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Vitesse Purchases Silicon Perspective's First Encounter
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 31, 2001--Silicon
Perspective Corporation® (SPC), the leading supplier of IC design
tools for silicon virtual prototypes, announced that Vitesse
Semiconductor Corporation (Nasdaq:VTSS) has agreed to purchase
multiple licenses of Silicon Perspective's First Encounter(TM) SoC
design system for Vitesse's California and Colorado design centers.
The teams at Vitesse will enhance their existing design flow with
the addition of First Encounter for the hierarchical implementation of
large system-on-chip (SoC) designs. First Encounter easily integrates
into Vitesse's established methodology and delivers the ability to
create a full-chip physical prototype for the largest SoC designs
through front-end floorplanning, placement and in-place optimization
(IPO). The prototype is used to partition the chip in blocks and
create optimal pin assignment and timing budgets for each block.
Top-level optimization for final timing closure will also be completed
through First Encounter.
``First Encounter complements Vitesse's existing design flows by
enabling our designers to quickly create the whole chip prototype to
use as the basis for partitioning the chip in hierarchical blocks,''
stated Scott Hamm, vice president of design engineering and technology
development at Vitesse. ``The blocks created by First Encounter are of
a manageable size for our existing design flow, resulting in a
predictable implementation schedule. Our design teams have also
experienced significant time savings in top-level optimization with
First Encounter compared to the current buffer insertion tools.''
First Encounter will let Vitesse's design teams look at the big
picture of the whole chip from the start of their design process when
they are assembling a mixture of RTL blocks, macros, third-party IP
and ``black box'' IP. As the design progresses, the Vitesse teams will
be able to update this picture on a daily basis if necessary because
First Encounter is based on a very fast run-time database that makes
quick iterations possible.
``The purchase by Vitesse is another strong endorsement for Silicon
Perspective's hierarchical design solution,'' stated Ping Chao,
president and CEO of SPC. ``Vitesse reiterated a message we have heard
several times: Multiple existing design tools deliver block-level
implementation but First Encounter stands out when it comes to
full-chip hierarchical design.''
About Vitesse
Vitesse Semiconductor Corporation is a leading designer and
supplier of innovative, high-performance integrated circuits (ICs)
used in next generation networking and optical communications
equipment. The company's products address the needs of Enterprise,
Access, Metro, Core, and Optical Transport network equipment
manufacturers who demand a robust combination of high speed, high
service delivery and low power dissipation in their components. In
concert with its broad communications product portfolio, Vitesse also
develops ICs for storage area networking and enclosure management.
Vitesse is headquartered in Camarillo, Calif., and operates two
fabrication facilities; one in Camarillo and one in Colorado Springs,
Colo. Company and product information can be found on the Web at
www.vitesse.com or is available by calling 1-800-VITESSE.
About SPC
Silicon Perspective Corporation concentrates on solutions that
solve timing and integration challenges in whole-chip multi-million
gate designs. The company's products are compatible with industry
standard tool interfaces and data formats, and work with popular
integrated circuit design tool sets from Avant!, Cadence and Synopsys.
SPC is headquartered at 3211 Scott Boulevard, Santa Clara, Calif.
95054, phone: 408/327-0900, fax: 408/727-4450. The SPC branch office
for Japan is located at 3-17-6 Shin-Yokohama, Kouhoku-ku, Yokohama,
Japan, phone: 045-474-8970, fax: 045-474-8971. Visit Silicon
Perspective Corporation at www.SiPerspective.com for more information.
Note to Editors: Silicon Perspective Corporation, First Encounter,
and Front-End Physical Design Environment are trademarks of Silicon
Perspective Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of
their respective owners.
Contact:
New Ideas in Communications
Paula Jones, 650/967-3711
paula@newiic.com
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