Cadence Joins the FlexRay Consortium; Cadence to Serve as Tool Development Member for Organization Developing Advanced Automotive Communication Protocol
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 3, 2003--Cadence Design
Systems, Inc. (NYSE:CDN) today announced it has joined the FlexRay
Consortium as a tool development member. The FlexRay Consortium is an
organization formed in September 2000 to drive the adoption of an open
standard for high-speed bus systems for distributed control
applications in automobiles, such as x-by-wire.
"We are proud to join the growing list of semiconductor and
automotive manufacturing heavyweights that support the FlexRay
initiative," said Guillaume d'Eyssautier, Cadence vice president and
general manager for Europe. "We believe our participation in the
initiative can provide benefits to the other members by bringing our
experience in system-level modeling of automotive communication
protocols, as well as our advanced design methodologies and tools for
distributed automotive network systems."
In collaboration with leading-edge European automotive companies,
Cadence has been adapting and extending existing components of its
system-level design technologies for automotive-specific uses,
creating an innovative distributed model-based design environment for
car electronic architectures. The environment extends the classical
approach -- targeting a single electronic control unit (ECU) at a
time, from specification to software implementation -- to a flow where
the entire system, constituted by a network of ECUs, is modeled and
validated by running simulations on a host workstation.
As part of its contribution to the FlexRay Consortium, Cadence
plans to develop a system-level FlexRay IP simulation model for the
analysis, exploration and validation of advanced architectures
featuring the FlexRay protocol. Simulation-based fault injection and
error generation mechanisms included in the FlexRay IP simulation
model, coupled with fault analysis capabilities provided by the
Cadence tool, will enable automotive architects and integrators to
conduct an early assessment to help determine whether the distributed
control application is likely to be safe in the presence of faults.
This early assessment can help reduce the cost of expensive tests in
labs or test tracks.
About Cadence
Cadence is the largest supplier of electronic design technologies,
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 5,300 employees and 2002 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.
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