As of 12/22/97 (updated periodically) Rev2.3 Previous participation under old95 and old96 directories Submit changes/updates to: Syed B. Huq (408)721-4874, Fax (408)721-4785
NOTE: This roster lists companies and organizations that have either participated in creating the IBIS spec or are creating/distributing/using IBIS models. Other than the specific statements of support under each organization's name, no support nor endorsement of the specification is implied. Companies designated by * are members of the EIA IBIS Open Forum.
Alcatel Telecom
Contact: John Fitzpatrick Web: Phone: + 33 2 96 04 79 33 Fax: + 33 2 96 04 85 09 Address: 4 rue Louis de Broglie 22304 Lannion France Support: IBIS models used in CAD tool chain. Tag-line: Telecommunication equipment manufacturer. Category:
Contact: Greg Steinke Phone: (408) 544-7872 Fax: Address: 101 Innovation Drive San Jose, CA 95134 Support: Future IBIS development planned Tag-line:
* AMP Incorporated
Contact: Martin G. Freedman Web: Phone: (717) 592-6270 Fax: (717) 592-6179 Address: M.S. 210-20 P.O. Box 3608 Harrisburg, PA 17105-3608 Harrisburg, PA 17105-3608 Support: AMP Global Technology group is investigating the IBIS format for modeling connector electrical performance. We are actively supporting the work of the IBIS Open Form in this area. Tag-line: AMP is the world's largest supplier of electrical connectors. Electrical performance models, in SPICE format, are currently available for high speed interconnects. Category:
* Applied Simulation Technology, Inc
(formerly Contec CAE, Ltd.)
Contact: Fred Balistreri Phone: (408) 434-0967 ext102, Fax: (408) 434-1003 Address: 2188 Bering Drive San Jose, CA 95131 Support: Applied Simulation Technology tools support IBIS models. Tag-line: Applied Simulation Technology offers accurate, state of the art signal integrity, EMI / EMC and circuit simulation tools. Category: EDA vendor
* Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
Contact: C. Kumar, Deepak Mehta Phone: (508) 262-6488, Fax: 508-262-6600 Address: 270 Billerica Rd, Chelmsford, MA 01824 Support: Cadence fully supports IBIS models. Cadence's DF/SigNoise product family offers a vendor-specific, IBIS compatible signal integrity library of over 7000 components. Cadence also provides a translator program enabling the conversion of IBIS 1.1 and 2.1 files to Cadence library format. Tag-line: Cadence, the worldwide leader in electronic design automation, combines leading-edge technology and a complementary set of services to accelerate and advance the overall performance engineering of high-speed electronic systems. Category: EDA vendor
* Cypress Semiconductor
Contact: Bruce Wenniger Web: Phone: (408) 943-2688, Fax: (408) 943-2843 Address: 3901 N. First Street , MS2.2-3 San Jose, CA 95134 Support: Cypress will generate IBIS models for the integrated circuits it designs and manufactures. Tag-line: Cypress is a leader in the development and production of high- performance CMOS and BiCMOS digital integrated circuits. Category: Model provider
* Digital Equipment Corp.
Contact: Jeff L. Chu Web: Phone: (508) 568-4197, Fax: (508) 568-5195 Address: 77 Reed Road, HLO2-3/D11 Hudson, MA 01749 Support: Digital will generate IBIS models for its own chip products, including the line of ALPHA AXP microprocessors, peripheral and communication chips, as needed, and support IBIS models in in-house simulation tools. Tag-line: Digital, maker of the world's fastest microprocessor, is also a leading developer of computer systems, and networking and communication products, including PCI. Category:
EIA/Electronic Information Group
Contact: Patti Rusher Phone: (703) 907-7545. Fax: (703) 907-7501 Address: 2500 Wilson Blvd. Arlington, VA 22201 Support: Tag-line: Category:
H.A.S Electronics, Inc
Contact: Haruny Said Phone: (508)624-6227, Fax:(508)624-6054 Address: 33 Boston Post Rd West, Suite 270 Marlborough, MA 01752 Support: H.A.S Electronics, Inc is currently developing a number of service and tools in order to provide inexpensive and accurate IBIS models to engineers over the World Wide Web Tag-line: H.A.S Electronics, Inc is a small and growing company that has been providing IBIS modeling services since 1995. Our aim is to create a high quality reliable service with a small customer base and then grow gradually with the increasing demand for models.
* Hewlett-Packard/HP EEsof Division
Contact: Karl Kachigan Web: Phone: (707) 577-3949, Fax: (707) 577-5260 Address: 1400 Fountaingrove Parkway Santa Rosa, CA 94503 Support: Support IBIS models in HP 85240 Picosecond Interconnect Modeling Suite for interconnect model development and analysis. Tag-line: HP EEsof is a leading supplier of high frequency analog (RF/Microwave) design and modeling tools. Category: EDA vendor
Contact: Razvan Ene Phone: + 39 11 746.104, Fax: + 39 11 748.109 Address: c.so Trapani 16 10139 Torino - Italy Support: High Design Technology (HDT) provides services to characterize and create IBIS models from datasheet or wide-band measure system based on TDR (Time Domain Reflectometer). HDT will soon provide a translation program that converts from IBIS models format to internal .emd/.pmd models format. This translator will use the Golden Parser code with improved checks. Tag-line: HDT, founded in 1990, provides tools and services for signal integrity and EMC simulation of printed circuit boards and multichip modules within its environment PRESTO. Proprietary wide-band behavioural models allow accurate simulation of large and high-speed systems. HDT provides also customization services for its clients. An example of solution developed under custom specification is the THRIS tool suite adopted by Telecom Italia (the major italian telecom operator) for the qualification of network apparatus. Category: EDA vendor and models provider* HyperLynx
Contact: Kellee Crisafulli Phone: (206) 869-2320, Fax: (206) 881-1008 Address: 17641 N.E. 67th. Ct. Redmond, WA 98052 Support: HyperLynx provides signal integrity and EMC analysis tools as well as the Visual IBIS editor. BoardSim: A simulator using PCB geometry data input from numerous PCB layout packages, also natively supports IBIS files. Ships with a set of IBIS libraries. LineSim: A simulator using schematic data input, reads IBIS files as part of its native library support. Ships with a set of IBIS libraries. EMC: An add-on tool for BoardSim or LineSim that indicates spectral content of voltages or radiated emission levels. Visual IBIS Editor: An IBIS model development tool available without charge at www.hyperlynx.com Tag line: HyperLynx, Inc. is the industry's leading supplier of affordable, accurate, Windows based signal-integrity and EMC software. Category: EDA vendor
Contact: Werner Rissiek, Olaf Rethmeier Phone: ++49-5251-150-620, ++49-5251-150-625, Fax: ++49-5251-150-700 Address: INCASES Engineering GmbH Vattmannstrasse 3 D-33100 Paderborn, Germany Support: INCASES provides the simulation packages INSIDE (INCASES Signal Integrity Diagnostic Environment) for signal integrity analysis and COMORAN (COMputation of RAdiatioN) for radiation analysis within its product family EMC-Workbench. INCASES provides the IBIS-to-INCASES converter that bases on the IBIS Golden Parser 2.1. The converter creates INCASES macromodels, corresponding reference lists, and further information for the components in a fully automatic way. The INCASES Library management tool EXLIN provides specific features to import the new models generated by the converter into respective libraries. EXLIN checks for consistency, supports the defintion of user specific IDs, and allows to reference the models also for other components which show a similar behaviour as the original ones. Detailed information is available on request. Tag-line: INCASES Engineering, GmbH, Germany, founded on November 1, 1994, is a supplier of design automation software and consulting services to the electronic design automation (EDA) market, focusing on EMC and 'Design for Manufacturability'. INCASES develops, sells, and supports two major product lines: THEDA, acquired from Computervision Corporation and EMC-Workbench, acquired from Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG. Category: EDA vendor
Contact: Will Hobbs Phone: (503) 264-4369, Fax: (503) 264-4515 Address: 2111 N.E 25th Avenue, JF1-56 Hillsboro, OR 97124-5961 Support: Intel is a strong supporter of the IBIS standard, and provides IBIS models for many of its components. To access models of publicly announced and supported components, access Intel models directory on the IBIS web page: http://www.eda.org/pub/ibis/models/intel For information on models of unannounced products, contact your local Intel field sales office. Tag-line: Intel, the world's largest chip maker, is also a leading manufacturer of personal computer networking and communications products. Category: Model provider
* Interconnectix
(A Mentor Graphics Company)Contact: Bob Ross Phone: (503) 684-6641, Fax: (503) 639-3469 Address: 10220 S.W. Nimbus Ave., K4 Portland, Oregon 97223 Support: The Interconnect Synthesis (IS) product supports the major extensions of IBIS Version 2.1. Interface extensions for component and model selection and termination generation allow IBIS formatted data to be used in "what if" investigations and automatic synthesis operations. Tag-line: The leading Interconnect Synthesis Company Category: EDA vendor
KAW/USA
Contact: Dan Aleksandrowicz Phone: (603) 886-8711, Fax: (603) 881-8763 Address: 39 Simon Street Nashua, NH 03060 Support: IBIS models created and used for board level simulation. Tag-line: A total concept solution for P.C.B. by design, simulation, consulting, training, analysis and schematic capture; by using Mentor-Board Station/Design Architect, Cadence/Allegro/Concept/ Boardquest, Unicad and CCT-Router. Category:
Contact: Brian Johnson Phone: (208) 368-3849 Fax: Address: 8000 South Federal Way P.0. Box 6 Boise, ID 83707-0006 Support: Tag-line: Category:
Mentor Graphics Corp.
Contact: Greg Doyle Phone: (408) 451-5753, Fax: (408) 451-5538 Address: 1001 Ridder Park Drive San Jose, CA 95131 Support: Mentor supports IBIS by using Quad Design and Intel IBIS models. Tag-line: The Integrated System Design Company Category: EDA vendor
* Mitsubishi Semiconductor America, Inc.
Contact: Hoang Nguyen(for Model development) Tam(Tom) Cao(for Software) Phone: (919) 479-3479, Fax: (919) 479-3309 Address: Three Diamond Lane Durham, NC 27705 Contact: Midori Nakamae (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation. Memory IC Div) Phone: +81 727 80 264 Address: 4-1 Mizuhara,Itami,Hyogo 664,Japan Support: MSAI provides IBISv2.1 models for selected memory product lines. Tag-line: MSAI designs, engineers, and produces advanced semiconductor devices for use in computer video and communications equipment. Category: Models provider & End user.
* Motorola
Contact: Ron Werner Email: Web: Ron Werner Phone: (602) 441-8593 Fax: (602) 441-2363 Address: 8201 E. McDowell Road Scottsdale, AZ 85252 Support: Tag-line: Category:
* National Semiconductor Corp.
Contact: Syed B.Huq Phone: (408) 721-4874, Fax:(408)721-4785 Address: 2900 Semiconductor Drive, M/S A-2595 Santa Clara, CA 95052 Support: National Semiconductor provides IBISv1.1 and IBISv2.1 models from various product lines. Refer to http://www.natonal.com/models/ibis/ibis.html for the latest available models. Tag-line: National Semiconductor will provide system-on-a-chip solutions for our key data highway strategic partners, exploiting our analog expertise as a starting point for forward integration. Category: Model provider & End user
Contact: Dave Moxley Phone: (803) 939-6495, Fax: (803) 939-7317 Address: 3325 Platt Springs Rd. W. Columbia, SC 29170 Support: NCR supports the ANSI/EIA-656 standard and is a user of IBIS models. Tag-line: Category:
* NEC Corporation
Contact: Hiroshi Sakuma Phone: +81 -44-435-1501(DIR), Fax: +81 -44-435-1887 Address: Design Sys. Dept., System ASIC Div., NEC Corp. 1753 Shimonumabe, Nakahara-ku Kawasaki Japan 211 Support: NEC is willing to write some IBIS models and a model generator for some of its LSI components. Tag-line: Category:
North Carolina State University
Contact: Michael Steer, Paul Franzon, Alan Glaser Phone: 919-515-5191 919-515-7351 919-515-3947 FAX for all three: 919-515-5523 Address: ECE Dept. Box 7911 NC State Univ. Raleigh, NC 27695-7911 Support: Two SPICE to IBIS converters have been developed and are in the public domain. They are both available on our Web page, and at the IBIS Web page. Category:
* Quad Design Technology, Inc.
Contact: Jon Powell Phone: (805) 988-8250, Fax: (805) 988-8259 Address: 1385 Del Norte Rd. Camarillo, CA 93010 Support: Quad Design has a translation program that translates from IBIS format to Quad Design .mod format. This translator uses the Golden Parser code with enhancements to warn of malformed (yet legal) models. The translator supports user input to be able to select from the min-typ-max range of IBIS data. This program (IBIS2XTK) is available now and is distributed with XTK Crosstalk and transmission line simulation tool kit. Tag-line: Quad Design is a leading supplier of Signal Integrity and Timing tools for high speed digital designs. Category: EDA vendor
Contact: Mike Ventham Phone: (204) 942-4000, Fax: (204) 957-1158 Address: 191 Lombard Ave Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3B 0X1 Canada Support: Quantic provides an IBIS reader (based on the Golden Parser) that will read IBIS models and automatically generate data files for Phidias (our graphical VI curve device modellor) and database files that associate the component definitions with the pin models. From Phidias, both SPICE models for PCB Greenfield (our pre and post layout transmission line simulator) and models used in BoardScan, (our PC board screener for signal integrity and crosstalk problems), EmcScan, (for scanning radiated emissions near the board) and Compliance (the EMC system simulator) can be created. This is available now for Quantic customers. Tag-line: Quantic has been the leading supplier of field solvers and signal integrity tools since 1983. We also provide leading edge Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) tools. Category: EDA vendor
* Texas Instruments, Inc.
Contact: Ben Andresen(ASIC), Roger Cline(ASIC) Thomas Fisher(Data Transmissions) Web: Ben Andresen Roger Cline Phone: (972) 480-4028 (972) 480-4053 Fax: (972) 480-4400 (972) 480-4400 Address: 8505 Forest Lane 8505 Forest Lane Dallas, TX. 75243 Dallas, TX. 75243 M/S 8664 M/S 8664 Thomas Fisher (Data Transmissions) (972) 480-3736 (972) 480-3160 8505 Forest Lane Dallas, TX. 75243 M/S 8710 Support: TI is working on a tool to automatically generate IBIS models from TI SPICE simulations (TI's proprietary SPICE dialect). Data Transmissions Group is ramping up to provide IBIS (v2.1) models for their new and existing products. Tag-line: With more than 15,000 worldwide customers, TI's unique breadth of digital and mixed-signal products offer innovative solutions for today's competitive global markets. Category: Model provider
* Thomson-CSF/SCTF
Contact: Jean Lebrun Web: Phone: 1/69 33 00 99, Fax: 1/69 33 00 10 Address: L'oree De Corberville BP 56 91401 Orsay France Support: Tag-line: Category:
UltraTest International
Contact: Charles Im Web: Phone: (408) 433-2244 Fax: (408) 433-5508 Address: 142 Charcot Avenue. San Jose, CA, 95131 Support: UltraTest International will soon support automated data generation from lab measurements for IBIS modeling. More information about IBIS and its needs is being gathered to develop a more integrated software. Tag-line: UltraTest International manufactures the MultiTrace System, which is a fully automated, digital sampling, integrated curve tracer and DC Parametric tester with latch-up capabilities. It can do any type of DC electrical characterization for devices up to 625 pins and with data manipulation software, the MultiTrace is able to acquire measurements from a device or wafer and format the data in any desired way. Category:
UniCAD,Inc.
(A Cadence Company)Contact: Celso Faia Phone: (613) 596-9091 Ext. 337 Address: 2745 Iris Street 6th Floor Ottawa, Ontario K2C 3V5 Support: SytheSolve/UniSolve supports IBIS version 2.1 in native format. Tag-line: UniCAD, INC. provides software used in the design of printed circuit boards and multichip modules. It provides the only available concurrent virtual prototyping environment that can simultaneously deal with Emissions, Signal Integrity, and Thermal issues throughout the design process. Category: EDA vendor
Contact: David Wiens Phone: (303) 581-2306 Address: 6101 Lookout Rd. Boulder, CO 80301 Support: The VeriBest PCB Signal Analyzer product uses native IBIS device models for signal simulation. Tag-line: VeriBest Inc. provides electronic design automation tools for designers of electronic system that include PCBs, ASICs, FPGAs, and PLDs. VeriBest bridges the cost/capability gap by providing proven design flows that interoperate between Windows NT/95 and UNIX operating systems. Category: EDA vendor
* VLSI Technology
Contact: Richard Ulmer Web: Phone: (602) 752-6252 Fax: (602) 752-6002 Address: 8375 South River Parkway Tempe, AZ 85284 Support: Tag-line: Category:
Zeelan Technology
(A Mentor Graphics Company)Contact: George Opsahl Phone: (503) 685-1000, Fax: (503) 685-1001 Address: 8005 SW Boeckman Road Wilsonville, OR 97070 Support: Standard Model Libraries (including Microprocessor, Memory, pre-silicon ASIC, FPGA, Digital Logic models) as well as Modeling service to characterize and create models conforming to the IBIS format. MasterModels(TM) are created from measurements of physical devices under a tightly controlled high frequency fixture and modeling system. These accurate models closely represent actual device behavior when used in simulation. Tag-line: Zeelan Technology is the world's leading supplier of digital signal integrity simulation model libraries and are based on the measurements of actual parts. Category: Model provider
Zuken-Redac
Contact: John Berrie Web: Phone: +44 1684 294161, Fax +44 1684 299754 Address: Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire GL20 8HE England Support: Zuken-Redac currently supports IBIS modelling through its interfaces to Quad Design and Quantic Labs. Further integration with IBIS is planned in future. Tag-Line: Zuken-Redac is a world leader in design automation, providing open, leading technology, standards-based CAD-CAM solutions. Category: EDA vendor