Released on = May 14, 2007, 5:03 am

Press Release Author = Magma Design Automation

Industry = Semiconductors

Press Release Summary = Magma® Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq: LAVA), a provider of
semiconductor design software, today announced the availability of enhanced flip
chip design support through the integration of the TalusT Vortex and Blast Fusion®
physical design systems with Rio Design Automation's RioMagic, the electronics
industry's first package-aware chip design software. With the enhanced capabilities,
Magma provides tight links between IC implementation and package design and
comprehensive redistribution layer (RDL) routing and bump placement capabilities,
allowing designers to make packaging and performance tradeoffs and decisions earlier
in the design process to ensure better quality of results (QoR), faster turnaround
time and optimal packaging.


Press Release Body = Magma® Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq: LAVA), a provider of
semiconductor design software, today announced the availability of enhanced flip
chip design support through the integration of the TalusT Vortex and Blast Fusion®
physical design systems with Rio Design Automation's RioMagic, the electronics
industry's first package-aware chip design software. With the enhanced capabilities,
Magma provides tight links between IC implementation and package design and
comprehensive redistribution layer (RDL) routing and bump placement capabilities,
allowing designers to make packaging and performance tradeoffs and decisions earlier
in the design process to ensure better quality of results (QoR), faster turnaround
time and optimal packaging.



"By streamlining the interface between our tools, Magma and Rio enable mutual
customers to concurrently address timing, area, power, signal integrity, yield and
packaging requirements throughout the design flow," said Kam Kittrell, general
manager of Magma's Design Implementation Business Unit. "This integrated approach
will allow them to deliver better QoR and faster time to market."



"Flip chip design teams are the big winners as a result of RioMagic's integration
with Magma's Talus and Blast Fusion physical design systems," said Kaushik Sheth,
Rio Design Automation's chief executive officer. "As a result, they will have a high
degree of confidence that their chip will meet the timing, area, power, signal
integrity and yield budget and fit into the package."



RDL routing is necessary for designs that use flip chip interconnect packages -
which utilize solder bumps on the chip pads instead of wire bonds - as well as for
systems in package (SiPs). The RDL is an extra interconnect layer of wiring used to
convert designs from perimeter to area array interconnect structures. Generally
these redistribution layers not only route signals but also provide distributed
power and ground. The Rio flow automatically routes the RDL on the die, which
connects I/Os to bumps, and does the escape routing, which determines how routes
\"escape\" into the package and connect bumps to balls. Rules-driven I/O sequencing
and prototyping capabilities are also provided. The RDL routing and bump assignment
information is easily imported into the Magma environment through a Tcl interface
and used to complete the implementation.



RioMagic and RIO RDL router are resold and supported by Magma through an original
equipment manufacturer (OEM) agreement. This flow is available now through Magma.



About Rio Design Automation

Rio Design Automation is an electronic design automation (EDA) company bridging the
gap between the design of high-performance integrated circuits (ICs) and packages,
and a chip's integration with the rest of the electronic system. Its revolutionary
approach offers chip designers package-aware software that enables I/O optimization
tradeoffs to take place in the context of the package and the printed circuit board
(PCB). Website: http://www.rio-da.com.


About Magma
Magma's software for integrated circuit (IC) design is recognized as embodying the
best in semiconductor technology. The world's top chip companies use Magma's EDA
software to design and verify complex, high-performance ICs for communications,
computing, consumer electronics and networking applications, while at the same time
reducing design time and costs. Magma provides software for IC implementation,
analysis, physical verification, characterization and programmable logic design, and
the company's integrated RTL-to-GDSII design flow offers "The Fastest Path from RTL
to Silicon"T. Magma is headquartered in San Jose, Calif., with offices around the
world. Magma's stock trades on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol LAVA. Visit Magma
Design Automation on the Web at www.magma-da.com.





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