Matsushita successfully used the Virtuoso IC 6.1 to design and verify its most complex and advanced node custom designs, aiming for design time reduction.
Cadence collaborated with Matsushita to help ensure the latest version of the platform met the needs for designers performing analog/mixed-signal (AMS) design and verification for today's complex chips. Cadence technologies are used by Matsushita to design blocks for larger AMS designs, including using design constraints to ensure that the design intent is maintained throughout the development process. The Virtuoso Analog Design Environment and the Virtuoso Layout Suite XL have been used by Matsushita to boost productivity. The company also has deployed Virtuoso Layout Migrate for IP reuse and migration.
"We have started using the new Virtuoso platform for both our advanced and legacy process nodes," said Seiji Yamaguchi, System LSI Technology Development Center Director, Semiconductor Company of Matsushita. "When we worked with Cadence under this partnership, we set a target to reduce design time by using advanced features of Virtuoso IC 6.1, and we're starting to see the objective being achieved. Our collaboration with Cadence has provided us with significant new technology to address our greatest custom design challenges."
"These results demonstrate the value of our strong relationship with Matsushita," said Srinivas Raman, corporate vice president, Research and Development of Cadence. "Cadence collaborated with Matsushita to achieve the substantial design time reduction through our close relationship; it's a model of how such cooperative engagements should work. There is an enormous amount of complexity associated with these types of designs, and we're glad that we agree with Matsushita that the Virtuoso IC 6.1 delivers the best technology for tackling these challenges."
Customers use Cadence software and hardware, methodologies, and services to design and verify advanced semiconductors, consumer electronics, networking and telecommunications equipment, and computer systems.
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