Sierra Design Automation is a privately funded EDA company focused on providing the highest productivity IC implementation system solutions to the semiconductor industry. Pinnacle, Sierra's flagship product, is an IC implementation solution developed specifically to meet the high capacity, short turnaround time and quality of results (QoR) demands of large designs targeted at manufacturing processes of 90 nanometer and below.

Articles Online
Design for Variability: Design, Process, and Manufacturing Variations in Physical Design	3/19/2007
Chip Assembly Challenges and Solutions	1/23/2006
Managing Variations in IC Physical Design	10/24/2005

News
Simucad Releases Enhanced VBIC Spice Model	9/25/2007
Mentor Graphics Acquires Sierra Design Automation	6/11/2007
Sierra Unveils Enhancements to Its Place and Route Platform for 45-nm Physical Design	5/28/2007
Sierra Design Automation Collaborates with Mentor Graphics to Enable Lithography-Driven Closure for 65-nm and 45-nm Designs	7/19/2006
Sierra Design Automation Delivers Olympus-SoC Lithography-Driven IC-Implementation System for 65-nm and 45-nm Designs	7/19/2006
Sierra Pinnacle Adopted by NEC Electronics for High-End EMMA Designs	6/19/2006
STMicroelectronics Achieves Design Success with Sierra's Chip Assembly Solution	5/31/2006
Sierra Design Automation Completes $14 Million Series B Financing	5/15/2006
Sierra Design Automation Starts India Operations	5/9/2006
Sierra Design Automation Joins ARM Connected Community	10/3/2005
Sierra Delivers Pinnacle "Design for Variability" Solution for 90- and 65-Nanometer Chips	6/7/2005
NEC Electronics America Achieves First Pass Silicon Using Sierra Pinnacle	5/12/2005
Sierra Design Automation Announces Expansion in Europe and Asia Pacific	3/10/2005
Fujitsu Tapes Out Using Sierra Design Automation's Pinnacle	1/25/2005
ATI Technologies Licenses Sierra Design Automation's Pinnacle	11/30/2004

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