mixed-signal design

Agile Analog has launched its own digital standard cell library, designed to be used in the control circuits for analog blocks that form the IP company’s main offering.

X-Fab is using IHP technology to add a 130nm silicon germanium process to its offering.

Siemens EDA has launched a second version of its Symphony simulation environment designed to support quicker debug cycles.

Agile Analog's oscillator IP sees the company focus on IP created with its own circuit creation and porting tool.

TSMC has certified the Aprisa place-and-route software from Siemens Digital Industries Software for the N5 and N4 process technologies.

Synopsys and Analog Devices have agreed to provide model libraries for the chipmaker's DC/DC ICs and power regulators that work with the Saber simulation tool.

Cadence has launched a reworked FastSpice engine designed to split work across multiple cores more efficiently.

Pulsic has adopted the freemium approach with a tool that gives designers of analog circuits previews of how they will be implemented on-chip.

Tests on Microsoft Azure's cloud have shown Mentor's AMS simulation tools can run across thousands of processors with near-linear scaling.

Accellera is trying to standardize extensions to UVM for mixed-signal design.