Denso Deploys Cadence Mixed-Signal, Low-Power Solutions

Automotive parts manufacturer, Denso Corp., recently deployed Cadence custom/analog and digital flows to improve quality and productivity on a low-power mixed-signal IC design.

Company officials said they are experiencing productivity improvements after implementing Encounter RTL-to-GDSII flow on the digital portion of the design. The company has even attained a 10-percent reduction in area and a 20-percent reduction in power, compared to previous vendor flows.

The company has also achieved a 30-percent improvement in productivity on the analog part of the design, by using the Cadence Virtuoso custom/analog flow (v6.1) and predicts the same improvement in actual designs.

"In the highly competitive automotive electronics market, reliability is a must," said Yoichi Oishi, manager of the Electronics Device Business Unit at Denso, during his recent speech at the CDNLive! Japan technical conference. "We needed to revamp our design tools so we could develop chips more efficiently without compromising on quality. After adopting the Cadence Encounter and Virtuoso flows, we achieved our goals in terms of chip quality and time to market."

Denso has also managed to improve power, performance and area on the digital parts of advanced node designs by deploying Encounter RTL-to-GDSII flow, which includes Encounter RTL Compiler for global synthesis and the Encounter Digital Implementation System for design implementation.

The other solutions used by Denso include Virtuoso Schematic Editor, Virtuoso Layout Suite and Virtuoso Analog Design Environment in a complete custom/analog flow from spec-driven multi-test environment with sensitivity analysis and circuit parameter optimization.

"Cadence provides customers like Denso with a complete mixed-signal and low-power design solution -- one that can help them improve key metrics such as power, performance and area," said Qi Wang, group director, Solutions Marketing at Cadence. "Whether they are working at advanced nodes or mainstream geometries, design teams are incorporating Cadence flows to meet ambitious business and market objectives."

Headquartered in San Jose, Calif., with sales offices, design centers and research facilities around the world, Cadence serves the length of the global electronics industry.

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