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News Release from: ARM | Subject: ARM-Magma reference methodology
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 15 April 2005
SoC reference methodology cuts the power
Magma Design Automation and ARM have developed a complete RTL-to-GDSII, low-power implementation solution for system-on-chip designs.
Magma Design Automation and ARM have developed a complete RTL-to-GDSII, low-power implementation solution for system-on-chip designs The solution uses Magma's Blast Power product to enable designers to create a single integrated implementation that provides significant power reduction when the SoC is in asynchronous mode, while maintaining optimal performance when operating synchronously
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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This low-power extension to the existing ARM-Magma reference methodology uses Magma's Blast Power to implement a number of power reduction techniques.
These include support for designs with multiple supply voltage domains, concurrent multi-VT optimisation, power gating with MTCMOS, clock gating and multimode analysis and optimisation.
In addition, Blast Rail has been incorporated to provide static, dynamic and transient power and voltage drop analysis.
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The presence of multiple voltage islands in the design is handled automatically with physically aware level shifter and isolation cell insertion coupled with automatic power grid synthesis and voltage domain-based optimisation.
This solution has been enabled with an ARM Metro standard cell library and provides customers with the ability to rapidly implement low-power designs with minimal manual intervention, thereby significantly reducing time-to-market for power sensitive SoC designs.
"A complete, low-power implementation solution is critical to our customer's success", said Neal Carney, Vice President of Marketing, ARM Physical IP.
"By enabling Magma to develop a comprehensive low-power solution with our IP products, we are together ensuring the success of our mutual customers by enabling the rapid implementation and deployment of advanced, energy efficient IP".
"Magma has been working with key customers for several years to develop a comprehensive low-power solution", said Premal Buch, General Manager Magma's Design Implementation Business Unit.
"Magma's integrated flow lends itself well to enabling the power versus timing versus area tradeoffs throughout the RTL-to-GDSII flow".
"We are seeing a clear momentum from our customers toward adopting this solution to help meet the needs of their low-power designs, especially at 90 nanometres and even more advanced processes".
"Magma is proactive in developing a total solution ahead of designers' needs", said Michael Ma, Vice President, Foundry and IP Relationships at Magma.
"This implementation flow with the ARM Metro low-power library continues our drive to enable designers to tackle 90-nanometre and newer design challenges".
Blast Power, Blast Rail and the low-power design methodology are available from Magma.
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