Agilent Technologies and Tiburon Design Automation to Integrate Verilog-A Support into Agilent's EDA Tools
Tiburon's Verilog-A Compiler Technology Enables Quick, Accurate Development
of Analog Behavioral and Compact Device Models for RF Designs that Simulate
at Speeds Comparable to C-Based Models
PALO ALTO and SANTA ROSA, Calif., July 22, 2003 -- Agilent Technologies Inc.
(NYSE: A) and Tiburon Design Automation Inc. (Tiburon-DA) today announced an
agreement to integrate Verilog-A modeling technology from Tiburon-DA into
the Agilent RF Design Environment (RFDE) and Agilent Advanced Design System
(ADS) software packages. The addition of Tiburon's Verilog-A compiler
technology is expected to enable analog, RF, microwave, and mixed-signal
system designers to use Agilent's industry-leading simulation tools to more
quickly develop highly accurate analog behavioral and compact device models
that simulate at speeds comparable to C-based models.
"Integrating Verilog-A technology into our Advanced Design System and RF
Design Environment platforms is expected to enable RF model developers to
create and distribute models to design teams more efficiently," said Marc
Petersen, marketing manager, Agilent EEsof EDA division. "We plan to provide
more simulation choices to RF designers by making it possible to use
existing Verilog-A model libraries with our simulation tools."
Verilog-A is a high-level, industry-standard modeling language used to
create behavioral and device models for verification of RFIC and MMIC
designs for products such as cellular phones, pagers, wireless and broadband
networks, and radar and satellite communications systems. Verilog-A-based
models can be used with simulators from a variety of EDA (electronic design
automation) tools providers. Verilog-A is used by semiconductor foundries to
create models that conform to foundry processes and can be used in many
types of simulations.
Tiburon-DA's Verilog-A technology contains an efficient compiler that allows
fast Verilog-A simulations. The compiler implements the OVI Verilog-A 2.0
standard and generates compiled code that achieves simulation speeds
comparable to C-based models, allowing designers to develop complex analog
models more quickly with less effort while maintaining simulation
performance. Support for Tiburon-DA's Verilog-A technology in ADS is
expected to allow designers with existing Verilog-A model libraries to
access best-in-class simulation technologies from Agilent, as well as to
quickly develop new libraries of Verilog-A-based models for use in design
and simulation.
"Agilent's clear market leadership in RF simulation, combined with
Tiburon-DA's recent innovations in compiler technology, will open the door
to widespread use of Verilog-A in RF and microwave design," said Patrick
O'Halloran, vice president of engineering, Tiburon Design Automation. "Our
technology allows Verilog-A to replace C or proprietary HDLs as the language
of choice in analog model development, and provides a path to analog model
compatibility across simulation platforms -- a long-standing problem in the
industry."
Agilent expects to deliver Tiburon-DA's integrated technology as a new
product to customers within six to nine months, and plans to begin testing
prototype code with key customers during the fourth quarter of 2003.
About Tiburon Design Automation
Tiburon Design Automation, Inc. is a private, early stage Electronic Design
Automation company developing products to improve analog modeling for
circuit simulation. More information is available on the web at
www.tiburon-da.com.
About Agilent Technologies
Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) is a global technology leader in
communications, electronics, life sciences and chemical analysis. The
company's 32,000 employees serve customers in more than 110 countries.
Agilent had net revenue of $6 billion in fiscal year 2002. Information about
Agilent is available on the Web at www.agilent.com.
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