a
leading provider of silicon, software and solutions for the
Internet of Things, Internet infrastructure, industrial automation,
consumer and automotive markets. We solve the electronics
industry's toughest problems, providing customers with significant
advantages in performance, energy savings, connectivity and design
simplicity. Backed by our world-class engineering teams with
unsurpassed software and mixed-signal design expertise, Silicon
Labs empowers developers with the tools and technologies they need
to advance quickly and easily from initial idea to final product.
www.silabs.com
About Mentor Graphics
Mentor Graphics Corporation
(NASDAQ: MENT) is a world leader in electronic hardware and
software design solutions, providing products, consulting services
and award-winning support for the world's most successful
electronic, semiconductor and systems companies. Established in
1981, the company reported revenues in the last fiscal year of
approximately $1.18 billion.
Corporate headquarters are located at 8005 S.W. Boeckman Road,
Wilsonville, Oregon 97070-7777.
World Wide Web site: http://www.mentor.com/.
For more information, please contact:
David Smith
Mentor Graphics
503.685.1193
david_smith@mentor.com
(Mentor Graphics is a registered trademark and AnalogFastSPICE
and AFS are trademarks of Mentor Graphics Corporation. All other
company or product names are the registered trademarks or
trademarks of their respective owners.)
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