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Berkeley Design Automation Authors Win 46th Design Automation Conference Best Paper Award
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — August 5, 2009 — Berkeley Design Automation Inc., provider of the Analog FastSPICE™ unified circuit verification platform for advanced analog, mixed-signal, and RF integrated circuits (ICs), today announced that the 46th Design Automation Conference (DAC), the electronic design automation (EDA) industry’s premier annual conference and exhibition, awarded Best Paper honors to Amit Mehrotra, CTO, Berkeley Design Automation and Abhishek Somani, Senior Member of Technical Staff, Berkeley Design Automation. The winning paper, “A Robust and Efficient Harmonic Balance (HB) Using Direct Solution of HB Jacobian,” by Berkeley Design Automation authors, describes a novel direct solver harmonic balance simulation approach that is significantly faster than traditional Krylov solver harmonic balance simulation approaches for highly nonlinear circuits. Berkeley Design Automation will offer the technology as part of an upcoming release of its Analog FastSPICE platform. “Of the 148 technical papers presented at the 46th DAC, 7 were nominated as best paper award candidates by the Technical Program Committee,” said Patrick Groeneveld, Technical Program co-chair, 46th DAC. “A committee of select experts has carefully reviewed these papers and has also attended the presentations at DAC. We traditionally pick two best papers awards each year. In 2009 one paper clearly stood out, so the committee selected it as the single best paper award winner.” The Analog FastSPICE platform is the industry’s only unified circuit verification platform for analog, mixed-signal, and RF design. It is a single executable that uses advanced algorithms and numerical analysis to rapidly solve the full-circuit matrix and original device equations without any shortcuts. AFS Platform tools include: AFS Nano SPICE simulator, Analog FastSPICE circuit simulator, Noise Analysis Option™ device noise analyzer, and RF FastSPICE™ multi-tone periodic analyzer. “We are honored to have Amit and Abhishek receive the Best Paper Award from the 46th Design Automation Conference,” said Ravi Subramanian, CEO of Berkeley Design Automation. “Innovation is a fundamental value at Berkeley Design Automation. This award is a clear recognition of our leadership in solving the toughest analog, mixed-signal, and RF verification problems for our customers in the electronics industry.” About Berkeley Design Automation Berkeley Design Automation, Inc. is the recognized leader in advanced analog, mixed-signal, and RF (AMS/RF) verification. Its Analog FastSPICE unified circuit verification platform combines the accuracy, performance, and capacity needed to verify GHz designs in nanometer-scale silicon. Design teams from top-10 semiconductor companies to leading startups use the AFS Platform to efficiently verify AMS/RF circuits. Founded in 2003, the company has received several industry awards in recognition of its technology leadership and impact on the electronics industry. The company is privately held and backed by Woodside Fund, Bessemer Venture Partners, Panasonic Corporation, NTT Finance Corporation, and IT-Farm Corporation. For more information, see http://www.berkeley-da.com. Analog FastSPICE, AFS Nano, Noise Analysis Option, RF FastSPICE, PLL Noise Analyzer, WaveCrave, and Precision Circuit Analysis are trademarks of Berkeley Design Automation, Inc. Berkeley Design and BDA are registered trademarks of Berkeley Design Automation, Inc. Any other trademarks or trade names mentioned are the property of their respective owners.
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