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News Release from: Mentor Graphics UK | Subject: AMS reference flow
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 24 May 2007
Mixed-signal flow is proved with UWB
transceiver
Mentor Graphics has set up a new reference flow for analogue and mixed-signal SoC designs.
Mentor Graphics has a new reference flow for analogue and mixed-signal (AMS) SoC designs The flow includes an integrated environment for design capture, data management and verification
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 21 Feb 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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UMC and Mentor Graphics jointly developed this mixed-signal design flow to address the increasingly sophisticated requirements of today's AMS designers.
The reference design flow demonstrates a methodology that allows system-level partitioning, high level trade-off, and system validation throughout the design flow.
Mentor's ADVance MS TM with ADiT and Design Architect-IC products are included in the flow.
Mentor and UMC verified this design flow with successful system simulation of an ultrawideband (UWB) transceiver design.
"Through our collaboration with Mentor Graphics, the full chip mixed-signal transceiver reference design was successfully developed using the flow on our130 nm mixed-signal process", says Ken Liou, Director of the IP and Design Support Division at UMC.
"The results prove that this reference flow is ready to help designers successfully produce other types of complex analogue-mixed signal products in silicon".
"It is a challenge to handle an RF SoC design with increasing design content in multiple application domains", says Jue-Hsien Chern, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Deep Submicron Division at Mentor Graphics.
"We worked very closely with UMC on the reference flow that can manage the complexity of RF system design and verification".
"Using the behavioural models with DA-IC and ADVance MS, this much improved efficiency on AMS SoC design will benefit our mutual customers".
UMC and Mentor Graphics will be showcasing the reference flow at the Design Automation Conference (DAC), from 4th to 7th June 2007 in San Diego, California.
Mentor Graphics and UMC will be participating in a presentation series at each others' booths numbered 4074 and 3676, respectively.
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