Toshiba to Accept SoC Handoff From Magma RTL Synthesis; Completed Designs Demonstrate More Predictable Timing Closure
SANTA CLARA, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Jan. 26, 2004—
Magma Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq:LAVA), a provider
of chip design solutions, today announced that Toshiba America
Electronic Components, Inc. (TAEC) has successfully implemented a
3-million-gate system-on-chip (SoC) using design data generated by
Blast Create(TM), Magma's high-capacity synthesis solution. Having
validated that Blast Create can provide very good timing correlation
from synthesis to physical implementation, Toshiba has designated
Blast Create as a design environment for an RTL-to-netlist hand-off
flow.
"We have successfully used Blast Fusion(R) for the past three
years to take very complex custom SoCs into production. These have
mostly been at the TC280 (0.13-micron) technology level," said
Shigenori Imazato, vice president of Engineering for the TAEC Design
Centers. "By adopting Blast Create in addition to Blast Fusion, we
have realized a consistent streamlined flow from RTL to GDS using a
single library, a single constraint system and a set of common
analysis engines. By using Magma's RTL-to-netlist flow, we can achieve
better performance and faster turnaround time."
TAEC has provided Blast Logic(TM) design kits to its custom SoC
customers for the past 18 months. Based on the company's success in
achieving improved handoff quality with the benefit of quicker timing
closure for complex designs, it is a natural extension to provide
customers with Blast Create for high predictability of the
RTL-to-netlist flow.
"Since its release in April 2003, Blast Create has achieved rapid
market adoption. Magma and TAEC have many common customers, some of
which are moving to the Toshiba TC300 90 nanometer (nm) processes,"
said Nitin Deo, vice president of product marketing for Magma. "With
the qualification of Blast Create as a hand-off flow, TAEC and Magma
can offer mutual customers the high capacity, predictability and fast
turnaround time required to implement their SoC designs on the proven
Toshiba 90nm process."
About Blast Create
Blast Create is an RTL-to-placed-gates system that enables logic
designers to synthesize, visualize, evaluate and improve the quality
of their RTL code, design constraints, testability requirements and
floorplan. Blast Create integrates fast, full-featured, high-capacity
logic and physical synthesis capabilities, full and incremental static
timing analysis, design for test (DFT) analysis and synthesis, and
power analysis. Unlike conventional point-tool front-end flows, Blast
Create does not rely on wireload models or inaccurate physical design
data. With Blast Create's high capacity and integrated technology,
designers can quickly build and analyze a flat, multimillion-gate
design. This allows them to identify and fix problems early in the
flow, ensuring a clean handoff between the RTL designer and the layout
engineer, providing a predictable path to timing closure and
accelerating the RTL-to-GDSII design flow. Both Verilog and VHDL
hardware definition languages (HDLs) are supported. Blast Create
accepts design constraints in SDC format and libraries in .lib format,
avoiding the need and cost of adapting Blast Create to existing logic
design environments.
About Magma
Magma provides leading software for designing highly complex
integrated circuits while maximizing Quality of Results with respect
to area, timing and power, and at the same time reducing overall
design cycles and costs. Magma provides a complete RTL-to-GDSII design
flow that includes prototyping, synthesis, place & route, and signal
and power integrity chip design capabilities in a single executable,
offering "The Fastest Path from RTL to Silicon"(TM). Magma's software
also includes products for advanced physical synthesis and
architecture development tools for programmable logic devices (PLDs);
capacitance extraction; and characterization and modeling. The
company's stock trades on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol LAVA. Visit
Magma Design Automation on the Web at www.magma-da.com.
Forward-Looking Statements:
Except for the historical information contained herein, the
matters set forth in this press release, including statements that
TAEC will accept SoC handoff from Blast Create, that this flow will
deliver better results, predictability and faster turnaround time, and
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, TAEC's decision to continue to accept
output from Blast Create, 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 latest filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on form 10-K, and any subsequent updates thereto
on form 10-Q. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the
date hereof. Magma disclaims any obligation to update these
forward-looking statements.
Magma, Blast Fusion, Blast Noise and FixedTiming are registered
trademarks and Blast Create, Blast Logic and "The Fastest Path from
RTL to Silicon" are trademarks of Magma Design Automation Inc. All
other product and company names are trademarks and registered
trademarks of their respective companies.
Contact:
Magma Design Automation Inc.
Monica Marmie, 408-565-7689
monical@magma-da.com
