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News Release from: Apache Design Solutions | Subject: RedHawk
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 07 November 2007
Power integrity software supports Common
Platform
Chartered, IBM and Samsung and their customers now have access to an industry-leading power signoff solution.
Common Platform Technology alliance members Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, IBM and Samsung Electronics have qualified the Apache RedHawk full-chip dynamic power integrity solution for use in 65nm reference flows supporting Common Platform technology The adoption of RedHawk into the reference flow provides Chartered, IBM and Samsung and their customers, access to an industry-leading power signoff solution
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 14 Jun 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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"The Common Platform alliance members and Apache have worked together to validate RedHawk's static and dynamic power analysis results for the Common Platform technology's 65nm process", says Dr Ben Suh, Vice President, ASIC/Foundry Business, Samsung Electronics.
"Power integrity is an important factor for silicon success, so offering a production-proven solution such as RedHawk into the reference flows for Common Platform technology enables our customers to increase their confidence in the success of their design".
RedHawk delivers cell-based capacity, performance, and ease-of-use with transistor-level accuracy for power analysis and optimisation of today's most complex, high performance SoC designs including those using advanced low-power design techniques such as MTCMOS and multiple-voltage domains.
RedHawk addresses dynamic power issues such as simultaneous switching output (SSO) for core, memory, clock, and I/O, as well as the effects of on-chip inductance, package RLC, and decoupling capacitance.
It enables designers to identify dynamic "hot spots", examine its impact on timing, accurately pinpoint the cause and repair the source of the supply noise, thus allowing designers to reduce cost and improve yield.
"We are pleased to be part of the Common Platform reference flow, enabling us to extend the benefits of our industry leading power signoff solutions to the Platform customers", said Dian Yang, vice president of product management at Apache.
"By enabling designers to accurately analyse and optimise their design for power, RedHawk helps our mutual customers build designs that meet their stringent power requirement while delivering performance".
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