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Magma's Blast Plan Pro Version 4.2 Provides Comprehensive Design Planning and Prototyping for Nanometer Designs.

Publication: Business Wire
Publication Date: 17-MAY-04
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

Design Automation Conference 2004

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 17, 2004

Magma(R) Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq:LAVA)

-- Black-box methodology allows pre-RTL design planning,

automatic partitioning, placement and time budgeting to

provide predictable timing closure, and IR-drop driven power

mesh optimization enables efficient power management

Magma(R) Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq:LAVA), a provider of chip design solutions, today announced it has added a black-box methodology for pre-RTL design planning and floorplan generation, including highly automated partitioning, macro placement, time budgeting and pin optimization, to Blast Plan(TM) Pro Version 4.2, a key component of Magma's hierarchical design flow. This version also features the industry's first IR-drop-driven power mesh optimization, enabling efficient power management. With these enhancements, Blast Plan Pro provides a complete design planning and prototyping solution for multimillion-gate nanometer designs.

"Designers today are faced with staggering chip complexity...

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