Agilent
Technologies and Tiburon Design Automation to integrate Verilog-A support
into Agilent's EDA tools
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Tiburon's Verilog-A compiler
technology enables quick, accurate development of analog behavioral and
compact device models for RF designs that simulate at speeds comparable to
C-based models PALO ALTO and SANTA ROSA, Calif., July 22, 2003 Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) and Tiburon Design
Automation Inc. (Tiburon-DA) today announced an agreement to integrate
Verilog-A modeling technology from Tiburon-DA into the Agilent RF Design
Environment (RFDE) and Agilent Advanced Design System (ADS) software packages.
The addition of Tiburon's Verilog-A compiler technology is expected to enable
analog, RF, microwave, and mixed-signal system designers to use Agilent's
industry-leading simulation tools to more quickly develop highly accurate
analog behavioral and compact device models that simulate at speeds
comparable to C-based models. "Integrating Verilog-A technology into our Advanced
Design System and RF Design Environment platforms is expected to enable RF
model developers to create and distribute models to design teams more
efficiently," said Marc Petersen, marketing manager, Agilent EEsof EDA
division. "We plan to provide more simulation choices to RF designers by
making it possible to use existing Verilog-A model libraries with our
simulation tools." Verilog-A is a high-level, industry-standard modeling
language used to create behavioral and device models for verification of RFIC
and MMIC designs for products such as cellular phones, pagers, wireless and
broadband networks, and radar and satellite communications systems.
Verilog-A-based models can be used with simulators from a variety of EDA
(electronic design automation) tools providers. Verilog-A is used by
semiconductor foundries to create models that conform to foundry processes
and can be used in many types of simulations. Tiburon-DA's Verilog-A technology contains an efficient
compiler that allows fast Verilog-A simulations. The compiler implements the
OVI Verilog-A 2.0 standard and generates compiled code that achieves
simulation speeds comparable to C-based models, allowing designers to develop
complex analog models more quickly with less effort while maintaining
simulation performance. Support for Tiburon-DA's Verilog-A technology in ADS
is expected to allow designers with existing Verilog-A model libraries to
access best-in-class simulation technologies from Agilent, as well as to
quickly develop new libraries of Verilog-A-based models for use in design and
simulation. "Agilent's clear market leadership in RF simulation,
combined with Tiburon-DA's recent innovations in compiler technology, will
open the door to widespread use of Verilog-A in RF
and microwave design," said Patrick O'Halloran, vice president of
engineering, Tiburon Design Automation. "Our technology allows Verilog-A
to replace C or proprietary HDLs as the language of
choice in analog model development, and provides a path to analog model
compatibility across simulation platforms -- a long-standing problem in the
industry." Agilent expects to deliver Tiburon-DA's integrated
technology as a new product to customers within six to nine months, and plans
to begin testing prototype code with key customers during the fourth quarter
of 2003. About Tiburon Design Automation Tiburon Design Automation, Inc. is a private, early stage
Electronic Design Automation company developing products to improve analog
modeling for circuit simulation. More information is available on the web at www.tiburon-da.com. About
Agilent Technologies Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) is a global technology
leader in communications, electronics, life sciences and chemical analysis.
The company's 32,000 employees serve customers in more than 110 countries.
Agilent had net revenue of $6 billion in fiscal year 2002. Information about
Agilent is available on the Web at www.agilent.com. # # # Contact: Janet Smith, Agilent Patrick O'Halloran, |