Apache Design Solutions, Inc. (Apache) has collaborated with NXP Semiconductors Netherlands B.V. (NXP) on advanced power solutions for the PNX85500 design. The PNX85500 design is the new digital TV processor manufactured on 45nm technology. NXP used Apache’s RedHawk power integrity, Sentinel chip power modeling (CPM), and package extraction early in the design flow. NXP also used RedHawk’s Vectorless Dynamic and decoupling capacitance analysis for accurate power integrity signoff.

NXP was able to optimize the power network and I/O pads, so helping to eliminate disruptive late changes to the floorplan, leading to the achievement of a best-in-class design time for the PNX85500.

“As a leader in advanced digital products for high volume consumer market, our designs need to be First-Time-Right, while controlling the production cost,” said Rene Penning de Vries, senior vice president and chief technology officer from NXP. “We leveraged Apache’s product maturity, proactive worldwide support, and domain expertise to mitigate design risk and improve overall product quality.”

“We are excited to work with NXP to address the critical power integrity needs of their 45nm designs,” said Andrew Yang, chief executive officer of Apache. “We look forward to further our collaboration on global power and noise integrity challenges for chip, package, and system.”

Apache is a US-based provider of power and noise integrity for chip, package, and system convergence.

NXP Semiconductors Netherlands B.V. (NXP), a semiconductor company founded by Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Philips).