"With Cadence simulation technology, we were able to verify this mixed-signal design at a depth and thoroughness that was simply unattainable with our previous verification methodology," said Hiroyuki Iwata, director, Analog ASIC Design Dept. of Fujitsu Microelectronics Solutions Limited. "We anticipate up to a 90 percent reduction in runtime for simulating our mixed-signal chips by using Virtuoso Multi-Mode Simulation products instead of prior tools. These enhanced capabilities are important to us in that they help ensure that we are offering the most highly reliable ICs."
FMSL deployed Virtuoso AMS Designer to effectively validate the many complex analog and digital interface functions such as power controllers for dynamic voltage and frequency scaling, and A/D and D/A converters for signal conversion. Virtuoso AMS Designer's comprehensive language support and mixed-signal interface modeling capabilities make it ideal for mixed-signal simulation of analog and mixed-signal SoCs, enabling designers and verification engineers to capture and verify the complex behavior among analog and digital blocks.
FMSL engineers were able to optimize their mixed-signal verification runs with Virtuoso AMS Designer by switching between Virtuoso UltraSim Full-Chip Simulator, a high-performance transistor-level FastSPICE circuit simulator, and Virtuoso Spectre® Circuit Simulator with "turbo" capabilities, which delivers fast, accurate, SPICE-level simulation for tough analog, RF and mixed-signal circuits depending on the performance and capacity required.
"FMSL has been working with incredibly advanced mixed-signal designs, and its design teams have benefited greatly by deploying newer Cadence technology -- Spectre with turbo capabilities -- alongside long-established solutions like Virtuoso AMS Designer and UltraSim," said Zhihong Liu, corporate vice president of research and development for circuit simulation and physical verification products at Cadence. "We look forward to working closely with FMSL in the future, continuing to develop and deliver the technologies and methodologies its engineers need to tackle whatever new design and verification challenges the future brings."
Information on Virtuoso AMS Designer and the Virtuoso Multi-Mode Simulation suite is available at www.cadence.com/products/cic/multimode_simulation/pages/default.aspx.
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