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NEC and Sequence Form Strategic Alliance to Develop Next-Generation SoC Design Closure Flow
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 27, 2001--
NEC Electronics Inc. and Sequence Design, Inc., the Design Closure
Company, today announced a strategic alliance to develop a new
ultra-deep-submicron (UDSM) system-on-chip (SoC) design flow. The flow
will integrate tools and libraries to manage the complexity of UDSM
designs at dimensions below 180 nanometers.
``We are pleased to align with Sequence to develop a design flow
that will help achieve design closure for the highest-performance SoC
designs in the marketplace,'' said Kazu Yamada, general manager of the
Technology Foundation Group, NEC Electronics Inc. ``The flow will test
Sequence's power management and physical optimization tools on NEC's
designs for the broadband and mobile markets.''
Tools included in the development will be Sequence Design's
PowerTheater suite of design planning, power reduction, power analysis
and optimization products at the register transfer level (RTL). The
physical design will be managed using Sequence's PhysicalStudio(TM)
and ShowTime(TM) to provide design closure for signal integrity, power
and timing.
``The next-generation of SoC designs requires a new approach to the
issues of design planning, signal integrity, power, timing and
advanced fabrication processes,'' remarked Vic Kulkarni, chief
operating officer, Sequence. ``This combination of resources addresses
all of these challenges through a coherent flow that delivers the
highest-performing chip possible for designs with tens of millions of
gates today.''
About NEC Electronics Inc.
NEC Electronics Inc., headquartered in Santa Clara, California, is
one of the leading developers, manufacturers and suppliers of
semiconductor products in the United States. Committed to meeting
customers' cost, performance and time-to-market requirements, the
company offers solutions ranging from standard products to
system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions, as well as customized products for
next-generation designs. NEC Electronics also offers customers the
benefits of a local manufacturing facility in Roseville, CA, and the
global manufacturing capabilities of its parent company, NEC
Corporation (NASDAQ: NIPNY). For more information about products
offered by NEC Electronics Inc., please visit the NEC Electronics web
site at http://www.necel.com.
About Design Closure
Silicon processing technology below 180 nanometers creates chips
offering unprecedented performance combined with low power
consumption. However, existing physical design methodologies and tools
have difficulty delivering on this potential, because of complex
interactions between the logic and interconnect in the chip. As
designers struggle to achieve timing convergence, they invariably
encounter schedule delays. The analysis-based optimization solutions
offered by Sequence achieve the power and signal integrity goals set
during the architectural stages of a design and thereby eliminate
schedule delays.
Design closure solutions from Sequence drop seamlessly into
existing design flows, protecting previous tool investment while
reducing time-to-market.
Sequence Design is the first EDA company to focus comprehensively
on design closure, from the architectural handoff all the way through
logical and physical implementation and final verification.
About Physical Studio and Showtime
ShowTime is a static timing analyzer (STA) that includes
inductance delay and IR drop for SoC and ASIC standard cell designs.
It provides accurate static timing, signal integrity and power
analysis of multimillion gate designs and augments existing physical
design flows for fast, full chip signoff, ``what-if,'' or engineering
change orders (ECO) analysis. PhysicalStudio is a design closure tool
optimizing chip timing and signal integrity issues concurrently, both
before and after routing. It integrates with popular standard industry
routing tools, permitting existing physical design flows to reach
fast, predictable design closure in silicon geometries below 180
nanometers.
About Sequence
Sequence Design, Inc., the Design Closure Company(SM), enables
system-on-chip designers to bring higher-performance and lower-power
integrated circuits quickly to tape out. Sequence's physical design
software and solutions give its more than 90 customers the competitive
advantage they need to excel in aggressive technology markets, despite
demanding complexity and time-to-market issues.
Sequence has worldwide development and field service operations.
The company was formed through the merger of Sente, Inc., Sapphire
Design Automation, Inc. and Frequency Technology. Sequence is
privately held. Sequence is a member of Cadence Design Systems'
Connections(TM) and Mentor Graphics' Open Door(TM) partnership
programs. Please visit our web site at www.sequencedesign.com.
Note to Editors: PhysicalStudio and ShowTime are trademarks of
Sequence Design Inc. All other trademarks mentioned herein are the
property of their respective owners. All trademarks mentioned herein
are the property of their respective owners.
Contact:
Sequence Design
Greg Fawcett, 408/961-2365
gfawcett@sequencedesign.com
or
NEC Electronics Inc.
Michele Healey, 408/588-6620
michele.healey@el.nec.com
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