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Demonstrates Bluetooth Interoperability With Leading Silicon Platforms
LIVINGSTON, U.K.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 24, 2001--Tality
Corporation, a subsidiary of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NYSE:CDN)
-- today announced that it has established and verified stable
interoperability between its Bluetooth Development System and products
from Cambridge Silicon Radio, Ericsson, Philips Semiconductors and
Texas Instruments -- leading providers of Bluetooth silicon platforms.
The interoperability was demonstrated in an open forum -- the
Bluetooth World Congress 2001.
``Establishing robust interoperability is a significant challenge
in Bluetooth design. Our expertise in interoperability verification
and debug is amply illustrated by this public demonstration,'' said
Simon Jones, general manager of Tality's Bluetooth Business Group.
``The expertise, methodology and tools we employed in the demonstration
are also the foundation of the open-access Bluetooth Interoperability
Verification Facility Tality recently established.''
The products communicated on a piconet using Tality's development
system -- which utilizes Tality's qualified baseband controller and
protocol stack -- as the master. Three of the node links carried data,
while the link to the Philips node carried both data and voice. The
nodes were controlled via the standard host controller interface (HCI)
by Tality's Bluetooth software development environment, Software
Development Studio. It was also used to develop the demonstration, and
to verify the interoperability of the systems.
Software Development Studio speeds the development of products
that utilize Tality's upper protocol stack and any available
extensions, such as application profiles. It verifies the
interoperability of products that use Bluetooth baseband solutions
conforming to the standard Bluetooth test control interfaces, HCI and
L2CAP. Multiple external applications may simultaneously use Software
Development Studio as a service provider, as illustrated by the
demonstration. It is also used by Tality to verify interoperability at
UnplugFests, and the proven test scripts may be purchased with the
Studio.
Tality's Track Record in Developing Bluetooth Products
With 30 Bluetooth product and chip designs completed or in
progress, Tality is a market leader in providing Bluetooth engineering
services. Tality develops Bluetooth hardware and software intellectual
property for use in its design services, and also licenses this IP to
customers designing Bluetooth products themselves. Tality's product IP
includes reference designs, an upper protocol stack, a full suite of
application profiles, and their associated development tools.
Tality is one of only five adopter members invited by the
promoters to join the Bluetooth SIG Radio Working Group, which is
chartered with making significant enhancements to the Bluetooth 1.x
specification.
About Tality
Tality Corporation, formerly the Electronic Design Services group
of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NYSE:CDN), was launched as a separate
company in October 2000. With more than 1,100 engineers located in 14
design sites worldwide, Tality is the world's largest independent
provider of engineering services and intellectual property for the
design of complex electronic systems and integrated circuits. Tality
is headquartered at 555 River Oaks Parkway, Building No. 3, San Jose,
Calif., 95134. www.tality.com
Note to Editors: Tality is a trademark of Tality Corporation.
Cadence is a registered trademark of Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
Bluetooth and the Bluetooth logos are trademarks owned by Bluetooth
SIG, Inc., U.S.A. and licensed to Tality Corporation. All other
trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Contact:
Tality Corporation
Jim Douglas, 408/944-7955
jimd@tality.com
or
Cohn&Wolfe
Leslie Taschner, 415/477-4542
leslie_taschner@cohnwolfe.com
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