News Release from: Synopsys
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 28 May 2004
Renesas plans to improve turnaround time
Renesas Technology Corp has adopted the JupiterXT design planning flow to improve turnaround time on chips for leading consumer electronics devices.
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Renesas Technology Corp has adopted the JupiterXT design planning flow to improve turnaround time on chips for leading consumer electronics devices. Renesas Technology is expanding its commitment to Synopsys' Galaxy design platform through this adoption as it already uses Synopsys' Design Compiler, PrimeTime, Star-RCXT and Astro products. Renesas Technology adopted Synopsys' JupiterXT design planner because it enables Renesas Technology designers to save valuable time by creating high-quality floorplans in significantly fewer iterations.
JupiterXT provides Renesas Technology with a convergent design flow due to high correlation of placement, timing, extraction and power network analysis engines between JupiterXT and the rest of Galaxy's implementation and signoff tools.
JupiterXT's automatic embedded macro placement, power network analysis and power network synthesis will also help Renesas Technology eliminate the "ping-pong" effect that normally occurs between chip-level and block-level floorplanning.
"We needed a 90 nanometre solution for design planning and, after evaluating Synopsys' JupiterXT, found that it produced results comparable to those created by tedious manual design iterations, performance necessary for our designs, which feature very high gate counts and multiple embedded macros", said Hisaharu Miwa, Department Manager of EDA Technology Development Department at Renesas Technology.
"The decision to use JupiterXT solidifies a long-term commitment to Synopsys technology and recognises JupiterXT's ability to produce the fastest path to high-quality results".
"Synopsys is focused on delivering a highly correlated, convergent design flow to customers such as Renesas Technology, for their most challenging chip designs", said Antun Domic, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Synopsys' Implementation Group.
"JupiterXT is a key component in this flow, helping customers to reduce iterations of their designs and to achieve the fastest time to results".
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