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IKOS Extends Technology Reach by Providing New Hardware Emulation Systems to NVIDIA Corporation
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 22, 2001--IKOS Systems,
Inc. (Nasdaq:IKOS - news), a leading provider of high-performance design
verification solutions, today announced that NVIDIA Corporation
(Nasdaq:NVDA - news), has made a sound investment by purchasing multiple
VStation-15M emulators to deployed in the verification of its current
graphics processing units (GPU) and media communications processors
(MCP) product lines and future products.
``This purchase of the VStation-15M marks the 4th generation of
IKOS' emulation systems NVIDIA has successfully utilized in the design
verification of its industry-leading products,'' commented Chris
Malachowsky, co-founder and vice president of engineering for NVIDIA
Corporation. ``IKOS' VStation products have been key factors in
NVIDIA's dominance in the critical 'time-to-market with the best
product' race and we fully expect to continue that tradition.''
VStation-15M -- the 4th generation emulator from IKOS, is targeted
directly at solving the system level integration needs of today's
complex SoC designs. The emulator provides users with up to 15 million
usable ASIC gate capacity and performance to 2 MHz. The VStation
capacity ratings include IKOS' 100% visibility feature, where users
have visibility of all internal and external signals available at any
time.
``We are enormously pleased to be part of nVidia's continued and
unparalleled success,'' commented Ramon Nunez, president and CEO of
IKOS Systems. ``Our VStation-15M brings the type of productivity
enhancements capable of providing orders of magnitude more
verification and shaving weeks of verification time off schedules. Not
only does the VStation-15M handle capacity up to 15 million gates in
one system, it also has upload and download times that are up to 400%
faster then our prior generation of systems. Additionally, it has a
probing and data sampling architecture that improves the time to data
visibility by 2X.''
About NVIDIA
NVIDIA Corporation (Nasdaq:NVDA - news) is the global leader in advanced
graphics and multimedia processing technology for the consumer and
professional computing markets. It's 2D, 3D, video and multimedia
capabilities make NVIDIA one of the premier semiconductor companies in
the world. NVIDIA offers a wide range of products and services,
delivering superior performance and crisp visual quality for PC-based
applications such as manufacturing, science, e-business, entertainment
and education.
About IKOS
IKOS Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:IKOS - news) is a technology leader in
high-performance design verification solutions including hardware and
software simulation for language-based design, logic emulation for
system integration and compatibility verification, and verification
services. The company's mission is to deliver high-performance
solutions that enable our customers to verify the functional
correctness of their complex electronic system design. IKOS has direct
sales operations in North America, U.K., France, Germany, The
Netherlands, Japan, and India, and a distribution network throughout
Asia-Pacific. The corporate headquarters is at 79 Great Oaks Blvd.,
San Jose, Calif., 95119, 408/284-0400. For more information, visit
http://www.ikos.com.
Forward-looking statements in this release are made pursuant to
the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned that such forward-looking
statements involve risks and uncertainties, including, without
limitation, current economic conditions, continued acceptance and
development of the company's existing and new products, increased
levels of competition for the company, new products and technological
changes, the company's dependence upon third-party suppliers,
intellectual property rights, achievement of cost controls,
consummation of the company's proposed merger with Synopsys and other
risks detailed from time-to-time in the company's periodic reports
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Note to Editors: IKOS, VStation and VirtualWires are trademarks of
IKOS Systems. All other brands or product names may be trademarks or
registered trademarks of their respective companies and should be
treated as such.
Contact:
IKOS
Linda Prowse Fosler, 408/361-9667
Linda@ikos.com
or
Investor Relations
Peter DeNardo, 925/938-2678 ext. 223
pdenardo@demer-ir.com
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