Cadence SoC Encounter Wins EDN Magazine Innovation of the Year Award; Cadence Nanometer IC Design System Takes Top Award in EDA Category
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 24, 2003--Cadence Design
Systems, Inc. (NYSE:CDN) today announced EDN magazine's readers chose
the Cadence(R) SoC Encounter(TM) architecture for nanometer-scale
digital IC design implementation as the EDA winner in the
publication's 2002 Innovation Awards. The EDN Innovation and Innovator
of the Year awards program, now in its 13th year, is dedicated to
honoring outstanding engineering professionals and products.
Finalists for the awards were chosen by EDN's editors. Readers
then voted to select the winner in each category. Products considered
must have been introduced and commercially marketed sometime between
January 1, 2002 and December 31, 2002.
"We believe product innovation is essential to making our
customers successful," said Ping Chao, Cadence senior vice president
and general manager. "This recognition by EDN and its readers of SoC
Encounter as an innovation in developing leading-edge SoC designs is
very rewarding."
About Cadence SoC Encounter
A core technology of the Cadence Encounter(TM) platform, SoC
Encounter offers the industry's first complete RTL-to-GDSII
hierarchical IC implementation solution for nanometer design at 180 nm
and below. It was designed specifically to handle 50+ million gate
designs, and produce realizable designs fast -- without compromising
quality. Unlike traditional IC design systems, SoC Encounter creates a
fully routed version of the entire chip before achieving timing
closure, instead of afterwards; this "wires-first" approach provides a
highly detailed view of the chip's congestion and performance, and
serves to guide the remainder of the chip implementation. The result
is a predictable design cycle even for very complex and high-speed
system-on-chip designs.
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 5,200 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 are
available at www.cadence.com.
Note to Editors: Cadence and the Cadence logo are registered
trademarks and SoC Encounter is a trademark of Cadence Design Systems,
Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective holders.
CONTACT: Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
Meg Kenagy, 503/968-4842
mkenagy@cadence.com
