MagmaWire - Fall 2011 Issue 

In This Issue 

Making Silicon Job One, The Evolution of Extraction, Consumerization of SoCs

• Magma Makes SoC Silicon Job One
• Better, Stronger, Faster: The Evolution of Timing Analysis and Extraction
• The Effect of the Consumerization of SoCs on the Design Chain
• Silicon One Seminars: A Re-Cap
• Just for Magma Users

Magma Makes SoC Silicon Job One

By Gabe Moretti, Gabe on EDA

When reading the Silicon One white paper from Magma Design Automation, I was struck by the accurate, yet understandable description of the requirements of our industry and the possible solutions. The clear message of Silicon One is that Magma's mission is to enable its customers to develop profitable silicon. I asked Magma for an example of Silicon One in action on SoC design.
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Better, Stronger, Faster: The Evolution of Timing Analysis and Extraction

Better, stronger, faster. For some, that phrase conjures memories of the 1970s TV Show The Six Million Dollar Man. Today it describes the necessary evolution of timing analysis and extraction. Magma's QCP represents a major evolution in extraction technology. Learn how QCP delivered 12X faster runtime than a third-party legacy tool on a design with 8 corners.
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The Effect of the Consumerization of SoCs on the Design Chain

Silicon One Seminar keynote speaker Jack Harding, CEO of eSilicon, reflected on the changes in SoC design. Digital and analog teams and their designs are no longer separate. There are now so many variables in analog design that whether analog designers like it or not, automated approaches must be adopted.
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Silicon One Seminars: A Re-Cap

Nearly 1000 designers, CAD engineers and managers registered to attend Magma's Silicon One seminars. If you couldn't attend, here's a quick summary of what was presented, discussed and shared at each location.
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Just for Magma Users

MUSIC (Magma Users Summit on Integrated Circuits) India was held in Bangalore September 7. Over 200 Magma users attended the annual event that featured 11 papers. "Best Paper" awards were selected by attendees.

• 1st Place: Clock Tree Considerations for Improved Quality and Robustness
• 2nd Place: An Efficient Timing Closure Technique for High-Performance DSPs and Accelerators with OTB Routing in 40 nm
• 3rd Place:
  • Characterization Cycle-Time Reduction of Complex DDR I/Os Using SiliconSmart ACE
  • FineSim Pro: A Fast Circuit Simulator for Efficient IP Development
   

Magma users who missed the conference can access all the MUSIC papers and presentations via MOLTEN, Magma's online technical support portal. For more information, visit www.magma-da.com/MUSIC.