Cadence Publishes Comprehensive Book on Mixed-Signal Methodology; The "Mixed-Signal Methodology Guide" Provides Expert Direction on How to Address Design, Verification and Implementation Challenges of Modern Mixed- Signal Designs Publication info: M2 Presswire ; Coventry [Coventry]14 Aug 2012. ProQuest document link ABSTRACT SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS), a leader in global electronic design innovation, today announced availability of the critically acclaimed and much anticipated comprehensive design methodology book for chip designers and CAD engineers that focuses on current and future advanced mixed-signal design challenges and solutions. The "Mixed-Signal Methodology Guide" provides an overview of the design, verification and implementation methodologies required for advanced mixed-signal designs. The book brings together top mixed-signal design experts from across the industry -- including authors from Boeing, Cadence(R), ClioSoft and Qualcomm -- to address the complex problems facing the mixed-signal design community. "Modern mixed-signal design require new methodologies to improve productivity, reduce design time and achieve silicon success," said Hao Fang, engineering director at LSI. "The Mixed-Signal Methodology Guide is a thorough reference book on advanced verification and implementation methodologies. It will be particularly useful to mixed- signal verification engineers for its coverage of analog behavioral modeling, and assertion and metric driven verification methodology as applied to analog and mixed-signal design." FULL TEXT M2 PRESSWIRE-August 14, 2012-Cadence Publishes Comprehensive Book on Mixed-Signal Methodology; The "Mixed-Signal Methodology Guide" Provides Expert Direction on How to Address Design, Verification and Implementation Challenges of Modern Mixed-Signal Designs (C)2012 M2 COMMUNICATIONS http://www.m2.com August 13, 2012 SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS), a leader in global electronic design innovation, today announced availability of the critically acclaimed and much anticipated comprehensive design methodology book for chip designers and CAD engineers that focuses on current and future advanced mixed-signal design challenges and solutions. The "Mixed-Signal Methodology Guide" provides an overview of the design, verification and implementation methodologies required for advanced mixed-signal designs. The book brings together top mixed-signal design experts from across the industry -- including authors from Boeing, Cadence(R), ClioSoft and Qualcomm -- to address the complex problems facing the mixed-signal design community. The growing complexity of today's mixed-signal designs requires major changes in design methodology to both increase productivity and deliver high quality products on time. This wide-ranging compendium examines in depth such topics as AMS behavioral modeling, mixed-signal me.

1. Cadence Publishes Comprehensive Book on
Mixed-Signal Methodology; The "Mixed-Signal
Methodology Guide" Provides Expert Direction
on How to Address Design, Verification and
Implementation Challenges of Modern Mixed-
Signal Designs
Publication info: M2 Presswire ; Coventry [Coventry]14 Aug
2012.
ProQuest document link
ABSTRACT
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:
CDNS), a leader in global electronic design innovation,
today announced availability of the critically acclaimed and
much anticipated comprehensive design methodology
book for chip designers and CAD engineers that focuses on
current and future advanced mixed-signal design
challenges and solutions. The "Mixed-Signal Methodology
Guide" provides an overview of the design, verification
and implementation methodologies required for advanced
mixed-signal designs. The book brings together top
mixed-signal design experts from across the industry --

2. including authors from Boeing, Cadence(R), ClioSoft and
Qualcomm -- to address the complex problems facing the
mixed-signal design community.
"Modern mixed-signal design require new methodologies to
improve productivity, reduce design time and achieve
silicon success," said Hao Fang, engineering director at LSI.
"The Mixed-Signal Methodology Guide is a thorough
reference book on advanced verification and implementation
methodologies. It will be particularly useful to mixed-
signal verification engineers for its coverage of analog
behavioral modeling, and assertion and metric driven
verification methodology as applied to analog and mixed-signal
design."
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M2 PRESSWIRE-August 14, 2012-Cadence Publishes
Comprehensive Book on Mixed-Signal Methodology; The
"Mixed-Signal Methodology Guide" Provides Expert Direction
on How to Address Design, Verification and
Implementation Challenges of Modern Mixed-Signal Designs
(C)2012 M2 COMMUNICATIONS http://www.m2.com
August 13, 2012
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:
CDNS), a leader in global electronic design innovation,

3. today announced availability of the critically acclaimed and
much anticipated comprehensive design methodology
book for chip designers and CAD engineers that focuses on
current and future advanced mixed-signal design
challenges and solutions. The "Mixed-Signal Methodology
Guide" provides an overview of the design, verification
and implementation methodologies required for advanced
mixed-signal designs. The book brings together top
mixed-signal design experts from across the industry --
including authors from Boeing, Cadence(R), ClioSoft and
Qualcomm -- to address the complex problems facing the
mixed-signal design community.
The growing complexity of today's mixed-signal designs
requires major changes in design methodology to both
increase productivity and deliver high quality products on time.
This wide-ranging compendium examines in depth
such topics as AMS behavioral modeling, mixed-signal metric-
driven verification, concurrent mixed-signal physical
implementation, analog scaling at advanced nodes, IC package
integration and data management for mixed-signal
designs.
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The volume is intended for design teams looking for
improvements in their mixed-signal design flows. For
managers, it provides an overview of modern mixed-signal
methodologies to make it easier to understand and plan
for investment in design capabilities and skills. The guide also
helps analog and digital designers value the
domains and disciplines of one another and learn about more
efficient ways to collaborate, which is critical for the
overall success of mixed-signal projects.
Comments from leading mixed-signal design companies:
"The Mixed-Signal Methodology Guide is an outstanding
resource for both new and experienced circuit designers
to understand the many facets of mixed-signal design and
verification," said Dr. Kush Gulati, , general manager for
Advanced IP Development at Maxim Integrated Products and
co-founder of Cambridge Analog Technologies. "The
many real-world examples provided in this book, along with the
provided example code, make this book a must-
read for anyone involved in the day-to-day design of mixed-
signal systems."
"Modern mixed-signal design require new methodologies to

5. improve productivity, reduce design time and achieve
silicon success," said Hao Fang, engineering director at LSI.
"The Mixed-Signal Methodology Guide is a thorough
reference book on advanced verification and implementation
methodologies. It will be particularly useful to mixed-
signal verification engineers for its coverage of analog
behavioral modeling, and assertion and metric driven
verification methodology as applied to analog and mixed-signal
design."
"With the growing demand for mixed-signal ICs, now is the
time for the industry to upgrade their approach to
mixed-signal design," says David Peterman, EDA Strategy
Manager, Texas Instruments, "The Mixed-Signal
Methodology Guide is a solid step in the right direction. The
verification and implementation techniques and
design examples provide valuable guidance for engineers
addressing the challenges in advanced mixed-signal
designs."
Now available:
The 408 page "Mixed-Signal Methodology Guide," featuring a
foreword by industry pioneer Alberto Sangiovanni-
Vincentelli, is available now at Lulu.com and will be available
soon at Amazon.com. For more details about the

6. book and ordering information- go to:
www.cadence.com/msmguide . For more information about
other Cadence
publications--go to www.cadence.com/cadence/publications .
About Cadence
Cadence enables global electronic design innovation and plays
an essential role in the creation of today's
integrated circuits and electronics. Customers use Cadence
software, hardware, IP, and services to design and
verify advanced semiconductors, consumer electronics,
networking and telecommunications equipment, and
computer systems. The company is headquartered in San Jose,
Calif., with sales offices, design centers, and
research facilities around the world to serve the global
electronics industry. More information about the company,
its products, and services is available at www.cadence.com .
For more information, please contact:
Nancy Szymanski
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
415-420-5008
[email protected]
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Publishes Comprehensive Book on Mixed-Signal Methodology;
The "Mixed-Signal Methodology Guide" Provides Expert
Direction on How to Address Design, Verification and
Implementation Challenges of Modern Mixed-Signal Designs
Hitachi Adopts Cadence AMS Model-Based
Methodology and Tools for Mixed-Signal Design
Verification; Accelerated mixed-signal
verification by 160X for one of its largest designs
and reduced full-chip simulation time to 30
minutes
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9. ABSTRACT
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:
CDNS) today announced that Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE:6501)
has adopted a Cadence(R) Analog Mixed-Signal (AMS) model-
based methodology and tools to shorten the
verification cycle for one of its largest mixed-signal design
projects. By upgrading its previous transistor-level
methodology to a model-based methodology, Hitachi
successfully accelerated mixed-signal verification for this
project by 160X and reduced full-chip simulation time to 30
minutes. The results were achieved by comparing the
transistor-level and the model-based methodology on the same
four CPUs. The significant reduction in the
verification cycle time provided Hitachi with the ability to meet
time-to-market goals for designs that integrate both
analog and digital functions.
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Model-Based Methodology and Tools for Mixed-Signal
Design Verification; Accelerated mixed-signal verification by
160X for one of its largest designs and reduced full-

10. chip simulation time to 30 minutes
(C)2016 M2 COMMUNICATIONS http://www.m2.com
June 2, 2016
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:
CDNS) today announced that Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE:6501)
has adopted a Cadence(R) Analog Mixed-Signal (AMS) model-
based methodology and tools to shorten the
verification cycle for one of its largest mixed-signal design
projects. By upgrading its previous transistor-level
methodology to a model-based methodology, Hitachi
successfully accelerated mixed-signal verification for this
project by 160X and reduced full-chip simulation time to 30
minutes. The results were achieved by comparing the
transistor-level and the model-based methodology on the same
four CPUs. The significant reduction in the
verification cycle time provided Hitachi with the ability to meet
time-to-market goals for designs that integrate both
analog and digital functions.
With its previous transistor-level methodology, Hitachi
predominantly relied on block-level verification followed by
tuning analog-digital interfaces to ensure full-chip
functionality, which typically required multiple, costly
iterations.

11. By using a Verilog-AMS real number modeling and simulation
flow supported by a full set of Cadence tools-
Virtuoso(R) Analog Design Environment (ADE), Spectre(R)
Accelerated Parallel Simulator (APS), Spectre eXtensive
Partitioning Simulator (XPS), Virtuoso AMS Designer and
Incisive(R) Enterprise Simulator-Hitachi reduced
iterations and met its accuracy requirements, ultimately
speeding time to market.
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For more information on the Cadence tools, please visit
www.cadence.com/news/hitachi.
"We've had a trusted partnership with Cadence for many years,
and our effective collaboration produced a design
environment that significantly improved our productivity and
helped us achieve design goals," said Satoshi Ueno,
director of Design Engineering Second Department, Technology
Development Operation 1, IT Platform Products
Management Division, Information and Communication
Technology Business Division at Hitachi, Ltd. "Cadence
has the behavioral modeling expertise, methodology and tools

12. that we needed to reduce our verification time and
enable us to thoroughly verify our design-not just at the block
level, but at the full-chip level, which includes
sensitive analog-digital interfaces. The gains achieved have had
a positive impact on our business, and we also
plan to evaluate the Cadence tools and methodology for medical
applications and various other system
applications."
About Cadence
Cadence enables global electronic design innovation and plays
an essential role in the creation of today's
integrated circuits and electronics. Customers use Cadence
software, hardware, IP and services to design and
verify advanced semiconductors, consumer electronics,
networking and telecommunications equipment, and
computer systems. The company is headquartered in San Jose,
Calif., with sales offices, design centers and
research facilities around the world to serve the global
electronics industry. More information about the company,
its products and its services is available at www.cadence.com.
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Signal Design Verification; Accelerated mixed-signal
verification by 160X for one of its largest designs and reduced
full-chip simulation time to 30 minutes