Magma Enables Toshiba Corporation and Toshiba Microelectronics to Tape out 2.5-Million-Gate SoC in Just Four Weeks
Integrated Physical, Hierarchical and Signal Integrity Design
Capabilities Provide First-Pass Silicon Success
CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 9, 2003--
Magma(R) Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq:LAVA), a provider of chip
design solutions, today announced that Toshiba Corporation, a leading
semiconductor manufacturer, and Toshiba Microelectronics, a leading
LSI developer, used Magma software to successfully tape out and
achieve first-pass silicon success on a 2.5-million-gate, low voltage
(under 1.2V), low-power and high-speed consumer application device.
The complex system on chip (SoC) had more than 100 clocks with some
running faster than 200 MHz. The chip was implemented utilizing
Toshiba's TC280 (0.13-micron technology node) process and Magma's
integrated physical, hierarchical and signal integrity design
technology. Despite having to incorporate various operating modes, a
lot of IP (including ROM/RAM) and difficult industry-standard
interface, the Toshiba designers were able to implement the
challenging design in just four weeks with Blast Fusion APX(TM), Blast
Plan(TM) and Blast Noise(R). Blast Noise was instrumental in avoiding
noise problems during implementation that could have jeopardized the
schedule.
"Magma's Blast Fusion APX was able to take advantage of Toshiba's
TC280, 0.13-micron technology node for this complex SoC design and
close timing in all of various operating mode," said Kiyofumi Ochii,
vice president and general manager of Toshiba Microelectronics. "We
were able to complete all of the design's technical requirements from
netlist to tape-out in just four weeks."
"We are pleased that Toshiba was able to achieve the design target
and their customer's aggressive schedule with Magma's integrated
system," said Mehrdad Shahabi, president of Magma Design Automation
Co., Ltd. in Japan. "Our solution continues to enable our customers to
deliver complex and challenging designs on time."
Integrated Physical Design and Signal Integrity Analysis & Repair
Capabilities Speed Time to Tape-out
Magma's Blast Fusion system is based on the patented
FixedTiming(TM) methodology, an approach that enables Magma's systems
to predict circuit speeds prior to detailed physical design. The
systems then use a series of design refinements during physical design
to achieve a final timing that is very close to the predicted circuit
speed. With predictable timing results, iterations can be eliminated
and time to market can be significantly improved.
Magma's Blast Fusion APX, Blast Plan and Blast Noise systems are
based on a single, unified data model architecture that contains all
the logical and physical information about the design and is resident
in core memory during execution. The various functional elements --
such as the implementation engines for optimization, placement and
routing, and the analysis software for timing and delay extraction --
all operate directly on the unified data model without relying on file
interfaces or APIs. This tight integration allows more accurate
analysis of the design and enables the system to make rapid tradeoff
decisions during the design process to optimize for better chip
performance.
Leveraging this unique data model architecture, Blast Noise
automatically analyzes and avoids crosstalk noise and delay violations
throughout the flow without any time-consuming manual intervention.
These unique capabilities reduced Toshiba's design closure cycle and
enabled it to deliver the designs in just four weeks.
About Magma Design Automation
Magma software is used to design fast, multimillion-gate
integrated circuits, providing "The Fastest Path from RTL to
Silicon"(TM) and enabling chip designers to reduce the time required
to produce complex ICs. Magma's ASIC products for prototyping,
synthesis, and place & route provide a single executable for
RTL-to-GDSII chip design. The company's Blast Create(TM), Blast
Fusion(TM), Blast Fusion APX(TM), Blast Plan(TM), Blast Noise(R),
Blast Rail(TM) and Blast RTL(TM) products utilize Magma's patented
FixedTiming(R) methodology and single data model architecture to
reduce the timing-closure iterations often required between the logic
and physical processes in conventional IC design flows. Magma also
provides PALACE(TM) and ArchEvaluator(TM) advanced physical synthesis
and architecture development tools for programmable logic devices
(PLDs).
Magma maintains headquarters in Cupertino, Calif., as well as
facilities in Los Angeles, Orange County and San Diego, Calif.;
Boston, Mass.; Durham, N.C.; Austin and Dallas, Texas; Newcastle,
Wash.; and in Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Israel, Japan,
Korea, the Netherlands, Taiwan and the United Kingdom. The company's
stock trades on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol LAVA. Visit Magma
Design Automation on the Web at www.magma-da.com.
Magma, Blast Fusion, Blast Noise and FixedTiming are registered
trademarks, and ArchEvaluator, Blast Create, Blast Fusion APX, Blast
Plan, Blast Rail, "The Fastest Path from RTL to Silicon", and PALACE
are trademarks of Magma Design Automation. All other product and
company names are trademarks and registered trademarks of their
respective companies.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS:
Except for the historical information contained herein, the
matters set forth in this press release, including statements about
the features and benefits of Magma's system, 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, Magma's ability to keep pace with rapidly changing
technology and its products ability to produce desired results.
Further discussion of these and other potential risk factors may be
found in Magma's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2003 and
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on August
14, 2003, and from time to time in Magma's SEC reports. These
forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof. Magma
disclaims any obligation to update these forward-looking statements.
CONTACT: Magma Design Automation Inc.
Monica Marmie, 408-864-2027
(Marketing Communications Manager)
monical@magma-da.com
or
Magma KK
Sumiko Miida, +81 45 470 9008 (Japan Press Relations)
miida@magma-da.com
