Ciranova and Mentor Graphics Demonstrate Interoperability Benefits of OpenAccess-Based PCell Solutions
06 12월 2006 - 12:24AM
Business Wire
Ciranova�, Inc. today announced that Mentor Graphics (Nasdaq:MENT)
and Ciranova have validated interoperability of Ciranova�s full
PCell generation and migration product line with Mentor�s
next-generation physical verification tool, Calibre� nmDRC. The
interoperability, based on the industry standard OpenAccess
database, allows users of the OpenAccess version of Calibre nmDRC
to directly open databases containing PCells from any vendor
without first streaming out to GDSII. This represents a significant
step forward as a lack of visibility to PCells has been a major
obstacle to the adoption of an OpenAccess flow. Mentor and Ciranova
collaborated to validate that both of Ciranova�s PCell products
work transparently with Calibre nmDRC: PCell Xtreme� supports
legacy PCells and enables Calibre nmDRC to read OpenAccess
databases containing PCells written in proprietary languages from
any vendor; and PyCell Studio� produces universal OpenAccess
PCells, called PyCells�, which Calibre nmDRC can read directly in
OpenAccess databases. �Mentor Graphics and Ciranova have
demonstrated the interoperability benefits of Open Access,
eliminating a major bottleneck to increasing custom chip design
productivity,� said Anthony Nicoli, Calibre marketing director at
Mentor Graphics. �We�ve always been an advocate for true
interoperability, and maintained a long history of integrating into
all design creation environments -- it�s the customer-focused
stance we have followed from the very start.� Companies adopting
the OpenAccess design database list electronic design automation
(EDA) tool interoperability as one of the key benefits they want to
achieve. The collaboration between Mentor and Ciranova ensures that
Calibre nmDRC users are able to open any OpenAccess database
directly, no matter what kind of PCells may have been used to
create that database. In addition, the direct read function in
Calibre nmDRC eliminates the GDS stream out. The database interface
automates layer mapping, back annotates Design for
Manufacturability (DFM) optimizations into the design database, and
doesn�t require significant disk space for holding the GDSII data
for every iteration. No additional layout tool is required for
direct read. Ciranova�s PCell Xtreme product is ideal for helping
migrate designs that contain legacy PCells written with proprietary
languages without first streaming out to GDSII. Ciranova and Mentor
verified that Calibre nmDRC can read an OpenAccess database
containing Python-based PyCells created by Ciranova�s PyCell
Studio. This combination gives designers unprecedented options for
creating new or re-using existing PCells. �Mentor has established
Calibre as an integral part of many semiconductor design flows.
Through our mutual support of OpenAccess, we can provide custom
chip designers even more value in how they develop, use and verify
the fundamental building blocks of advanced analog/mixed-signal
design,� said Michael Ma, Ciranova�s vice president of business
development. �Ciranova and Mentor will work together to ensure that
future versions of our software continue to interoperate under
OpenAccess.� About Ciranova Ciranova is an Electronic Design
Automation (EDA) startup company, focused on building an open,
interoperable, language-based cell generator technology for custom
analog and mixed signal (AMS) integrated circuit design. Ciranova's
technology, which is the only layout generator development
environment built from the ground up on the industry standard
OpenAccess database from SI2, will bring the integration,
productivity and migration benefits of modern language-based design
to custom and AMS designers. The company�s first product, PyCell
Studio, is available as a free download from its web site,
www.ciranova.com. The company is headquartered in Santa Clara,
California. About Mentor Graphics Mentor Graphics Corporation
(Nasdaq:MENT) is a world leader in electronic hardware and software
design solutions, providing products, consulting services and
award-winning support for the world�s most successful electronics
and semiconductor companies. Established in 1981, the company
reported revenues over the last 12 months of over $725 million and
employs approximately 4,050 people worldwide. Corporate
headquarters are located at 8005 S.W. Boeckman Road, Wilsonville,
Oregon 97070-7777. World Wide Web site: http://www.mentor.com/.
Ciranova(TM), Inc. today announced that Mentor Graphics
(Nasdaq:MENT) and Ciranova have validated interoperability of
Ciranova's full PCell generation and migration product line with
Mentor's next-generation physical verification tool, Calibre(R)
nmDRC. The interoperability, based on the industry standard
OpenAccess database, allows users of the OpenAccess version of
Calibre nmDRC to directly open databases containing PCells from any
vendor without first streaming out to GDSII. This represents a
significant step forward as a lack of visibility to PCells has been
a major obstacle to the adoption of an OpenAccess flow. Mentor and
Ciranova collaborated to validate that both of Ciranova's PCell
products work transparently with Calibre nmDRC: -- PCell Xtreme(TM)
supports legacy PCells and enables Calibre nmDRC to read OpenAccess
databases containing PCells written in proprietary languages from
any vendor; and -- PyCell Studio(TM) produces universal OpenAccess
PCells, called PyCells(TM), which Calibre nmDRC can read directly
in OpenAccess databases. "Mentor Graphics and Ciranova have
demonstrated the interoperability benefits of Open Access,
eliminating a major bottleneck to increasing custom chip design
productivity," said Anthony Nicoli, Calibre marketing director at
Mentor Graphics. "We've always been an advocate for true
interoperability, and maintained a long history of integrating into
all design creation environments -- it's the customer-focused
stance we have followed from the very start." Companies adopting
the OpenAccess design database list electronic design automation
(EDA) tool interoperability as one of the key benefits they want to
achieve. The collaboration between Mentor and Ciranova ensures that
Calibre nmDRC users are able to open any OpenAccess database
directly, no matter what kind of PCells may have been used to
create that database. In addition, the direct read function in
Calibre nmDRC eliminates the GDS stream out. The database interface
automates layer mapping, back annotates Design for
Manufacturability (DFM) optimizations into the design database, and
doesn't require significant disk space for holding the GDSII data
for every iteration. No additional layout tool is required for
direct read. Ciranova's PCell Xtreme product is ideal for helping
migrate designs that contain legacy PCells written with proprietary
languages without first streaming out to GDSII. Ciranova and Mentor
verified that Calibre nmDRC can read an OpenAccess database
containing Python-based PyCells created by Ciranova's PyCell
Studio. This combination gives designers unprecedented options for
creating new or re-using existing PCells. "Mentor has established
Calibre as an integral part of many semiconductor design flows.
Through our mutual support of OpenAccess, we can provide custom
chip designers even more value in how they develop, use and verify
the fundamental building blocks of advanced analog/mixed-signal
design," said Michael Ma, Ciranova's vice president of business
development. "Ciranova and Mentor will work together to ensure that
future versions of our software continue to interoperate under
OpenAccess." About Ciranova Ciranova is an Electronic Design
Automation (EDA) startup company, focused on building an open,
interoperable, language-based cell generator technology for custom
analog and mixed signal (AMS) integrated circuit design. Ciranova's
technology, which is the only layout generator development
environment built from the ground up on the industry standard
OpenAccess database from SI2, will bring the integration,
productivity and migration benefits of modern language-based design
to custom and AMS designers. The company's first product, PyCell
Studio, is available as a free download from its web site,
www.ciranova.com. The company is headquartered in Santa Clara,
California. About Mentor Graphics Mentor Graphics Corporation
(Nasdaq:MENT) is a world leader in electronic hardware and software
design solutions, providing products, consulting services and
award-winning support for the world's most successful electronics
and semiconductor companies. Established in 1981, the company
reported revenues over the last 12 months of over $725 million and
employs approximately 4,050 people worldwide. Corporate
headquarters are located at 8005 S.W. Boeckman Road, Wilsonville,
Oregon 97070-7777. World Wide Web site: http://www.mentor.com/.
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