April 13, 2010 (FinancialWire) — Magma Design Automation Inc. (NASDAQ: LAVA) said TSMC has selected Quartz(tm) DRC and Quartz LVS for physical verification in TSMC's Integrated Sign-off Flow . TSMC provides certified flow, which is now available for 65-nanometer designs.

"Design success at 65 nm requires an advanced flow that significantly reduces turnaround time and development costs," said S.T. Juang, senior director of design infrastructure marketing at TSMC.

Quartz DRC and Quartz LVS are architected to process integrated circuit designs of any size, at any technology node, in the least amount of time. The Quartz tools are fully compatible with third-party IC implementation flows and can read file formats used by traditional physical verification tools.

Magma's electronic design automation software provides the "Fastest Path to Silicon"™ and enables the world's top chip companies to create high-performance integrated circuits for cellular telephones, electronic games, WiFi, MP3 players, digital video, networking and other electronic applications.

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