November 20, 2009 (FinancialWire) — Magma Design Automation Inc. (NASDAQ: LAVA), a provider of chip design software, announced Hydra 1.1, an enhanced version of Magma’s hierarchical design planning solution for large systems on a chip.

The new version features out-of-the-box reference flows for channel-style, near-abutment, full-abutment, black-box, repeated-block and multi-power domain methodologies, allowing designers to get started quickly and combine these various approaches easily. New advanced capabilities and enhanced ease of use enable faster delivery of better floorplans.

“For large SoCs, the traditionally manual approaches to feasibility analysis and chip planning are too inaccurate and time consuming,” said Premal Buch, general manager of Magma’s Design Implementation Business Unit. “Hydra provides designers the ideal combination of advanced capabilities and broad flexibility, letting them apply their expertise to critical issues while Hydra automates significant portions of the hierarchical design planning flow.”

Hierarchical Flow Manager: A Faster Path to Better Floorplans

Hydra 1.1 features a hierarchical flow manager that enables designers to deliver higher quality floorplans faster. Reference flows for commonly used design styles such as channel based, near abutment and black box are available. Support for more complex flows such as full abutment, repeated block and multi-power domains that are compliant with both the Unified Power Format and Common Power Format, is also provided. These unique reference flows can be used in any combination to obtain an optimal floorplan. They also enable design teams to perform design feasibility analysis at strategic points in the flow to evaluate early netlist quality, floorplan routability and performance goals.

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