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Conexant and Mindspeed Sign Multi-Year Licensing Deal With Sagantec
LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 18, 2001--Sagantec of Fremont,
Calif. today announced that Conexant Systems Inc. (Nasdaq:CNXT) and
its Internet infrastructure business, Mindspeed Technologies(TM), have
signed a licensing agreement for Sagantec's custom physical
implementation products which include Companion, Hurricane, SiClone &
DREAM.
The businesses will use the Sagantec software to develop their
world class personal networking and internet infrastructure IC
technologies.
Sagantec's products have allowed Conexant to create and completely
verify custom ARM processor cores in a new technology in a very short
timeframe. The results at both 0.18 and 0.15 micron processes not only
were 22 percent smaller than what could be achieved by comparable
methodologies, but the Sagantec methodology also provided control of
electrical performance by transistor and wire sizing -- a level of
control that is not possible with a layout shrink.
``Our ability to quickly implement highly integrated system on a
chip designs in new fabrication technologies is a critical factor in
our business. Sagantec's tool suite, as well as their extensive
technical support, will be invaluable in exploiting new market
opportunities,''said Mojy Chian, vice president, Core Technologies
Group for Mindspeed.
``In a competitive market, full custom building blocks such as high
speed/low power embedded CPUs , specialized memories or analog
transceivers are the key elements that create a highly integrated
product with differentiated added value,'' said Coby Zelnik, senior
vice president, business development at Sagantec.`` However, full
custom physical implementation has traditionally been the weakest link
in the SoC design process. Our approach enables customers to
accelerate and automate this critical task and Conexant's and
Mindspeed's selection of Sagantec is a true testimony to the value of
our products.''
Sagantec Product Overview:
Sagantec's products are focused on automating and accelerating
physical design, technology implementation and physical optimization
of full custom integrated circuits. These tools are used by designers
of high performance CPUs and DSPs, memory ICs and embedded memories,
and analog/mixed-signal ICs.
The Sagantec product line includes:
SiClone, a full custom layout migration and optimization tool.
With its simultaneous, n-level hierarchy processing, SiClone can
migrate, re-map, compact and optimize complex, hierarchical custom
layout design blocks, such as high performance datapaths, custom
control, memory arrays and peripherals. SiClone can also migrate
analog and mixed-signal design blocks using a set of analog specific
features.
Hurricane, a high-capacity, high-speed layout compaction and
migration tool. Hurricane can compact large custom-routed physical
blocks, squeezing out unused spaces and making them denser and
smaller. When used for process migration, Hurricane can handle large
IP blocks and can flatten them to create the densest possible result.
Companion, an interactive custom layout design acceleration tool.
Companion integrates a powerful physical design-rule application and
compaction engine with the Virtuoso XL layout editor and the Virtuoso
Custom Designer from Cadence Design Systems (NYSE:CDN).
DREAM, this tool enables reuse and automatic retargeting of
physical cell libraries to new process technologies, and generates new
GDS2 files conforming to the new design rules. It optimizes the layout
for deep submicron technology while keeping the underlying physical
architecture and topology intact.
About Sagantec
Sagantec provides software, methodologies and services that enable
rapid implementation reuse and design closure for full custom physical
designs in sub-wavelength technologies. The company is working closely
with its semiconductor partners and customers to ensure that its
products work with the most aggressive technologies of 0.13 micron and
below. Sagantec products are specifically designed to accelerate the
physical design process of high performance/low power CPUs, and DSPs,
dedicated and embedded memories, and analog/mixed-signal circuits.
Privately held and funded, Sagantec was founded in 1993 in Israel. Its
Corporate headquarters for sales, marketing, technical services and
applications organization is located at 46485 Landing Parkway,
Fremont, Calif. 94538. Telephone: 510/360-5200. Facsimile:
510/360-5255. On the web at: http://www.sagantec.com.
Note to Editors: Sagantec acknowledges trademarks or registered
trademarks of other organizations for their respective products and
services.
Contact:
Sagantec North America
Coby Zelnik, 510/360-5200 ext. 110
coby@sagantec.com
http://www.sagantec.com
or
Lee Public Relations
Pam Wasserman, 650/363-0142
pam@leepr.com
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