Vitesse expands deployment of Magma's Talus 1.1 digital implementation system

SAN JOSE, USA: Magma Design Automation Inc. announced that Vitesse Semiconductor Corp., a leading provider of advanced IC solutions for carrier and enterprise networks, expanded deployment of Magma's Talus 1.1 RTL-to-GDSII IC implementation software.

A longtime Magma user, Vitesse utilizes the Talus platform to incorporate more functionality into ICs while reducing power consumption, turnaround time and development costs.

"We've been using Magma's software for nearly 10 years and have been a beta-test partner for many new products," said Paul Browne, vice president of Engineering at Vitesse.

"Magma's unified data model enables a level of integration that helps us improve results and turnaround time. With the Talus 1.1 platform, we believe that Magma is continuing to raise the bar in technology leadership. They have consistently delivered advanced capabilities and exceptional applications engineering support that has allowed us to shorten development cycles of our next-generation devices and meet the growing demand for high-performance, low-power and cost-effective networking ICs."

"Vitesse's expanded use of Talus highlights its ability to integrate and automate analog and digital IC implementation," said Premal Buch, general manager of Magma's Design Implementation Business Unit. "We are committed to continuing to provide Vitesse with advanced software solutions that enable its designers to reduce power, turnaround time and development costs."

More efficient AMS design
Vitesse's chips incorporate a significant amount of analog circuitry. In an effort to control the costs of developing innovative and differentiated mixed-signal products, Vitesse is working with Magma to establish more efficient flows. Vitesse will provide important feedback that Magma will use to enhance its line of analog/mixed-signal products.

"To enable Vitesse and other leading semiconductor companies to deliver next-generation ICs, analog/mixed-signal design must evolve much more rapidly," said Anirudh Devgan, general manager of Magma's Custom Design Business Unit.

"Magma's Titan analog/mixed-signal platform already offers significant performance and turnaround-time advantages and is qualified to support TSMC's 65-nm Interoperable Process Design Kit (iPDK). The feedback we get by working with Vitesse will help us more quickly enhance the Titan product line."