Synopsys Inc. Collaborates with Sigrity, Inc. to Accelerate Signal Integrity Analysis
January 25, 2012 at 02:30 pm
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Synopsys Inc. and Sigrity, Inc. announced that they unveiled an enhanced solution that accelerates signal integrity simulation of high-speed systems. In the latest release of the HSPICE circuit simulator, Synopsys Inc. has employed in-memory communication to deliver deeper integration with Sigrity, Inc.'s signal integrity analysis offerings. In addition, the HSPICE 2011.09 release provides enhanced multi-core simulation performance, improved accuracy in statistical eye-diagram analysis, and new multi-core enabled S-parameter and W-element analysis. The combined Synopsys and Sigrity solution offers up to 3X faster simulation of signal and power integrity analysis of multi-gigahertz designs. Sigrity, Inc.'s solutions are widely used with HSPICE for signal, power integrity and electromagnetic interference analysis of high-speed boards, packages and integrated circuits. Sigrity tools generate interconnect models in either a traditional format or in Sigrity, Inc.'s Broadband Network Parameter (BNP) format, which contains richer frequency domain data in a compact format. HSPICE 2011.09 has been enhanced to support the BNP format using a unique API that facilitates direct in-memory communication between HSPICE and Sigrity, Inc.'s electromagnetic solver, improving simulation throughput, accuracy and convergence.
Synopsys Inc. specializes in the development and marketing of software programs aimed mainly at manufacturers of semi-conductors, computers and electronic equipment. Net sales break down by activity as follows:
- sale of software and hardware (82.4%): sale of software for the automation of integrated circuit design, pre-designed circuits for semiconductors, software and hardware for the validation of electronic systems, etc.;
- provision of services (17.6%): consulting, maintenance and technical assistance services in the areas of software security, quality and compliance.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: the United States (47.7%), China (15.2%), Korea (10.9%), Europe (10.2%) and other (16%).