February 18, 2010, Leuven, Belgium - download PDF...

Leuven, Belgium, February 18, 2010 – Mephisto Design Automation (MDA), a leading EDA tool innovator in the space of analog, mixed-signal and custom-digital design, today announced that imec, a world-leading independent nanoelectronics research center headquartered in Leuven, Belgium, will collaborate with MDA RF circuit design within imec's green radios program using MDA's customer proven product M-Design™.

M-Design offers analog and mixed-signal designers immediate productivity gains for their front-end design tasks. Moreover, the platform facilitates setting up and executing complex simulations, verifications and optimization, even across different abstraction levels. The tool also provides support for process migrations, fully automatic documentation and IP reuse.

Imec will start using the tool in the imec green radios program to support their most advanced RF circuit design activity for technologies down to 40nm. Imec's green radio research program works today on reconfigurable technology solutions for the mobile terminals of tomorrow. "MDA welcomes imec, a world-leading nanoelectronics research center, as an advanced customer of our M-Design platform," stated Kenneth Francken, CEO of MDA. "We are confident that the continuously improving capabilities of our M-Design platform will significantly contribute to imec's success."

About MDA
Mephisto Design Automation (MDA) delivers unique analog, mixed-signal and custom-digital design automation solutions based on its flagship platform M-Design™. A highly flexible platform, M-Design allows both novice and expert designers to significantly improve circuit performance, productivity and circuit understanding. With capabilities such as advanced testbench composition and flow control, embedded scripting, an extensive toolbox and patent-pending multi-level optimization, M-Design is the tool of choice for the simulation, sizing, optimization, verification and migration of analog, mixed-signal and custom digital designs and IP. More information is available at www.mephisto-da.com.

About imec
Imec performs world-leading research in nanoelectronics. Imec leverages its scientific knowledge with the innovative power of its global partnerships in ICT, healthcare and energy. Imec delivers industry-relevant technology solutions. In a unique high-tech environment, its international top talent is committed to providing the building blocks for a better life in a sustainable society.
Imec is headquartered in Leuven, Belgium, and has offices in Belgium, the Netherlands, Taiwan, US, China and Japan. Its staff of more than 1,750 people includes over 650 industrial residents and guest researchers. In 2008, imec's revenue (P&L) was 270 million euro. Further information on imec can be found at www.imec.be.

Imec is a registered trademark for the activities of IMEC International (a legal entity set up under Belgian law as a "stichting van openbaar nut"), imec Belgium (imec vzw supported by the Flemish Government), imec the Netherlands (Stichting imec Nederland, part of Holst Centre which is supported by the Dutch Government) and imec Taiwan (imec Taiwan Co.).

For further information please contact:
Kenneth Francken, CEO MDA
+32 16 40 36 32, info@mephisto-da.com