SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 17, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Magma®
Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq:LAVA), a provider of chip
design software, announced today that SuVolta, Inc., a
developer of scalable low-power CMOS technologies in Los
Gatos, Calif., has expanded its business relationship with
Magma by entering into a licensing agreement to use the
FineSim™ SPICE multi-CPU circuit simulator.
SuVolta's PowerShrink™ lo-wpower platform reduces the
power consumed by integrated circuits (ICs) by 50 percent or
more while maintaining the same performance levels by
minimizing the electrical variation of the millions of
transistors on a chip. Using FineSim SPICE, SuVolta reduced
simulation runtime, enabling the design team to increase test
coverage by 4X without sacrificing accuracy.
"Our technology is used by advanced semiconductor
companies that require the highest level of accuracy in
verification of test chip data," said Robert Rogenmoser,
Ph.D., SuVolta's senior vice president of Product
Development and Engineering. "Magma's FineSim SPICE
provides SuVolta with runtime improvements to ensure our
designs are of the highest quality."
"SuVolta has emerged with game-changing technology that
significantly reduces power consumption," said Anirudh
Devgan, general manager of Magma's Custom Design
Business Unit. "Their innovative approach is enhanced by
the fast and accurate simulation of FineSim SPICE."
FineSim SPICEis a SPICE-level simulation analysis tool that incorporates transistor-level simulation analysis capabilities for mixed-signal and analog designs. FineSim SPICE is a full SPICE simulation engine with distributed processing that enables design teams to simulate large-scale mixed-signal system chips at the transistor level. By providing increased speed and capacity while maintaining full SPICE accuracy, FineSim SPICE enables designers to simulate advanced circuits - such as PLLs, ADCs (analog-to-digital converters), DACs (digital-to-analog converters) and gigahertz SERDES (SERializer/DESerializer) - they would not have attempted to test using slower traditional SPICE simulators.
About SuVolta, Inc.SuVolta, Inc.develops and licenses scalable semiconductor technologies that enable a significant reduction in IC power consumption while maintaining performance. Based in Silicon Valley, the team includes world-class engineers and scientists with a long history of technology development and innovation to advance the semiconductor industry. The company is backed by leading venture capital firms Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), August Capital, NEA, Bright Capital, Northgate Capital and DAG Ventures. For more information, visit www.suvolta.com.
About Magma
Leading semiconductor companies worldwide use Magma's
electronic design automation (EDA) software to produce chips
for a wide variety of vertical markets including tablet
computing, mobile devices, electronic games, digital video,
networking, military/aerospace and memory. Silicon One,
Magma's technology solutions for emerging silicon,
address time to market, product differentiation, cost and
performance while making silicon more profitable. Magma
products include software for digital design, analog
implementation, mixed-signal design, physical verification,
circuit simulation, characterization and yield management.
The company maintains headquarters in San Jose, Calif., and
offices throughout North America, Europe, Japan, Asia and
India. Magma's stock trades on Nasdaq under the ticker
symbol LAVA. Follow Magma on Twitter at www.Twitter.com/MagmaEDAand on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/Magma.
Visit Magma Design Automation on the Web at www.magma-da.com.
Magma is a registered trademark, and FineSim is a trademark
of Magma Design Automation Inc. All other product and company
names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their
respective companies.
Except for the historical information contained herein, the
matters set forth in this press release, including statements
that FineSim SPICE offers fast, accurate circuit simulation
and other statements about the features and benefits of Magma
products, are forward-looking statements within the meaning
of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.These
forward-looking statements are subject to risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to
differ materially including, but not limited to,
SuVolta's decision to continue using Magma's
software; both companies' abilities to keep pace with
rapidly changing technology; and their products'
abilities to produce desired results. Further discussion
of
these and other potential risk factors may be found in
Magma's public filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission
(
www.sec.gov). Magma undertakes no additional obligation
to update these forward-looking statements.
CONTACT: Magma Design Automation Inc.
Press Relations
Monica Marmie
Director, Corporate Marketing
(408) 565-7689 mmarmie@magma-da.com
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