PARIS — Magma Design Automation Inc. said it has introduced SiliconSmart ACE Memory Characterization that embeds its ultra-fast FineSim Pro simulator to enable faster, more accurate timing, power, noise characterization of memory instances.

Magma claimed that the combination of its SiliconSmart ACE characterization technology and FineSim Pro simulation technology provides an optimized characterization methodology with enough simulation power to acquire measurements for all arcs on all data points and to deliver the required accuracy in the created models.

"By integrating Magma’s industry-leading FineSim Pro simulator into the SiliconSmart ACE characterization tool, Magma not only improves accuracy and speed, but also lowers our customers’ overall cost of owning a memory characterization tool," stated Anirudh Devgan, general manager of Magma’s Custom Design Business Unit.

Magma acquired the SiliconSmart characterization technology when it bought Silicon Metrics Corp. in 2003, and it has been marketing several SiliconSmart products. SiliconSmart DFM is a characterization environment for generating power and noise models for memories, standard cells and I/Os.