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Thalia-DA unveils AMALIA analog schematic porting capability

Automation accelerates analog design reuse projects by up to 50% Thalia Design Automation today introduces advanced analog schematic porting capabilities within its AMALIA analog design automation tool suite. Configured for users of TSMC, Global Foundries, UMC, SMIC, and in-house technologies of Tier 1 design companies, the AMALIA schematic porting capability is already proven in analog […]

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Analog re-use: the landscape has changed

As 2019 moves into full swing, I find myself looking forward to what we hope to achieve at Thalia in the coming year, and at the same time reflecting with great pride on how far we progressed in 2018. We started 2018 on a high, having been able to publicly disclose that Catena is using […]

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IP-SoC 18 Grenoble – analog process migration emerges as key issue

The IP SoC Grenoble Conference & Exhibition is a yearly get-together of some of the leading minds in semiconductor IP, related applications and ecosystems, in Europe. Executives from different companies, large players, SMEs and startups, meet for two days of presentations, discussions and panels. The 2018 edition, which took place during the first week of […]

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Bluetooth diversification brings opportunities and challenges for analog designers

Thalia’s CTO Sowmyan Rajagopalan looks at the RF/analog and mixed signal challenges presented by the proliferation and diversification of Bluetooth technology This year’s Bluetooth World marked the technology’s 20th anniversary. Although it’s now a mature wireless communications technology, the pace of its development shows no signs of slowing, with Bluetooth 5 and mesh networking high on […]

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Thalia-DA and Catena confirm successful tape-outs of first analog IP re-use projects

Sub-40nm process migration projects delivered with dramatically reduced project cycle time Thalia Design Automation and Catena, a leader in radio frequency (RF) communication intellectual property (IP) for connectivity, today announced successful completion of their first jointly delivered analog IP reuse projects. The two companies have worked together to migrate Catena’s WiFi and variants of Bluetooth […]

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CDNLive: Thalia makes a splash with analog migration solution

Last month’s CDNLive event in Munich was an important milestone for Thalia. We were able to publicly demonstrate our AMALIA analog migration flow, with particular focus on schematic porting. The Thalia demo showed an example migration of Bluetooth IP – a circuit containing more than 10 libraries and several tens of schematics – from a […]

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Thalia expands with new analog design engineering facility

  Thalia Design Automation today announced a significant expansion of its analog design engineering capabilities, with the opening of a new engineering center in Hyderabad, India. The new facility will initially be staffed by five experienced analog designers and EDA (electronic design automation) development engineers; based on current levels of customer demand, Thalia expects to […]

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Catena selects Thalia-DA to facilitate analog IP re-use

  Thalia Design Automation today announced that is has been selected by Catena, a leader in radio frequency (RF) communication intellectual property (IP) for connectivity, to support a range of projects that will enhance Catena’s analog IP reuse strategy, as the company seeks to diversify its portfolio of products to better serve system-on-chip (SoC) designers […]

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Thalia DA attracts fresh investment as semiconductor industry recognizes analog IP reuse challenge

Existing investors re-commit as customer traction grows Thalia Design Automation today announced the completion of a $865k (£640k) funding round that will allow it to drive market uptake of its innovative methodology solutions for analog IP (intellectual property) re-use, design migration and derivative creation. With renewed commitments from the company’s existing investors, Mercia Fund Managers […]