Astro speeds tape out for Nordic

Nordic VLSI has successfully taped out a high-performance IC for digital sensor applications using the advanced Astro physical design-closure capability.

Nordic VLSI has successfully taped out a high-performance IC for digital sensor applications using the advanced Astro physical design-closure capability, a key part of Avant!'s Milkyway-based, SinglePass-SoC solution.

Nordic VLSI achieved timing closure with signal integrity in half the time normally required by its previous design flow.

"It is important for us to establish highly predictable design closure, taking into account timing, crosstalk, IR-drop, electromigration, and design-rule requirements such as antenna and other ultra-deep-submicron issues in one flow", said Jan Egil Oye, physical design manager at Nordic VLSI ASA.

"The powerful concurrent optimisation provided by the Astro tools with accurate, fast and predictable extraction reduced design iterations and shortened our design cycle time by half.

Astro is the key tool in our design methodology for high-performance ICs in telecom and sensor applications at 0.18/0.13-micron technologies and beyond".

"Astro is the premier UDSM design-closure solution now in use at more than half of the world's 20 top semiconductor companies", said Dr Paul Lo, president at Avant! Corp.

"Astro is an innovative result of our strong technical staff and our continuing investment in research and development.

Nordic VLSI's recent successful tape-out of a high-performance digital sensor IC design using Astro further reinforces Avant!'s strong leadership in advanced SoC design".

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