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Matsushita Selects Simplex's VoltageStorm SoC for High-Performance Microprocessor Designs
SUNNYVALE, Calif. and OSAKA, Japan, July 16 /PRNewswire/ --
Simplex Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPLX) today announced that Osaka-based
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (NYSE: MC), one of the world's
leading producers of electronic and electric products, has selected Simplex's
VoltageStorm(TM) SoC transistor-level power analysis product to verify the
power grid integrity of its high-performance, system-on-chip (SoC) designs.
Matsushita will deploy VoltageStorm SoC, the premier solution for performing
high-speed, hierarchical analysis, as well as transistor-level sign-off
analysis of power grid IR (voltage) drop and electromigration risk at any
stage of physical design, to verify the effects of IR drop on its
microprocessor cores and core-based SoC designs. ``Rapidly evolving digital consumer and wireless products require
increasingly high-performance microprocessor designs. On-chip IR drop can
cause significant timing problems, and can even result in a non-functional
chip,'' said Hisato Yoshida, staff engineer, Microprocessor Development Center,
Corporate Semiconductor Development Division, Matsushita Electric Industrial
Co., Ltd. ``Simplex's VoltageStorm SoC will help us to understand the behavior
of the current flow across our chips, and enable us to identify excessive IR
drop in our microprocessor-based chip designs to ensure there won't be any
timing or functionality problems.'' Until the advent of deep-submicron (DSM) process technologies, IR drop was
considered a second- or third-order effect. Today's high-performance SoC
designs, with their increasing chip size and number of integrated IP blocks
and decreasing power supply voltages, are at increased risk for IR
drop-related failures due to the unpredictable flow of power in and around
embedded blocks. Accordingly, SoC designers require full-chip verification
tools that rapidly identify and help resolve critical power grid issues. Bill Baker, general manager of Simplex KK, said, ``Matsushita recognizes
that IR drop is a critical issue for its advanced microprocessor-based
designs. VoltageStorm SoC will enable them to understand the effects of IR
drop on these high-performance SoC designs. We are very pleased to be able to
provide a leading company such as Matsushita with a solution to address this
important issue.'' About Matsushita Electric Co., Ltd Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. is one of the world's leading
producers of electronic and electric products for consumer, business, and
industrial use, which it markets around the world under the ``Panasonic,''
``National,'' ``Technics'' and ``Quasar'' brand names. Matsushita's shares are
listed outside Japan on the Amsterdam, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, New York,
Pacific, and Paris stock exchanges. About Simplex Simplex Solutions, Inc. provides software and services for the design and
verification of integrated circuits to enable its communications, computer and
consumer-products customers to achieve first-time production success and rapid
delivery of complex systems-on-chip. Simplex's customers use its products and
services prior to manufacture to design and verify the integrated circuits to
help ensure that the integrated circuits will perform as intended, taking into
account the complex effects of deep-submicron semiconductor physics. Simplex
can be reached at +1-408-617-6100 or on the web at www.simplex.com. Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements This release contains forward-looking statements (including, without
limitation, information regarding the capabilities of VoltageStorm SoC to
ensure Matsushita will not encounter any timing or functionality problems in
its chip designs) that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause the
results of Simplex to differ materially from management's current
expectations. Actual results may differ materially due to a number of factors including,
among others:
future strategic decisions made by Simplex and/or Matsushita;
competitive developments; demand for advanced semiconductor chips and the
verification software that supports their production; and the rapid pace of
technological change in the semiconductor industry. The matters discussed in
this press release also involve risks and uncertainties described in Simplex's
most recent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Simplex
assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking information contained in
this release. NOTE:
Simplex Solutions, the Simplex logo and VoltageStorm are trademarks
of Simplex Solutions. All other trademarks mentioned in this press release are
the properties of their respective owners.
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