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News Release from: Synopsys | Subject: Galaxy Design Platform
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 17 June 2005

Design platform cuts power for STARC

The Synopsys Galaxy Design Platform has been integrated into the latest Semiconductor Technology Academic Research Centre STARCAD-21 Synopsys-based production flow

The Synopsys Galaxy Design Platform has been integrated into the latest semiconductor technology Academic Research Centre (STARC) STARCAD-21 Synopsys-based production flow Version 2.0, offering a complete RTL-to-GDSII solution for low power design. This latest STARC production flow includes key Synopsys technologies for ultra-low-power design.

Proving out the flow through a 90nm test system-on-chip (SoC), STARC demonstrated a 50% power savings using advanced low power design techniques enabled by the Galaxy-based production flow.

Given these results, STARC and Synopsys customers are now adopting the flow for their next-generation low power designs.

'Our customers demand a world-class low power design environment, which is why we have continued to partner with Synopsys in the development of our STARCAD-21 Synopsys-based production flow Version 2.0', said Nobuyuki Nishiguchi, Senior Manager, Design Methodology Group, STARC.

'The Synopsys Galaxy Design Platform offers a highly advanced, low-power portfolio in a fully automated flow delivering the best combination of lowest power and highest performance for our design'.

'We are impressed by the fast convergence and consistent quality of results that Galaxy provides for the most demanding low-power designs'.

Designers using the STARCAD-21 production flow will have access to Galaxy Design Platform's complete portfolio of application-driven low-power techniques targeted to the wireless, mobile, home electronics, computing and networking markets.

The STARCAD-21 flow is specifically developed around Galaxy's complete RTL-to-GDSII platform to significantly reduce power while maximising the quality of results for timing, area, and yield.

New in STARCAD-21 are key Galaxy innovations to support multi-voltage techniques to manage dynamic power as well as aggressive multi-threshold optimisations and power gating (deep-sleep, shutdown) techniques to manage standby leakage power.

These advanced low-power techniques are fully automated throughout the flow-from RTL synthesis, design planning, physical synthesis, clock tree synthesis and routing to signoff.

'We are pleased to see the rapid adoption of Galaxy-enabled STARCAD-21 Synopsys-based production flow Version 2.0 in several of our member companies', continued Nishiguchi.

'By basing this production flow entirely on Galaxy platform, we are able to ensure our customers have access to a proven and automated RTL-to-GDSII design environment for their advanced low power applications'.

'Synopsys and STARC have worked closely to deliver a complete low-power RTL-to-GDSII production flow which is of extreme importance for top semiconductor companies in Japan', said Antun Domic, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Synopsys' Implementation Group.

'With the STARCAD-21 production flow, customers now have access to the most advanced low-power techniques in the Galaxy Design Platform to build competitive power-sensitive devices with fast production times to meet rising consumer demand'.

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