Date: 17/11/2009

Digital Imaging achieve first-pass silicon success in 22 days

Digital camera module developer Digital Imaging Systems (DIS) GmbH has achieved first-pass silicon success for a semiconductor IC used in its digital still camera module. Synopsys boasts about this achievement because DIS has used Synopsys' latest chip design software Galaxy Custom Designer to design this IC chip. DIS has replaced its existing design flow and taped out a new IC design in under one month.

"Smart phone customers demand the highest-quality images, so it is critical that we deliver camera modules early enough to be built into the next generation of phones," said Roland Pudelko, CEO at DIS. "Synopsys' Custom Designer, coupled with expert field support, provides the most productive and complete custom implementation solution needed to meet our customers' requirements on schedule."

"The speed with which DIS deployed Custom Designer and achieved first-pass silicon success is testimony to the power of a unified platform for custom design," said Bijan Kiani, vice president of Product Marketing at Synopsys. "By using the Custom Designer implementation solution, DIS is now well-equipped to deliver the throughput and quality necessary to meet their customers' stringent requirements."