CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
8 April 2009
Company News
Magma Congratulates Winners of MUSIC Silicon Valley 'Best Paper' Awards - ECO Methodology in an Integrated RTL-to-GDSII Flow, Clock Tree Synthesis and Physical Verification among Popular Topics
Magma® Design Automation Inc. announced the "Best Paper" winners for MUSIC (Magma Users Summit on Integrated Circuits) Silicon Valley, held April 2.
The top paper award went to John Chu of IDT for his paper titled "A Civilized Post-Mask ECO Flow." The second place award went to Yash Vyavaharkar of Texas Instruments for his paper titled "Robust and Customized Clock Tree Synthesis Using Talus® Vortex." Third place went to Sudhir Agarwal of NVIDIA for "Deployment of a New Physical Verification Product."
The winners were selected by conference attendees and the MUSIC Technical Program Committee from the field of papers presented by Magma users at top-tier technology companies, including ARM, Broadcom, Cisco, IDT, NVIDIA and Texas Instruments.
"Designers are facing enormous technical and turnaround time challenges," said MUSIC Chairman Dr. Uming Ko, who is senior fellow, director of the Worldwide Chip Technology Center, Wireless Terminals Business Unit, Semiconductor Group of Texas Instruments. "The papers presented at MUSIC Silicon Valley provided useful information and practical tips about how to solve these challenges. Having the opportunity to meet face to face with peers and share experiences is truly invaluable."
Magma users who missed the conference can access the MUSIC papers and presentations via MOLTEN, Magma's online technical support. Two more MUSIC conferences are coming up April 9 in Shanghai, China and April 16 in Bangalore, India. For more information, visit http://www.magma-da.com/MUSIC.
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