SAN JOSE, Calif., April 8, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Magma(r) Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq:LAVA), a provider of chip design software, today 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(r) 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."
Rajeev Madhavan, chairman and CEO of Magma, gave a keynote address in which he reiterated Magma's commitment to providing higher levels of automation in, and tighter integration of, digital and analog design to enhance designer productivity.
"Like many companies, Magma has made changes in the last year, but we've never wavered from our commitment to providing more integration and automation," Madhavan said. "After talking with Magma users at MUSIC and hearing keen insights about what they need from their design software, I'm convinced we made the right changes and that our software is the best solution for today's ICs."
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 www.magma-da.com/MUSIC.
About Magma
Magma's software for designing integrated circuits (ICs) is used to create complex, high-performance chips required in cellular telephones, electronic games, WiFi, MP3 players, DVD/digital video, networking, automotive electronics and other electronic applications. Magma's EDA software for IC implementation, analysis, physical verification, circuit simulation and characterization is recognized as embodying the best in semiconductor technology, enabling the world's top chip companies to "Design Ahead of the Curve"(tm) while reducing design time and costs. 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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