Product category: Design and Development Software
News Release from: Cadence Design Systems
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 30 July 2002
Toumaz standardises on
Cadence tools and services
Toumaz Technology, a spinoff company from Imperial College London, developing ultra-low-power advanced mixed signal systems, has standardised its design flow on Cadence tools and methodology services
Toumaz Technology, a spinoff company from Imperial College, London, developing ultra-low-power advanced mixed signal systems, has standardised its design flow on Cadence tools and methodology services. Toumaz is using a front-to-back analogue design flow based on Cadence tools including custom Virtuoso IC layout tools, Spectre Circuit and RF Simulation, Cadence Analog Design Environment, Diva physical verification and will use Cadence methodology services for digital synthesis and layout.
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 30 July 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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The AMx technology developed by Toumaz represents a new class of integrated circuit that combines analogue and digital elements to achieve power reduction levels of up to 1000 times that of traditional components.
This is achieved by handling calculations using analogue systems under the management of a digital controller, rather than an all-digital approach.
The ultra-low-power nature of the mixed signal technology being developed by Toumaz make it ideal for applications around the human computer interface, such as bio-medical, bio-metric, sensing, signal processing and personal communication applications.
Toumaz selected Cadence as its EDA partner after valuing the contribution of Cadence in assisting research staff at Imperial College during the development of critical devices and techniques for ultra-low-power processing applications.
"Toumaz continued its relationship with Cadence from the academic environment right through to the commercial environment", said Keith Errey, CEO, Toumaz.
"The flexibility offered by Cadence in terms of purchasing model and resourcing has enabled us to focus development effort on our core strength - the development of low power analogue systems - whilst using Cadence's tools and methodology services for other elements of the development work".
"Toumaz's technology could have huge implications for low powered design", said Tom Brigiotta, vice president Sales and Marketing Europe, Cadence Design Systems.
"Cadence is keen to support early stage companies and has developed a number of business models to make these types of projects successful".
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