Synopsys has announced that Chongqing Chongyou Information Technologies Company, Ltd (CYIT), taped out its first 65 nanometer, dual-mode baseband, low-power device within five months using the Synopsys Galaxy Implementation Platform. To meet the stringent low-power requirements of the GSM/TD-SCDMA market, CYIT implemented advanced low-power techniques and used IEEE-1801 Unified Power Format (UPF) to specify the power intent. Following this accelerated tapeout; CYIT intends to deploy the Synopsys solution for the implementation of all future low-power ICs.
Professor Zheng Jianhong, VP, Technology, CYIT said, "The Synopsys low-power design flow allowed us to put our first UPF-based low-power design into production much faster than we anticipated. This robust and reliable solution allows us to design new chips more rapidly and predictably."
To address the design's multiple multi-voltage blocks, CYIT utilized a hierarchical low-power flow with power intent definition described in UPF. Synopsys Professional Services assisted in designing the production chip using the Synopsys Lynx Design System.
Bijan Kiani, VP, Product Marketing for design and manufacturing products, Synopsys said, "Companies in the mobile market such as CYIT have very tight performance, power and schedule requirements. By providing a comprehensive and automated low-power solution, the Galaxy Implementation Platform can accelerate design schedules and enable our customers to bring competitive products to market faster."
