Magma to Develop Low-Power Reference Flow for Nanometer Designs; Industry-Leading IP Providers ARM and Artisan to Collaborate on Flow Development and Validation
SANTA CLARA, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—May 3, 2004—
Magma(R) Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq:LAVA), a
provider of chip design solutions, today announced its intent to
develop a low-power RTL-to-GDSII reference flow based on its newly
released Blast Power(TM) product. This solution integrates the
benefits of power optimization and management into the Magma system.
Leading intellectual property (IP) providers ARM and Artisan
Components have agreed to allow the use of their IP products to
facilitate the development of this flow with the ARM9E(TM) processor
family working with Artisan's Metro(TM) Platform IP which is
architected for low-power solutions. This low-power Magma reference
flow will guide designers through an RTL-to-GDSII methodology that
leverages embedded low-power design and analysis capabilities of Blast
Power to enable fast, optimal timing-versus-power and
area-versus-power tradeoffs at different stages of the implementation
flow. With the ability to address power considerations during
implementation and within a single environment, designers can minimize
the power consumption of the design and reduce turnaround time.
"ARM and Magma have previously worked to develop Magma-Ready IP
and an RTL-to-GDSII reference implementation for the ARM9E family of
microprocessors," said Tim Holden, EDA Relations manager of ARM. "We
welcome this development as part of the continued drive to improve the
power consumption of ARM Powered(R) SoCs."
"In today's complex nanometer design environment, collaborative
solutions from industry leaders are essential to address the
challenges faced by customers," said Herb Gebhart, director of
technical marketing for Artisan. "We believe that working with Magma
to incorporate our Metro IP into their low-power methodology will
benefit our mutual customers by offering them access to a low-power
design flow tuned on a low-power IP platform."
"ARM and Artisan have both made significant efforts to enable
their customers to reduce power in their nanometer designs," said
Michael Ma, vice president of business development at Magma. "By
working with these leading IP products to qualify our low-power flow,
we will meet a critical need for a large segment of the IC designer
market."
About the Magma Low-Power Reference Flow
The reference flow will be based on the Blast Power solution that
was also announced today, and will include Blast Create(TM), Blast
Fusion APX(TM) and the Blast Rail(TM) power and rail analysis product.
In addition to the necessary scripts, the reference flow will include
guidelines on how to use these new capabilities within the Magma
RTL-to-GDSII system. Magma expects to release the low-power reference
flow later this year.
About Magma Design Automation
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 design planning, 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
ARM, Artisan and Magma will validate a flow using their respective
products, that this flow will minimize power and turnaround time, and
about the features and benefits of the companies' products, 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, ARM, Artisan and Magma's products'
abilities to produce desired results and the companies' decisions to
continue to work together. Further discussion of these and other
potential risk factors may be found in Magma's public filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (www.sec.gov). Magma undertakes no
additional obligation to update these forward-looking statements."
Magma is a registered trademark and Blast Create, Blast Fusion
APX, Blast Rail and "The Fastest Path from RTL to Silicon" are
trademarks, of Magma Design Automation. All other product and company
names are trademarks and registered trademarks of their respective
companies.
ARM is a registered trademark of ARM Limited. ARM9E are trademarks
of ARM Limited. All other brands or product names are the property of
their respective holders. "ARM" is used to represent ARM Holdings plc
(LSE:ARM)(Nasdaq:ARMHY); its operating company ARM Limited; and the
regional subsidiaries ARM INC.; ARM KK; ARM Korea Ltd.; ARM Taiwan;
ARM France SAS; and ARM Consulting (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
Artisan Components and Artisan are registered trademarks and Metro
is a trademark of Artisan Components, Inc.
Contact:
Magma Design Automation Inc.
Monica Marmie, 408-565-7689
monical@magma-da.com
