CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
7 June 2004
Product News
Silvaco Launches Harmony-AMS Analog/Mixed-Signal Simulator
Silvaco International announced the release of Harmony-AMS Analog/Mixed-Signal Simulation Platform that delivers accuracy and productivity built upon simulator technology from Silvaco and its wholly owned subsidiary, Simucad. Harmony-AMS includes the Silos Verilog and SmartSpice Circuit simulators integrated into a single-kernal simulator that fully supports Verilog-AMS (Accellera 2.1 standard), Verilog (IEEE-1364-2001), Verilog-A, and SPICE.
Both Silvaco and Simucad have attempted mixed-signal simulation solutions several times since 1992, using different methods (rollback, master/slave, lock-step) to connect event-driven simulators and timestep-driven simulators. These previous attempts, as well as other commercial offerings available today, were unable to provide the design partitioning, synchronization, convergence, and single viewing environment between testbenches, behavioral models, gate level models, transistor level netlists, and parasitic back annotation required by mixed-signal design engineers.
SmartSpice - A Superior Circuit Simulator
SmartSpice Analog Circuit Simulator delivers the highest performance and accuracy required to design complex analog circuits, analyze critical nets, characterize cell libraries, and verify analog mixed-signal designs. SmartSpice is compatible with popular analog design flows and foundry-supplied device models.
SILOS - A Veteran Verilog Simulator
SILOS Verilog Simulator is an easy-to-use IEEE-1364-2001 compliant simulator used by thousands of IC designers. A time-proven industrial Verilog Simulator since 1982, its interactive debugging features provide today's most productive design environment for FPGA, PLD, ASIC, and custom digital designs.
Pricing and Availability
Harmony-AMS is available now on Linux, Windows, and Sun. Perpetual, time-based, and site licenses are available for workgroup configurations of these products. List price for Harmony-AMS starts at $80,000 for a term-based license. For further information on these products, please contact sales@silvaco.com
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