Cadence Announces Availability of Design-in Kit for Intel IXP2800 Network Processor
Intel Developer Forum 2003
Cadence Worked with Intel on Creation of Design-in Kit, Shortening
Evaluation and Design-in Time
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 16, 2003--
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NYSE:CDN), today announced the
immediate availability of the Intel(R) IXP2800 design-in kit for
Cadence high-speed design solutions printed circuit board (PCB) that
include SPECCTRAQuest(R) Signal Integrity (SI) Expert and Allegro(R)
PCB Design Expert, an integrated solution for high-speed PCB design
and analysis. Cadence, a pioneer and continuing leader in the PCB
design industry, assembled the Intel IXP2800 design-in kit using Intel
data/IP. The new design-in kit can shorten systems companies' time to
design-in the Intel(R) IXP2800 network processor on PCB systems by
eight to 12 weeks.
"Working with Cadence, Intel has enabled customers to quickly
design the Intel IXP2800 network processor into complex networking
systems," said Doug Davis, general manager, Intel Network Processor
Division. "The Intel IXP2800 design-in kit for Cadence PCB Design will
help design teams streamline board design and development and create
reliable designs."
Using technology available in the Cadence SPECCTRAQuest signal
design and analysis environment, IC manufacturers can develop and
distribute design-in kits for PCB designers implementing new silicon
devices into system products.Design-in kits make PCB designers
instantly more productive. This new Cadence design-in kit enables
engineers to develop optimal constraints for their product and to
subsequently use these constraints to drive PCB floorplanning, routing
and verification processes. Depending on the complexity of the device,
the average time saved totals eight to 12 weeks.
In addition, the Intel IXP2800 design-in kit helps signal
integrity and layout engineers by completing much of the design work
for them by taking both SPECCTRAQuest learning and model-related
issues out of the design cycle. Screenshots with detailed use
instructions for SPECCTRAQuest further reduce the time to design-in
the IXP2800 network processor.
"Designing with today's advanced high-performance network
processors, such as the Intel IXP2800 network processor, requires one
to understand and analyze various industry-standard interfaces such as
RDRAM, QDR, SPI4-phase 2, CSIX and PCI 2.2 to avoid signal integrity
issues and optimize the PCB design," said Kevin Roselle, chief
technology officer of Bayside Design, Inc. "The Intel IXP2800
design-in kit created by Cadence is of very high quality and helped us
minimize design and development time and cost. The system-level
topologies and reference board with embedded constraints provided us
with a very good starting point."
The Intel IXP2800 design-in kit for SPECCTRAQuest and Allegro
includes:
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| -- | "Ready-to-simulate" system level topologies for the four main
busses on the processor - RDRAM, QDR, SPI4.2 and PCI
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| -- | Correlated models for I/O buffers, packages and connectors
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| -- | Instructions on how to use the design-in kit - notes on
topologies, movies on how to reuse parts of the design-in kit
and movies on how to do a specific task within SPECCTRAQuest
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| -- | Reusable electrical constraints embedded in the reference PCB
design
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| -- | Reference PCB designs with reusable electrical constraints
embedded
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Pricing and Availability
The Intel IXP2800 design-in kit is immediately available as part
of the Intel Hardware Development Kit for the IXP2800 network
processor, which Intel provides to its customers at no charge. Contact
an Intel sales representative for more information.
About Cadence
Cadence is the world's 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 5,000 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
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