Cadence Services Instrumental to TransChip in Developing the World's Most Compact Single-Chip Imaging Camera Solution for Multimedia-Enabled Devices
From Initial Design to Silicon Tape-Out in Less Than Four Months
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 30, 2003--
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NYSE: CDN) and TransChip, Inc., a
leading developer of single-chip camera solutions for mobile phones
and other multimedia-enabled devices, today announced that Cadence
provided TransChip with ongoing support via its Virtual Computer Aided
Design (VCAD) collaborative environment to develop a design flow for
TransChip's TC5700 single-chip CMOS camera. Cadence supported
TransChip to maintain the company's initial design environments, as
well as providing layout consultancy.
Conventional imaging solutions typically require multiple chips.
TransChip implemented the camera solution by developing a programmable
solution that provides all necessary functionality, including image
capture, color processing and compression, on a single chip. TransChip
required a design environment that could incorporate the limiting
factors of very low power, timing convergence and small die area while
taking advantage of the high integration capability of CMOS chips and
enabling the integration of analog, digital and external IP circuits
onto the same chip.
The Cadence team provided the back-end design during the initial
design stages for a prototype test chip using the Cadence(R)
Encounter(TM) digital IC design platform's RTL-to-GDSII solution, SoC
Encounter(TM), which enabled TransChip to complete the design and
silicon tape-out of their latest CMOS imager design in less than four
months.
"Cadence's comprehensive toolset for mixed-mode design, ease of
collaboration between our design teams and extensive expertise in CMOS
integration made Cadence the right partner to help us to produce the
world's most compact single-chip imaging and compression solutions,"
said Viktor Ariel, CEO of TransChip. "All TransChip's tape-outs based
on Cadence design flow and software tools have worked on the first
pass. We look forward to strengthening our relationship with Cadence
in the future."
"The CMOS imager project with TransChip is further validation of
the Cadence service model," said Guillaume d'Eyssautier, vice
president and general manager for Cadence Europe. "Producing a
single-chip multifunction solution for imaging means overcoming many
new design challenges. The Cadence service team worked with TransChip
throughout the entire process to deliver optimum design success,
developing a complete design flow, creating and maintaining the
initial design environments and assisting with layouts."
About CMOS Imaging Market
TransChip was founded to develop an integrated camera-chip
solution for mobile imaging and multimedia devices using CMOS
technology that would meet three fundamental requirements: namely, to
provide high quality images, be easily integrated into cell phones,
and offer a very small system size.
The first successful camera-equipped mobile phones were introduced
in Japan early in 2001. By the end of that year, more than four
million camera-enabled mobile phones had been sold. In 2002, there was
a fivefold increase in the popularity of camera-enabled handsets, with
over twenty million units sold. Recent market reports indicate that by
the end of 2003, about 50 percent of handsets in production will have
built-in cameras and that over 200 million camera-phones will be sold
in 2006.
About Cadence Design System, Inc.
Cadence is the world's largest leader in 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.
About TransChip, Inc.
TransChip, Inc. is a leading developer of single chip camera
solutions for mobile phones. The company's complete imaging solutions,
from initial image capture to video compression and streaming, enable
mobile handset manufacturers to incorporate high quality multimedia
technology into their next generation handsets with very low power
requirements. The company was founded by industry leading experts in
the fields of imaging and semiconductor technologies. For more
information about TransChip, please visit www.transchip.com.
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