Magma Design Automation (Nasdaq: LAVA), a provider of chip design software, today announced it is set to join the broad-market Russell 3000 Index when Russell Investments reconstitutes its comprehensive set of U.S. and global equity indexes on June 25, according to Russell’s preliminary list of additions published June 11.

Magma Design Automation (Nasdaq: LAVA), a provider of chip design software, today announced a collaborative effort with MagmaTies Partner SynTest Technologies, Inc., provider of design-for-test (DFT) solutions, to integrate SynTest DFT PRO Plus products into Magma’s Talus RTL-to-GDSII IC design flow. The integration complements Magma’s scan-based DFT methodology and mutual customers have validated the flow.

Magma Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq: LAVA), a provider of chip design software, today reported revenue of $33.6 million for its fourth quarter and $123.1 million for its 2010 fiscal year, both ended May 2, 2010.

Magma Design Automation announced today that ARM (LSE: ARM; Nasdaq: ARMHY) has successfully utilized Magma’s SiliconSmart characterization and modeling software suite to enhance and expand ARM’s production characterization system for Physical IP products. This fast, accurate and easy-to-use characterization system will assist ARM in delivering standard cell and I/O libraries.

Magma Design Automation a provider of chip design software, today announced Titan™ Analog Layout Accelerator (ALX) and Titan Analog Virtual Prototyper (AVP), new tools that accelerate the creation and optimization of new analog design layouts, and automate the reuse of existing analog layouts in new processes and technologies.

Magma Design Automation announced SiliconSmart ACE Memory Characterization, the latest addition to the industry-standard SiliconSmart IP characterization and modeling product line. By embedding Magma’s ultra-fast FineSim Pro simulator and leveraging Magma’s proprietary optimization technology for memory circuits, SiliconSmart ACE Memory Characterization provides faster, more accurate timing, power and noise characterization of memory instanc...

Magma Design Automation announced today that the Titan Mixed-Signal Platform has been validated to support the interoperability and accuracy requirements of the IPL 1.0 Interoperable Process Design Kit (iPDK) standard. The Interoperable PDK Libraries (IPL) Alliance standard eliminates the need to develop multiple proprietary PDKs and design databases, reducing development costs, shortening delivery schedules and providing designers earlier acces...

Magma Design Automation just announced SiliconSmart ACE Memory Characterization, the latest addition to the industry-standard SiliconSmart IP characterization and modeling product line. By embedding Magma’s ultra-fast FineSim™ Pro simulator and leveraging Magma’s proprietary optimization technology for memory circuits, SiliconSmart ACE Memory Characterization provides faster, more accurate timing, power and noise characterization of memory ...

Magma Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq: LAVA), a provider of chip design software, today launched the “Titan Up!” program to educate analog designers about the latest technologies for analog and mixed-signal design. Analog design has traditionally been a manual, time-consuming task and reusing analog IP has been difficult, if not impossible. The Titan™ family of analog/mixed-signal design solutions delivers breakthrough analog design capabili...

Magma Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq: LAVA), a provider of chip design software, announced today it has named Noriaki Kikuchi president of Magma KK, Magma’s Japanese subsidiary. Kikuchi, with more than 30 years experience in electronic design automation and other technology industries, reports to Magma President and Chief Operating Officer Roy E. Jewell.

Magma Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq: LAVA), a provider of chip design software, today announced that TSMC has selected Quartz DRC and Quartz LVS for physical verification in TSMC’s Integrated Sign-off Flow (ISF). TSMC provides certified flow comprising proven, best-in-class tools to enable the fastest path to TSMC silicon. The flow is now available for 65-nanometer (nm) designs.

Magma Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq: LAVA), a provider of chip design software, today announced the final agenda for the MUSIC India users conference in Bangalore on March 30. The program will feature technical presentations given by Magma users and design industry experts. Magma CEO Rajeev Madhavan will deliver a keynote address entitled “The Electronic Ocean.”

Magma Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq: LAVA), a provider of chip design software, today announced the availability of FineSim™ Fast Monte Carlo, a revolutionary new alternative to traditional Monte Carlo analysis. FineSim Fast Monte Carlo makes it possible to achieve much more accurate statistical analysis as much as 100 times faster than traditional Monte Carlo methods.

Magma Design Automation unveiled Tekton, a new timing analysis platform that offers significantly higher capacity and dramatically faster runtimes than traditional tools, without sacrificing accuracy. Unlike other solutions, Tekton runs multi-scenario analysis efficiently on low-cost hardware without requiring a large number of expensive servers and software licenses. Leveraging breakthrough technology, this revolutionary new platform addresses ...

Magma Design Automation a provider of chip design software, today announced the final agenda for the MUSIC users conference in Silicon Valley on March 10 in San Jose. The program will feature parallel tracks of technical presentations and tutorials given by Magma users, design industry experts and Magma’s engineering research and development staff, and an exposition of Magma partners. Magma CEO Rajeev Madhavan will deliver a keynote address en...

Magma Design Automation and Chengdu ICC (CDICC), a government-funded organization that promotes integrated circuit (IC) design in Chengdu, today announced the recent opening of a joint IC design lab. Established in the National IC Design Chengdu Industrial Base, one of seven technology incubation parks in China, the lab will provide local designers with access to Magma's advanced analog and digital IC design software and comprehensive training pr...

Magma Design Automation announced today that PDF Solutions selected the Titan™ Mixed-Signal Design Platform to improve time to yield for systems on chip (SoCs). PDF Solutions chose the Magma software after an extensive evaluation. PDF Solutions plans to use Titan to shorten the design process for delivering first-time-right Characterization Vehicle® test chips. PDF Solutions will also use Titan™ for developing digital and analog library cell...

Magma Design Automation, a provider of chip design software, today announced that PDF Solutions, the leading provider of yield improvement technologies and services for the integrated circuit (IC) manufacturing process life cycle, is using Magma's Quartz DRC Physical Verification system in connection with development of Characterization Vehicle® test chips for the 45-, 40-, 32- and 28-nanometer (nm) processes of leading foundries. PDF Solutions ...

Magma Design Automation today announced SiliconSmart ACE, a next-generation intellectual property characterization and modeling tool and the latest addition to the industry-standard SiliconSmart product line. By leveraging new Accelerated Circuit Engine (ACE) technology and embedding Magma's ultra-fast FineSim SPICE simulator, the fully automated SiliconSmart ACE flow delivers more accurate models and faster turnaround time than other tools, set...

Magma Design Automation has announced that Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation, a leading provider of advanced IC solutions for Carrier and Enterprise networks, expanded deployment of Magma's Talus(R) 1.1 RTL-to-GDSII IC implementation software. A longtime Magma user, Vitesse utilizes the Talus platform to incorporate more functionality into ICs while reducing power consumption, turnaround time and development costs.