Cadence Supports 64-Bit Intel Itanium 2-Based Platforms Running Linux; Cadence Continues to Provide Higher Performance to Designers of the Most Complex Chips
SAN JOSE, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Jan. 19, 2004—
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NYSE:CDN)(Nasdaq:CDN)
today announced it has released key products of the Cadence(R)
Encounter(TM) digital IC design platform on Intel(R) Itanium(R)
2-based systems running the 64-bit Linux operating system. Cadence has
ported its new generation technology products to Intel Itanium 2-based
Linux platforms to offer customers the increased capacity and higher
performance critical for designing the largest and most complex
system-on-chip (SoC) designs in the industry today. This move is part
of the company's strategy to provide customers with the widest range
of options and operating systems to meet their design needs.
"We are excited to see the release of Cadence products on Intel
Itanium 2-based systems offering the 64-bit computing to meet ever
increasing design computing capacity and performance needs," said Guru
Bhatia, director of IT engineering computing, Intel Corporation.
"Coupled with the Cadence suite of semiconductor design and
verification tools, the Itanium 2-based platform provides the
technical advantage to design complex silicon products for the EDA
engineering community."
Cadence new generation technology, combined with Intel
Architecture-based hardware running Linux, delivers significantly
better price and performance than conventional or proprietary UNIX
platforms for Cadence customers. Cadence currently provides
32-bit-enabled products on Linux for its entire product suite, as well
as 64-bit products for all major UNIX operating systems. By providing
its customers with a completely interoperable design solution --
through hardware, operating system and design software -- Cadence
customers receive significant acceleration of chip design time,
leading to improvement in time to market.
"Our customers are consistently designing the largest and fastest
chips in the industry. Porting to Intel Itanium 2-based systems is a
significant benefit for those customers who need the increased
capacity and performance that a 64-bit Itanium 2-based Linux platform
can provide. The Intel team helped our engineers achieve this port in
record time, and we are pleased with these results and with our
continued strong relationship with Intel," said Lavi Lev, executive
vice president and general manager of the Cadence Implementation
Division.
The Cadence Incisive(TM) functional verification and Virtuoso(R)
custom design platforms will also have products available on the
Linux-based Intel Itanium 2 processor in 2004.
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 4,800 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 and NASDAQ under the
symbol CDN. More information about the company, its products and
services is available at www.cadence.com.
Cadence, the Cadence logo and Virtuoso are registered trademarks
and Encounter and Incisive are trademarks of Cadence Design Systems,
Inc.
Intel and Itanium are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel
Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other
countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective
owners.
Contact:
The Hoffman Agency (for Cadence Design Systems)
Carolyn Robinson, 408-975-3065
crobinson@hoffman.com
