July 10, 2012 -- Berkeley Design Automation, Inc. today announced that ATopTech, Inc. has selected the company's Analog FastSpice (AFS) Platform to enhance the accuracy of the timing analysis in the Aprisa place-and-route product for designs at advanced process technology nodes, such as 28nm and 20nm.

"Aprisa's timing-driven place and route technology is constantly calibrated for Spice-level accuracy at advanced technology nodes," said Jue-Hsien Chern, CEO at ATopTech. "We selected the Analog FastSpice Platform for the calibration of Aprisa's timing-driven place-and-route technology for 28nm and 20nm because it delivers nanometer Spice accuracy more than 5 times faster than traditional Spice and has the capacity required for large post-layout calibration runs."

"Accurate timing closure and sign-off is critical to IC designers and ATopTech's selection highlights the accuracy, performance, and capacity benefits of the AFS Platform," said Ravi Subramanian, President and CEO of Berkeley Design Automation.