WILSONVILLE, Ore., June 6, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Mentor Graphics®
Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) today announced the Tanner Calibre One
IC verification suite as an integral part of the Tanner™
analog/mixed-signal (AMS) physical design environment, creating an
easy path to the proven capabilities of Calibre® verification tools
for Tanner EDA's user base. This results in a dramatically-improved
IC design and verification solution for Tanner customers by
providing tightly-integrated access to Calibre's physical and
circuit verification, exclusively within the Tanner L-Edit™ layout
environment.
The Calibre platform is the industry-leader for physical
verification and is qualified for sign-off by every major IC
foundry and the Tanner Calibre One verification suite uses the same
Calibre design kits. Customers that already have stand-alone
Calibre licenses, and would like to consider the Tanner design
environment, can continue to use the pre-existing Calibre-Tanner
interfaces. However, offering an additional, custom integration
between Calibre and the Tanner AMS IC design flow provides an
invaluable option for Tanner IC designers, giving design teams the
access they need to confidently tape out their designs.
"We've seen a dramatic increase in the productivity of our
layout team thanks to the seamless interaction of L-Edit and the
Tanner Calibre One verification suite," said Stefan Lauxtermann,
President of Sensor Creations Inc. "Our customers greatly value
that we employ Calibre and that there is a one-to-one
correspondence between the final DRC by the foundry and the Tanner
design process that we use."
The Tanner Calibre One verification suite includes the following
products:
- Calibre nmDRC™ (hierarchical design rule checking) ensures the
physical layout can be manufactured. This industry-leading tool
provides fast cycle times and innovative design rule
capabilities.
- Calibre nmLVS™ (hierarchical layout versus schematic) checks
that the physical layout is electrically and topographically the
same as the schematic. It improves designer productivity by
providing actual device geometry measurement and sophisticated
interactive debugging capabilities to ensure accurate
verification.
- Calibre xRC™ (parasitic extraction) verifies that
layout-dependent effects do not adversely affect the electrical
performance of the design, delivering accurate parasitic data for
comprehensive and accurate post-layout analysis and
simulation.
In addition, the Calibre RVE™ tool brings the solution together,
providing a graphical results viewing environment that reduces
debug time by visually identifying design issues instantly and
cross-selecting the associated issue in Tanner's layout and
schematic capture tool.
The Tanner IC design suite supports analog, mixed-signal, and
MEMS design in one complete, highly-integrated, end-to-end flow.
Designers capture the schematic, perform analog and mixed-signal
simulation, and lay out the physical design within this unified
flow. With the addition of the Tanner Calibre One verification
suite, each designer using the Tanner IC flow can interactively
invoke an individual Calibre tool in order to verify the
design.
"Tanner Calibre One gives designers using L-Edit the highest
confidence possible that their tape outs will be successful," says
Greg Lebsack, General Manager of
Tanner operations at Mentor Graphics. "We are thrilled that key
capabilities of the industry-leading Calibre suite are now
available to everyone in our global Tanner customer base."
The Tanner Calibre One design flow will be demonstrated at the
2016 Design Automation Conference (DAC) in the Tanner EDA booth
(#1828).
For additional product information, please visit the websites:
https://www.mentor.com/tannereda/ and
https://www.mentor.com/calibre
For more information, please contact:
David Smith
Mentor Graphics
503.685.1135
david_smith@mentor.com
About Mentor Graphics
Mentor Graphics Corporation 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/.
(Mentor Graphics, Mentor, and Calibre are registered trademarks
and Calibre nmDRC, Calibre nmLVS, Calibre xRC, and Calibre RVE 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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