Product category: Design and Development Software
News Release from: Synopsys
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 24 April 2007
EDA tool interoperability in focus
This year's Synopsys EDA Interoperability Developers' Forum will feature discussions about open analogue standards, the Unified Power Format and Liberty library advancements
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The 19th Synopsys EDA Interoperability Developers' Forum will be held on Thursday 26th April in Santa Clara, California. It will feature discussions about open analogue standards, the Unified Power Format (UPF) and Liberty library advancements. The forum provides an open environment for EDA tool developers, IC design engineers and IP providers to discuss the critical topic of interoperability.
Anyone who wants to attend is welcome.
The forum's keynote address, titled: 'Making multicore work and measuring its benefits', will be delivered by Markus Levy, President of the embedded microprocessor Benchmark Consortium (EEMBC) and the Multicore Association.
'Multicore technology offers immense opportunities for many facets of the embedded and high performance computing industry', said Levy.
'To realise multicore technology's potential for increased performance and reduced power consumption, significant design challenges related to power and inter core communication must be addressed'.
'I welcome the opportunity to present the latest news on multicore technology at this event'.
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The forum will begin with the session: 'The power of one'.
Leading EDA vendors are using the industry-standard Unified Power Format (UPF) to enable fully interoperable low power tool flows.
This session will bring the audience up to speed on UPF's technical capabilities through a technical tutorial and panel discussion.
The general session will feature important new modelling innovations approved by the Liberty Technical Advisory Board (TAB) in December 2006, as well as insights into what is coming.
Synopsys' R and D team will outline important new Library Compiler capabilities that help library developers and characterisation tool suppliers ensure high quality composite current source (CCS) models by performing automated validation and closed loop correlation checking.
These new capabilities give users unsurpassed flexibility in delivering verified libraries at scaled voltage or temperature corners for tool flows from multiple vendors.
The forum will culminate in a session focused on open, interoperable solutions for analogue design.
The need to improve analogue design productivity and quality through the use of constraint based analogue EDA tools is driving the need for standardised constraints sharing.
The first half of the session will present the benefits and challenges of establishing an open constraint standard.
The second half will consist of a panel discussion featuring the founding members and supporting companies of the recently announced Interoperable PCell Libraries (IPL) project.
'As the benefits of OpenAccess are starting to come to fruition in the design community, now is the time to focus on the next steps', said Jim Solomon, member of the board of directors at Ciranova.
'Tool interoperability for analogue design can be enabled by establishing standards in areas such as open analogue constraints, open scripting language, and open Process Design Kits including Pcells'.
'This forum has become an invaluable venue for education, discussion and leadership centred on analogue openness'.
Solomon is also on the boards of Silicon Navigator, Gemini Design Technology, Applied Wave Research, Nascentric and Pyxis Technologies.
'Industry standards for low power and analogue design continue to be pressing priorities for the design community', said Rich Goldman, Vice President of Strategic Market Development at Synopsys.
'This Forum demonstrates Synopsys' continued commitment to interoperability in our industry'.
'All are invited to attend this collaborative event and participate in the discussion and exchange of information'.
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