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Eric,

I'm not exactly sure what you mean by "out of the box", but I can tell you that SiSoft's Quantum Channel Designer (QCD) has provided native support for IBIS-AMI models since its introduction at DesignCon 2008. QCD uses IBIS-AMI models to support both Statistical and Time-Domain simulations, producing Statistical/Persistent eyes, bathtub curves, BER predictions and many other outputs.

We have actively driven the AMI standard since late 2006, publishing the first AMI reference models, performance data and correlation results. We provided the first test bench simulator (a free download) to ensure algorithmic models comply with the standard. If you happen to be at DesignCon, we are presenting a paper on IBIS-AMI model correlation at 9AM tomorrow morning.

There are a number of IBIS-AMI design kits currently available from multiple vendors, including validated IBIS-AMI models that run in QCD "out of the box". You can find more information about these kits at:

http://www.sisoft.com/news_10c.asp

Todd.

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Monteiro" <Eric.Monteiro (AT) gennum (DOT) com>
To: si-list (AT) freelists (DOT) org
Sent: Wednesday, February 3, 2010 11:00:01 AM
Subject: [SI-LIST] IBIS-AMI Vendor Support Help

Hello
I have been looking at channel designers from Mentor, Cadence, SiSoft, and Sigrity that claim to support AMI models. However, to date I have only seen Sigrity's channel designer support AMI models "out of the box", and can generate the BER curves, and statistical eye's.

In the case of Mentor, it looks like they only have special support for the Xilinx models embedded within the kit (? is this correrct ?). I assume this means Mentor does not yet have a tool where you can take any vendors AMI model and just drop into a schematic unless you work with them to develop a kit similar to Xilinx.

Does anyone know if/how Mentor (Hyperlynx GHz), Cadence (Signal Explorer), and SiSoft (Quantum Channel Designer) support out of the box AMI models?

Best Regards,

Eric

Gennum Corporation AMS Division
4281 Harvester Road
Burlington, Ontario L7L-5M4
Canada

Phone: 905-632-2999 x 4260


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