Case Study: Altair (fabless LTE/IoT chipset maker) achieves up to eight months faster time-to-market and lower development costs with Cadence Design Systems analog IP

Altair - Customer Case Study

Altair is a fabless chip company that develops high-performance, low-power LTE semiconductor solutions for consumer devices and is expanding into IoT and M2M markets. The company faced complex LTE signal-processing and power challenges, plus high costs from IP licensing, advanced-process tapeouts, carrier certifications and software, all while needing to meet aggressive time-to-market and price targets for both high-throughput and ultra-low-power product lines.

By adopting Cadence’s analog IP, controller/PHY IP and integration expertise — including optimized AFEs and RF co-simulation — Altair reduced development risk and achieved a successful first-time tapeout. The collaboration trimmed time to market by up to eight months, lowered engineering and tapeout costs, and enabled Altair to deliver competitive, leading-edge LTE and IoT chipsets.

Altair

Eran Eshed

Co-Founder and Vice President of Marketing and Business Development