SANTA CLARA, Calif. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — July 20, 2009 — Berkeley Design Automation Inc., provider of the Analog FastSPICE™ (AFS) unified circuit verification platform for advanced analog, mixed-signal, and RF (AMS/RF) integrated circuits, today announced that the company will be presenting a RF circuit simulation paper at the technical session and exhibiting at the Design Automation Conference (DAC) 2009. The paper has been nominated for Best Paper at the upcoming show.

WHO:				Berkeley Design Automation, Inc.
WHAT:				Technical Session 23 - Paper 23.2 - A Robust and Efficient Harmonic Balance (HB) Using Direct Solution of HB Jacobian, by Amit Mehrotra and Abhishek Somani.
				Exhibit: Berkeley Design Automation will highlight how its AFS Platform enables AMS/RF design teams to verify what would otherwise require numerous simulators, achieve 2x higher verification efficiency, and signoff with the industry's only true SPICE accurate device noise analysis.
WHERE:				Design Automation Conference 2009, Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA.
				July 27 – 31, 2009. Berkeley Design Automation will be exhibiting at booth #1620 (South Hall).
WHEN:				Paper to be presented on Wed. July 29, 9:00am, Room 125.
				For more information, see http://www.dac.com.

About Berkeley Design Automation

Berkeley Design Automation, Inc. is the recognized leader in advanced analog, mixed-signal, and RF (AMS/RF) verification. Its Analog FastSPICE unified circuit verification platform combines the accuracy, performance, and capacity needed to verify GHz designs in nanometer-scale silicon. Design teams from top-10 semiconductor companies to leading startups use the AFS Platform to efficiently verify AMS/RF circuits. Founded in 2003, the company has received several industry awards in recognition of its technology leadership and impact on the electronics industry. The company is privately held and backed by Woodside Fund, Bessemer Venture Partners, Panasonic Corporation, NTT Finance Corporation, and IT-Farm Corporation. For more information, see http://www.berkeley-da.com.

Analog FastSPICE, AFS Nano, Noise Analysis Option, RF FastSPICE, PLL Noise Analyzer, WaveCrave, and Precision Circuit Analysis are trademarks of Berkeley Design Automation, Inc. Berkeley Design and BDA are registered trademarks of Berkeley Design Automation, Inc. Any other trademarks or trade names mentioned are the property of their respective owners.

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