Quickturn Palladium Design Verification System Purchased by Multilink Technology Corporation to Speed Simulation of Selected Networking Designs
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 4, 2001--Quickturn(TM), a
company of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NYSE:CDN - news), today announced
that Multilink Technology Corporation (Nasdaq:MLTC - news) has purchased the
newest Quickturn design verification system, Palladium. Multilink
chose Palladium because it needed a platform that could accelerate the
very large-scale integrated (VLSI) simulation runs needed to validate
selected high-end 10 Gb/s and 40 Gb/s networking designs out of its
European centers.
"Companies designing chips for high-end networking applications
face large gate counts, extremely long simulation run times, and
complex protocols requiring many verification cycles to validate,"
said Christopher Tice, Cadence senior vice president and Quickturn
general manager. "We are pleased that Multilink chose Quickturn and
Palladium to help it address these challenges and accelerate
time-to-market for its leading-edge products."
In addition to co-simulation and simulation acceleration,
Palladium can be used in-circuit to emulate a chip or system in its
real environment prior to tape-out. Quickturn has turnkey networking
verification environments that can be used to debug designs using
stimuli based on real-world data standards. By combining software
applications, hardware emulation, and stimulus generated by network
testers into one complete environment, networking chips and entire
systems can be verified earlier in the development cycle.
"By reducing the time for all aspects of the design phase,
Multilink is better able to service this rapidly developing market
segment," said William Reinisch, executive director of technology at
Multilink, a leading provider of advanced semiconductor-based
solutions that accelerate the deployment of high-speed optical
networks. "We selected the Quickturn Palladium system to help us
reduce the time needed for chip verification of VLSI optical
networking chips, so that we may continue to deliver leading-edge
technology with world-class design cycles."
Pricing and Availability
The Quickturn Palladium(TM) design verification system is priced
depending on user configuration. Palladium supports the HP-UX,
IBM-AIX, and Sun Solaris platforms and is also available through
QuickCycles, a turnkey program that provides remote access to
Quickturn verification environments on a pay-as-you-go basis.
For more information on product pricing and availability, contact
Quickturn in North America at 408/914-6000. For pricing and
availability outside of North America, visit
www.quickturn.com/about/location.htm for the name of the Quickturn
representative in your area.
About Multilink Technology Corporation
Multilink Technology Corporation designs, develops, and markets
advanced mixed-signal integrated circuits, modules, VLSI products, and
higher-level assemblies designed to enable the next generation of
high-speed optical networking systems. By providing our customers with
sophisticated products developed by utilizing systems-level expertise
and a high level of component integration, we facilitate our
customers' ability to meet their time-to-market requirements. Our
products span the markets from Metro to Ultra Long Haul optical
transport equipment with a focus on the fastest commercially available
speeds of 10 Gb/s and higher. Multilink is headquartered in Somerset,
New Jersey, with additional offices located throughout North America
and Europe.
About Quickturn
Quickturn, a Cadence company, is the leading provider of
high-performance verification solutions and Time-to-market Engineering
(TtME®) services for the design and verification of complex IC and
electronic systems. Developers of high-performance computing,
multimedia, graphics, and communications systems use Quickturn
products and services. For more information, visit the Quickturn
website at http://www.quickturn.com, call 408/914-6000, or send email
to info@quickturn.com.
About Cadence
Cadence is the largest supplier of electronic design products,
methodology services, and design services. Cadence solutions are used
to accelerate and manage the design of semiconductors, computer
systems, networking and telecommunications equipment, consumer
electronics, and a variety of other electronics-based products. With
approximately 5,700 employees and 2000 revenues of approximately $1.3
billion, Cadence has sales offices, design centers, and research
facilities around the world. The company is headquartered in San Jose,
Calif., and traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol
CDN. More information about the company, its products, and services is
available at www.cadence.com.
Note to Editors: Cadence, the Cadence logo, and TtME are
registered trademarks, and Quickturn and Palladium are trademarks of
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of
their respective owners.
Contact:
Quickturn, A Cadence Company
Kristin Boucher, 408/914-6635
kristin@quickturn.com
or
Armstrong Kendall, Inc.
Bill Toelke, 503/672-4692
bill@akipr.com
or
Multilink Technology Corporation
Dan Butler, 732/537-3838
dbutler@mltc.com
