Nassda's HSIM Provides First Silicon Success for Silicon Access Networks 10-Gbps ICs
HSIM Handles Full-Chip Simulations for Multi-Million Transistor Mixed-Signal Chips
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 14, 2002--Nassda
Corporation (Nasdaq:NSDA - News) today announced that Silicon Access
Networks, Inc. used Nassda's HSIM(TM), a leading full-chip
hierarchical circuit simulator, to achieve fully functioning first
silicon of 10-Gbps mixed-signal integrated circuits (ICs) for its
iFlow(TM) Data Path Processing Platform. iFlow is used in networking
routers and switches. Silicon Access Networks replaced older
"fast-SPICE" simulators with HSIM for all detailed timing verification
of its entire iFlow IC family.
"Our iFlow Data Path Processing Platform enables networking
equipment manufacturers to develop more powerful systems with fewer
components," said Perry Constantine, president and CEO of Silicon
Access Networks. "Our iFlow ICs offer manufacturers unmatched
performance and flexibility for meeting the evolving needs of
carrier-class applications. Nassda's tools and support helped our
designers ensure that these sophisticated ICs worked right the first
time, avoiding the delays that can be so costly in this competitive
marketplace."
The Silicon Access Networks iFlow family includes ICs for packet
processing, traffic classification and other functions that are
essential for high-end internetworking applications such as
high-density enterprise and metro Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) line cards,
10GbE uplinks, OC192c Packet-over-SONET interfaces and edge routing.
By integrating processor cores, very large memory arrays and
analog/mixed-signal elements, the multi-million-transistor iFlow IC
designs exceeded the capacity of older "fast-SPICE" simulators.
However, the Silicon Access Networks development team was able to
perform full-chip transistor-level simulations needed to verify
detailed timing performance in these designs by using HSIM. As a
result, Silicon Access Networks achieved first-silicon success for its
iFlow ICs, which were fabricated in a 0.13-micron process at Taiwan
Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (TSMC).
"For innovative designs such as Silicon Access Networks' iFlow
ICs, comprehensive verification is vital for avoiding silicon re-spins
and for achieving quick time-to-market," said Sang Wang, CEO of
Nassda. "We believe HSIM offers the capacity, speed and precision
needed to verify correct performance of today's highly integrated
leading-edge designs. We're delighted to work with Silicon Access
Networks to meet their needs for full-chip transistor-level timing
verification."
About Silicon Access Networks
Silicon Access Networks, a communications semiconductor company,
offers the only complete Data Path Processing Platform (DP3) solution
for wide area, metropolitan and enterprise switching and routing
applications. The iFlow DP3 solution delivers a quantum leap in
performance and density over competing solutions. The company, which
has more than 180 employees, is home to more than 150 engineers
hailing from the world's leading networking, microprocessor and
silicon manufacturing companies. Founded in 1997, Silicon Access
Networks is headquartered in San Jose, California, with R&D facilities
located in Ottawa, Ontario and Raleigh, North Carolina. The company is
a member of the Network Processing Forum (NPF), the 10 Gigabit
Ethernet Alliance, the Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) and the ATM
Forum. For more information, visit www.siliconaccess.com.
About Nassda
Nassda Corporation (Nasdaq:NSDA - News) is a fast-growing provider of
full-chip circuit verification software for complex nanometer
semiconductors. Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, the company
develops and markets simulation and analysis solutions for advanced
ICs, especially for analog, memory, and mixed-signal SoC designs.
Nassda's products enable first silicon success, and improve product
quality and production yield for its consumer, communication,
computer, and memory customers. The company has sales and distribution
offices throughout the world. For more information about Nassda,
please visit the company's website at http://www.nassda.com.
Note to Editors: Nassda and HSIM are registered trademarks of
Nassda Corporation. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are
the property of their owners.
Contact:
Nassda Corporation
Graham Bell, 408/562-9168
gbell@nassda.com
or
Lee Public Relations
Barbara Marker, 503/209-2323
barbara@leepr.com
