"STMicroelectronics and Synopsys have collaborated on power modeling and analysis for over 15 years," said Indavong Vongsavady, CAD director, Technology R&D, STMicroelectronics. "Accurate understanding of power, especially static power, is fundamentally important given the rapidly increasing share of designs at 45/40 nanometers. PrimeTime PX represents a trusted solution, and is an integral part of our design flow from estimations early in the design process to sign-off, contributing to our record of first-time silicon successes. "
"Low power design is a crucial element for the Ten Gigabit Ethernet solution that we design," said Ramin Shirani, vice president of Engineering at Aquantia. "Being PrimeTime users, our engineers found the PrimeTime PX solution to be a natural fit within our existing design flow. We consistently use PrimeTime PX throughout our design flow to ensure that our ICs meet our stringent power targets."
"Our products have enabled key advances in power efficiency in various applications spanning communication network, computer peripheral and multimedia markets," said Chao-Cheng Lee, vice president at Realtek. "Synopsys' PrimeTime PX solution provides great visibility into IC power consumption throughout the design implementation process. Our design engineers trust the tool for power signoff because of its high accuracy."
Battery life, energy efficiency and product reliability are key concerns in complex system-on-chip (SoC) designs, and power analysis has become an integral part of today's design flows. PrimeTime PX expands the PrimeTime timing and signal integrity analysis solution to deliver highly accurate dynamic and leakage power analysis for designs at 90 nanometers (nm) and below. The integration of timing, signal integrity, and power eliminates redundant set-up and calculation steps required when using separate standalone tools. PrimeTime PX features a rich user interface familiar to PrimeTime users, as well as intuitive commands and reports designed to improve productivity. PrimeTime PX is able to complete power analysis on multi-million-gate designs within hours. The latest release has several new advanced features, including cycle-accurate peak power analysis (CAPP) to help designers determine the cycle during which maximum power consumption occurs in a design.
"Due to its ease of adoption and robust feature set, PrimeTime PX is quickly becoming the golden industry standard for gate-level power analysis and signoff at both the block and full-chip levels," said Bijan Kiani, vice president of Product Marketing at Synopsys. "Anchored by widely trusted tools including PrimeTime PX, the Synopsys Galaxy Implementation Platform enables broad adoption of advanced low power design techniques."