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Cadence to Support 64-Bit Linux Computing Platforms Based on AMD64 Processors
Cadence Continues to Provide Customers with Increased Capacity
to Tackle Industry's Most Sophisticated Designs
SAN JOSE, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Jan. 21, 2004—
Cadence Design Systems, Inc (NYSE:CDN) today announced it will
release key products of the Cadence(R) Encounter(TM) digital IC design
platform on the AMD64 processor-based systems running 64-bit Linux.
The move -- a response to customer demand -- will offer customers the
increased capacity and high performance needed to implement complex,
system-on-chip (SoC) designs and is part of the company's strategy to
provide a wide range of options and operating systems to meet
customers' design needs.
"The Cadence Encounter-AMD Opteron processor combination gives a
technical advantage to the demanding EDA engineering community who are
designing extremely complex silicon products," said Ben Williams,
director, server/workstation business segment, AMD's Microprocessor
Business Unit. "Cadence solutions ported to AMD Opteron(TM)
processor-based systems help address the increasing design computing
capacity and performance needs of our joint customers."
By providing 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 improved time to market. Cadence customers can choose
from a wider array of options with the foremost design solutions
available to achieve the best price and performance for their
individual design needs.
"Porting to the AMD Opteron processor-based systems is a natural
fit for Cadence. We already have customers taping out designs with 50
to 100 million gates. Porting to AMD64 technology offers tremendous
advantages to our customers who want a quicker design time, more
capacity, and increased performance for their high-end chips The AMD
team is helping our engineers achieve this port, and we are excited
with these results and with our continued relationship with AMD," said
Lavi Lev, executive vice president and general manager of the Cadence
Implementation Division. "Cadence is committed to giving our customers
the optimal range of design choices with the best available design
solutions."
The Cadence Encounter platform will have Linux-based products
porting to AMD Opteron in Q1 2004. The Cadence Incisive(TM) functional
verification and Virtuoso(R) custom design platforms will also have
Linux-based products porting to AMD Opteron 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 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.
AMD, the AMD Arrow logo, AMD Opteron, and combinations thereof are
trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. All other trademarks are
the property of their respective owners.
Contact:
The Hoffman Agency (for Cadence Design Systems, Inc.)
Carolyn Robinson, 408-975-3065
crobinson@hoffman.com
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