TowerJazz, and Tanner EDA announced a joint initiative to develop Process Design Kits (PDKs) for analog/mixed-signal (A/MS) designers using Tanner EDA’s HiPer Silicon software. This collaboration gives Tanner EDA customers access to TowerJazz’s 0.18- and 0.35-micron power management process platform and TowerJazz customers access to Tanner EDA’s A/MS tools.

TowerJazz offers a Bipolar-CMOS-DMOS (BCD) power management platform with 0.5- to 0.18-micron CMOS density and a combination of bipolar NPN and PNP devices, as well as high voltage CMOS and DMOS FETs for use in complex power management chips including driver ICs, battery and portable power management, power control for PC products, Class-D audio amplifiers, and many other consumer, communications and computing applications.

Tanner EDA’s HiPer Silicon allows designers to plan and administer power management schemes in the context of their complete design. HiPer Silicon includes features and functionality that address an A/MS designer’s power management requirements, such as

• Consistent, cohesive user interface across the entire design flow,
• Robust design environment provides flexibility without sacrificing performance,
• Low learning curve and licensing options help speed concept to silicon.

Tanner EDA and TowerJazz PDKs for power management devices will be available in Q1 2010.