JVCKENWOOD Deploys Cadence Spectre FX Simulator and Comprehensive Design Flows to Improve Productivity

Rhea-AI Summary

Cadence Design Systems (Nasdaq: CDNS) announced that JVCKENWOOD has adopted its Spectre FX Simulator and various design solutions to enhance IC development for consumer electronics. JVCKENWOOD switched from its previous EDA vendor to leverage Cadence's advanced tools, including the Virtuoso platform and Xcelium Logic Simulation. The collaboration aims to reduce time-to-market by 40% in certain product categories, improve simulation accuracy, and facilitate seamless integration across design processes. This strategic partnership reflects Cadence’s commitment to delivering innovative solutions for evolving market demands.

Positive

• JVCKENWOOD adopted Cadence's Spectre FX Simulator and design tools, enhancing IC development.
• The integration of Cadence solutions aims for a 40% reduction in time-to-market for specific products.
• Cadence tools provide improved simulation accuracy and speed, crucial for competitive consumer electronics.

Negative

• None.

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDNS) today announced JVCKENWOOD has adopted the new Spectre^® FX Simulator and multiple Cadence^® custom, analog, digital and verification solutions to accelerate IC development of its consumer electronics applications while minimizing overall design risk. With the constant evolution of consumer electronics and shifting design requirements, JVCKENWOOD decided to replace its previous IC EDA vendor and adopt Cadence-based flows to ensure its designs are high quality and compatible with future design requirements.

JVCKENWOOD has deployed a broad set of Cadence solutions, including the Cadence Virtuoso^® Schematic Editor, Virtuoso ADE Product Suite, Virtuoso Layout Suite, the Spectre Simulation Platform, Xcelium^™ Logic Simulation and Quantus^™ Extraction Solution. Specifically, JVCKENWOOD selected Cadence for its robust tool sets that are anchored by the industry-standard Virtuoso platform; the seamless integration between circuit, layout and analysis tools; the Virtuoso-PDK readiness and support at major foundries; and the extension of the Virtuoso platform to integrate system design technology. Additionally, JVCKENWOOD needed more system-level design capabilities that are offered in the Virtuoso flow, such as photonics, thermal reliability, RFIC-PKG co-design and electromagnetic (EM) analysis.

In the consumer electronics industry, meeting aggressive time-to-market deadlines for delivery is critical. A misstep in delivering a timely, quality design to the market could mean the difference between a successful product launch and missing a valuable market opportunity. The Cadence solutions minimized the learning curve for JVCKENWOOD engineers because each toolset incorporates the same familiar use models. With the new Spectre FX Simulator, JVCKENWOOD achieved highly accurate and 3X faster simulation performance to ensure their IC designs function as intended and meet specifications. In addition, the Cadence tools provide JVCKENWOOD with the following benefits:

• The Virtuoso ADE Assembler lets JVCKENWOOD engineers track and analyze design specifications easily, ensuring better product quality
• The Spectre Simulation Platform, which includes the new Spectre FX Simulator, provides reliable simulation accuracy, speed and capacity
• The Xcelium Simulator offers close compatibility with the Virtuoso and Spectre platforms to deliver efficient mixed-signal simulation and verification
• The Quantus Extraction Solution provides deep integration and accurate information about parasitic influences on their designs, ensuring better product quality

“To deliver high-value solutions to our customers in the Automotive, Public Service and Media Service sectors, we must hit specific time-to-market targets to be successful,” said Yoshio Sonoda, Director of the Board, CTO, at JVCKENWOOD. “Adopting comprehensive Cadence design flows, which include the newly introduced Spectre FX Simulator, helps us to not only design, analyze and verify our products with complete confidence, but also helps us deliver those designs with a 40% time-to-market reduction in a specific product group. By adopting a broad set of Cadence solutions, we are ensuring that we can be successful today while benefitting from flows that can adapt to our future needs.”

“Cadence continues to innovate and bring new solutions to market, such as our new Spectre FX Simulator, and we also place a strong emphasis on integrating new tools into solutions that provide optimal value to our customers,” said Tom Beckley, Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Custom IC and PCB Group, Cadence. “Our vision and delivery of complete system solutions for chip, package and board provide JVCKENWOOD with a substantially better design and verification environment than they had previously with other vendors.”

The new Spectre FX Simulator and custom, analog, digital and verification toolsets support the Cadence Intelligent System Design^™ strategy, enabling SoC design excellence. For more information on the new Spectre FX Simulator, please visit www.cadence.com/go/SpectreFX.

About Cadence

Cadence is a pivotal leader in electronic design, building upon more than 30 years of computational software expertise. The company applies its underlying Intelligent System Design strategy to deliver software, hardware and IP that turn design concepts into reality. Cadence customers are the world’s most innovative companies, delivering extraordinary electronic products from chips to boards to systems for the most dynamic market applications, including consumer, hyperscale computing, 5G communications, automotive, mobile, aerospace, industrial and healthcare. For seven years in a row, Fortune magazine has named Cadence one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For. Learn more at cadence.com.

© 2021 Cadence Design Systems, Inc. All rights reserved worldwide. Cadence, the Cadence logo and the other Cadence marks found at www.cadence.com/go/trademarks are trademarks or registered trademarks of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210520005107/en/

FAQ

What recent partnership did Cadence Design Systems announce with JVCKENWOOD?

Cadence announced that JVCKENWOOD has adopted its Spectre FX Simulator and various design solutions to enhance IC development.

How much time-to-market reduction is JVCKENWOOD expecting from using Cadence solutions?

JVCKENWOOD expects a 40% reduction in time-to-market for specific product categories.

Which Cadence solutions has JVCKENWOOD implemented?

JVCKENWOOD has implemented the Spectre FX Simulator, Virtuoso Schematic Editor, and Xcelium Logic Simulation among others.

What is the main benefit of the Spectre FX Simulator for JVCKENWOOD?

The Spectre FX Simulator offers highly accurate and 3X faster simulation performance.

Why did JVCKENWOOD switch to Cadence from its previous EDA vendor?

JVCKENWOOD switched to ensure high quality designs that are compatible with future design requirements.