PITTSBURGH, May 28, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- ANSYS, Inc. (NASDAQ:
ANSS) and TowerJazz, a leader in specialty foundry technology, are
working to meet the growing demands for automotive, medical and
Internet of Things (IoT) applications where product reliability and
robustness are paramount. This collaboration has enabled TowerJazz
to certify ANSYS® Totem™ and ANSYS®
PathFinder™ software for its 180-nanometer (nm) process family
design kits (PDKs) and reference design flow.
The certifications allow customers to use ANSYS tools for
designing robust and reliable analog and mixed-signal integrated
circuits (IC). These ICs are used for complementary
metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) image sensors, high voltage power
management and light emitting diode (LED) applications that cater
to consumers, communications, automotive, IoT, industrial and
medical markets.
"As analog and more mixed-signal content are integrated into a
chip for loT, automotive and medical applications, a robust and
foundry-certified power, noise and reliability sign-off flow
becomes essential," said Fares Mubarak, vice president and general
manager of ANSYS. "By working with TowerJazz, we are able to
provide optimized tools and methodologies for shared
customers."
Delivering stable power for all modes of operation of an IC is a
critical requirement for all applications. To ensure reliable
performance across a range of operating conditions, IC designers
need tools and methods to identify and mitigate dynamic and static
voltage drop, substrate noise coupling, electromigration, and
electro-static discharge (ESD) issues. Use of Totem and PathFinder
allows for stable power providing enhanced reliability, and thereby
improved performance.
"Close collaboration between TowerJazz and ANSYS helped create
the PDKs, a reference flow and certification of ANSYS tools for the
180nm process family," said Ori Galzur, vice president of VLSI
design center at TowerJazz. "This allows our mutual customers to
improve their competitive position in the market with more reliable
ICs in terms of both power stability and performance."
The ANSYS portfolio of product offerings will be showcased at
the Design Automation Conference (DAC) June 7-11 in exhibit booth #1232. TowerJazz's
reference design will be shown at DAC in the ANSYS booth on June
10. A demo of the reference design will be shown at the
TowerJazz booth #2608.
About ANSYS, Inc.
ANSYS brings clarity and insight to customers' most complex
design challenges through fast, accurate and reliable engineering
simulation. Our technology enables organizations ― no matter their
industry ― to predict with confidence that their products will
thrive in the real world. Customers trust our software to help
ensure product integrity and drive business success through
innovation. Founded in 1970, ANSYS employs over 2,750
professionals, many of them expert in engineering fields such as
finite element analysis, computational fluid dynamics, electronics
and electromagnetics, and design optimization. Headquartered south
of Pittsburgh, U.S.A., ANSYS has more than 75 strategic sales
locations throughout the world with a network of channel partners
in 40+ countries. Visit www.ansys.com for more information.
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