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LG Electronics Adopts Apache’s Dynamic Power Closure Solution for SoC Designs
Mountain View, Calif. – April 12, 2006 – Apache Design Solutions, the technology leader in physical power integrity solutions for system-on-chip (SoC) designs, today announced that LG Electronics (LG), a leader in consumer electronics and telecommunications, has adopted Apache’s full-chip dynamic power closure solution, RedHawk-EV with automated noise fixing and optimization. LG selected RedHawk based on its good correlation results, the ability to analyze the impact of power/ground noise on critical path timing, and automatically fix and optimize power problem areas. For SoC designs at 130nm process and below, LG will use Apache’s products from early in the design process through final validation to ensure power closure sign-off.
“Productivity and reliability are key criteria for our high volume consumer products,” said Woo-Hyun Paik, vice president of LG Electronics. “RedHawk enables us to quickly identify, analyze, and repair potential noise issues that can impact our silicon, thus improving our productivity and increasing our confidence in tapeout success.”
“We are pleased to have consumer electronics market leader such as LG place their confidence in our dynamic power closure solution,” said Dian Yang, general manager of Asia at Apache. “LG’s adoption once again demonstrates Apache’s commitment to providing the best solution to address our customers critical design challenges.”
About RedHawk
RedHawk is a full-chip Vectorless Dynamic™ physical power integrity solution for SoC power closure sign-off of 130nm, 90nm, and 65nm designs. Certified by TSMC’s 5.0 and 6.0 Reference Flow and correlated with silicon measurements and SPICE, RedHawk addresses dynamic power issues such as simultaneous switching output (SSO) for core, memory, clock, and I/O, as well as effects of on-chip inductance, package RLC, and decoupling capacitance. RedHawk delivers transistor-level accuracy with cell-based capacity, performance, and ease-of-use.
With RedHawk designers can identify dynamic “hot spots,” examine the impact on timing, accurately pinpoint the cause of dynamic voltage drop, and automatically repair the source of supply noise. RedHawk enables designers to reach power closure sign-off for high performance SoCs, including those utilizing advanced low-power design techniques such as leakage current control, MTCMOS (power-gating), multiple voltage domains, and multiple threshold transistors.
About Apache Design Solutions
Apache is an EDA software supplier of innovative next-generation silicon integrity platforms for low-power, high-performance system-on-a-chip (SoC) designs. By considering all sources of noise that impacts the design, such as power, signal, package / system IO, substrate, and temperature, Apache’s silicon integrity platform enables designers of leading networking, wireless, communication, consumer, and semiconductor companies to detect, fix, and prevent design weaknesses that can result in reduced yield or failed silicon. Apache’s vendor neutral platforms enable designers to adopt any industry’s standard physical design flow for their toughest design challenges. Apache has direct sales and support offices worldwide with over 40 customers, including 7 of the top 10 semiconductor companies. For more information, visit www.apache-da.com.
About LG Electronics, Inc.
LG Electronics, Inc., (KSE: 06657.KS) is the leader in consumer electronics and mobile communications. The company has more than 72,000 employees working in 77 subsidiaries and marketing units around the world. LG Electronics is the world’s largest producer of CDMA handsets, optical storage devices, residential air conditioners and home theater. With total revenue of more than USD 35 billion (consolidated USD 45 billion), LG Electronics is comprised of four business units: Mobile Communications, Digital Appliance, Digital Display and Digital Media.
Apache Design Solutions, NSPICE, RedHawk, PsiWinder, and Vectorless Dynamic are trademarks of Apache Design Solutions, Inc.
Contacts
Apache Design Solutions
Yukari Chin, 650-641-4200
yukari@apache-da.com
Public Relations for Apache
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