JAXA had been examining EDA products for its research and development department's designs, which include circuits that will be exposed to radiation in space that generates random noise and can result in circuitry malfunctions. To address these effects, engineers must consider parasitic elements of their designs. However, prior to Virtuoso IC 6.1 technology, JAXA had not found satisfactory results from their examination.
"It is critically important for JAXA to develop test LSIs to ensure that the devices will work in space," said Satoshi Kuboyama, manager of Electronic Devices and Materials from Aerospace Research and Development Directorate, JAXA. "By using Virtuoso IC 6.1, we are able to predict behavior of circuits and verify many corner cases at one time, and development and experimentation time will be significantly reduced. This represents one big step forward in enabling space exploration."
In addition to the Virtuoso technology's accuracy and reliability, ease of use and the ability to easily maintain and reuse IP, JAXA can take full advantage of tight integration between Virtuoso IC 6.1 and the Cadence Spectre® circuit simulator, which has the industry-wide reputation for accuracy. JAXA also adopted the Virtuoso Layout Suite XL for the necessary performance and accuracy to efficiently create design rule correct parts, minimizing overall design cycle time. The Layout Suite supports custom digital, mixed-signal and analog designs at the device, cell, and block levels. Its advanced features include automation to accelerate custom block authoring, as well as Cadence space-based routing technology that automatically enforces 65/45-nanometer process and design rules during interactive and automatic routing. In addition to delivering ICs, JAXA helps train and foster students, researchers and engineers who will bear the challenges in the field of the future aerospace technologies.
"Cadence has long been recognized as the preferred partner for analog and mixed-signal design in the Japanese electronics market," said Ryoichi Kawashima, president of Cadence Japan. "Our work with JAXA clearly illustrates how our leading custom design technologies are being used to design the chips of tomorrow, including those that will be used in the most extreme conditions imaginable."
Cadence Virtuoso IC 6.1 is a proven solution for custom IC design, and the Spectre circuit simulator remains the cornerstone of the Cadence Multi-Mode Simulation offering.
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