Case Study: austriamicrosystems achieves up to six months faster time-to-market with Synopsys DesignWare Hi-Speed USB 2.0 OTG PHY and Controller

austriamicrosystems - Customer Case Study

austriamicrosystems, a designer and manufacturer of high-performance analog ICs for power management and portable music players, faced a make-or-buy decision for the USB 2.0 OTG block in its AS3525 media-processor family. The company needed to shorten time-to-market, minimize integration risk, preserve high production yield, and reduce engineering effort while delivering Hi‑Speed OTG functionality in a 130nm SoC.

They chose the Synopsys DesignWare Hi‑Speed USB 2.0 OTG PHY and Controller IP because it provided a complete, proven PHY+controller package and strong vendor support. Integration of the IP let austriamicrosystems meet its schedule, save three to six months of development time, cut costs, achieve excellent yields in high-volume production, and ship the AS3525 in products from Samsung, Pioneer and XM Satellite Radio.

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Mario Manninger

Head of Engineering for the Communications business unit