Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (CDNS), Monday said it will collaborate with STARC, a Japanese consortium of 10 electronics companies, to develop next-generation analog/mixed-signal reference flow, using Cadence Virtuoso IC 6.1 technology platform.
The new flow, STARCAD-AMS flow, is expected to provide consumers with more advanced custom design techniques, including both schematic and constraint-driven layout and process variations, enabling users to build more manufacturing-robust designs.
The Japanese electronic design consortium said it chose San Jose, California-based Cadence for developing the STARCAD-AMS flow, as the Virtuoso IC 6.1 technology met STARC's strict criteria. Six companies in the consortium are participating in the areas of analog and mixed-signal design.
Chi-Ping Hsu, senior vice president, Research and Development in the Cadence Implementation Group said, "STARC customers will be well-served by the reference flow we're designing with our latest Virtuoso technology. We look forward to helping make STARCAD-AMS an extremely successful and valuable project."
The new project representing STARC's first reference flow for analog/mixed-signal designs, will be introduced at client companies as STARC's standard design flow, delivering a comprehensive analog/mixed-signal environment and the potential for greater productivity and improved quality of results.
"We are very proud that, having previously selected Cadence for our reference flow for digital designs, STARC now chose Cadence to team with on this important analog/mixed-signal project," added Chi-Ping Hsu.
One of STARC's key roles is to validate and support the best design flow for client companies.
CDNS is currently trading at $8.01, down $0.03, 0.25%, on a volume 0.64 million shares.
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