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Journal Articles & Publications

RISC-V


RISC-V, the Linux of the chip world, is starting to produce technological breakthroughs

By Tiernan Ray | November 30, 2020 | ZD Net

Micro Magic RISC-V Core Claims to Beat Apple M1 and Arm Cortex-A9

By Nitin Dahad 11.30.2020 EETimes

RISC-V core out-clocks Apple, SiFive; available as IP

November 03, 2020 //By Peter Clarke // EE News Analog

64bit RISC-V core can operate at up to 5GHz

October 28, 2020 //By Peter Clarke // EE News Europe

3-Dimensional Integrated Circuit for Cellular Automata

A presentation by Cosmaic
Utilizing technology from Tezzaron and Micro Magic, Inc.

Building 3D-ICs: Tool Flow and Design Software
Part 1
EETimes
By  Robert Patti 
Tezzaron Semiconductor

Building 3D-ICs: Tool Flow and Design Software
Part 2
 
EETimes
By Robert Patti 
Tezzaron Semiconductor  

Building 3D-ICs: Tool Flow and Design Software
Part 2
 
EETimes
By Robert Patti 
Tezzaron Semiconductor  
3D EDA Tools – Coming out of the Woodwork. 

Francoise VonTrapp
InCites
Reborn Micro Magic offers EDA, 
Design Services 

by Richard Goering -- EE Times

Micro Magic Reemerges 

By Michael Santarini, EDN -- Electronic News

Schematic-Driven IC Layout Editor Accelerates SoC Design

-- Electronic Design

Trimming a Third off I/O Power Use 

-- Electronics Times

Openness among EDA vendors will aid growth

Mark Santoro -- EE Times

High-End Services Firm Taps I/O

Gale Morrison -- Electronic News

Design Boutique Helps Malleable
Gale Morrison -- Electronic News  

ASICs Join Full-Custom Flow 
Hybrid Approach Brings 300% Performance Gains 

Richard C Smith -- EE Times

IC-CAD tools to show dazzling advances 

Richard Goering -- EE Times

Design Methodology for Quickly and Accurately Generating SRAMs

Tavrow, Johnson, Santoro 
-- as published in EE Times

Micro Magic Shipping Chip Layout Software

-- Electronic News  

Discovering a Reluctant New
EDA Tool Vendor

Jonah McLeod -- ISD Magazine

Press Releases

RISC-V


Micro Magic, Inc. Delivers Ultra-low Power 64-Bit RISC-V Core

-- PRESS RELEASE --
February 12, 2021

Today, Micro Magic, Inc. announced its Ultra Low power 64-bit RISC-V core consuming only 10mW at 1Ghz.

Micro Magic, Inc. Delivers World’s Highest Performance/Power RISC-V Core

-- PRESS RELEASE --
November 29, 2020

Today, Micro Magic, Inc. announced the world’s highest performance/power 64-bit RISC-V core at 110,000 CoreMarks/Watt.

... more ...

Micro Magic, Inc. Unleashes World’s Fastest RISC-V Core

-- PRESS RELEASE --
October 23, 2020

Today Micro Magic, Inc. announced the world’s fastest 64-bit RISC-V core achieving 5GHz and 13,000 CoreMarks at 1.1V. A single Micro Magic core running at 0.8V nominal delivers 11,000 CoreMarks at 4.25GHz consuming only 200mW.

Micro Magic's MAX LAYOUT EDITOR Will Demonstrate Realtime Redisplay of a One Trillion Transistor Chip at 43rd DAC
World's Largest Layout Showcases EDA Tool's Capabilities 
-- Press Release
Micro Magic Back in Business with Revised Suite of Tools
Original Team Has Re-Formed the Company and is Offering Radically Enhanced Software for the Design of SoCs

-- Press Release  

CAD Veteran Richard Smith joins
Micro Magic, Inc. as Senior Technical Advisor 

-Press Release-

New MAX-LS from Micro Magic, Inc. Dramatically Accelerates SoC Design 
Schematic-Driven Layout System Is the Fastest Available for Any Size IC Design

--Press Release

Micro Magic, Inc. Announces Major Sale of EDA Software to SiByte, Inc. 
SiByte standardizes on MMI Software and Methodology for Low-power, High-speed IC Design
--Press Release

White Papers & Technical Writing


Quarterly Technical Report project: 
High Speed CMOS Analog-to-Digital Circuit for Radio Frequency Signal

Kyusun Choi

Design Considerations for Databus Charge Recovery

Bishop, Lyuboslavsky, Vijaykrishnan, Irwin 
-- Designed using Micro Magic tools

Institute of Micro Electronics 
- Research activities 
-- including Micro Magic tools


Design Methodology for Quickly and Accurately Generating SRAMs
- Original Paper
Tavrow, Johnson, Santoro

Fast Iteration: A Performance Design Requirement

Richard Smith

Impact of process scaling on the efficacy of leakage reduction schemes

Tsai, Duarte, Vijaykrishnan, Irwin 
-- Intel Corporation

Challenges and Methodologies for Implementing High-Performance Network Processors

Bhamidipati, Zaidi, Makineni, Low, Chen, Liu, Dahlgren
-- Intel Corporation, 
Intel Technical Journal

DAC 53, Austin, TX June 2016

Flying into Austin

  • DAC begins the next day!

Dawn breaking over Austin

  • Downtown wakes up

Main Aisle
- DAC 53 -

  • Austin Convention Center
  • June 06, 2016

DAC 53 - DAY 1

  • An intense technical conversation

DAC Day One

  • Many software demos are given
Day 1, Giving Demos

Early Morning

  • Beginning the Third Day
  • June 08, 2016
Early Morning over Austin

DAC Day 2

  • Demonstrating MAX-3D
DAC Day 2 - Demos

Dusk settles over Austin

  • Lovely closing to a busy day
Dusk settles over Austin

DAC Day 3

  • Fire Alarm! and Full Evacuation
Day 3 - Fire Alarm Evacuation

A Firetruck outside ACC

  • Fire response was very quick
Firetruck at Convention Center

DAC Day 3

  • MMI President Santoro
  • Giving a demo featuring Analog
Day 3- Giving a demo

Official Bagpipers

  • Bagpipes traditionally close DAC
Bagpipers Closing DAC

“Tezzaron has taped out over 100 3D chips using MMI’s MAX-3D tool suite. There’s nothing to compare, and the new TSV placer & MAX-3D Path Finder are incredible.”

Robert Patti, VP/CTO, Tezzaron Semiconductor

“This is one of the few tools that can deal with multiple levels of hierarchy and multiple tech files all at the same time, and it is awesome for visualization of complex things like, say, PDN mesh across multiple die and interposers. Fantastic! I like it!”

Riko Radojcic, Director of Design for Silicon Initiatives, Qualcomm

Micro Magic, Inc.'s mission is to dramatically reduce the time and cost required to produce high-performance SoC designs. Tools, Design Services, or Consulations... We Can Help.

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