Red Hat Enterprise Linux Chosen for Electronic Design Automation; Red Hat Enterprise Linux Endorsed by LSI Logic and Leading EDA Software Suppliers
RALEIGH, N.C.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Feb. 17, 2004—
Red Hat (Nasdaq: RHAT) the world's leading provider of
Open Source Solutions to the Enterprise today announced that Red Hat
Enterprise Linux has been selected as the recommended Linux platform
for the x86, Itanium 2, and Opteron hardware architectures specified
in the Electronic Design Automation (EDA) Operating System Industry
Roadmap published by the EDA Consortium. Leading EDA software
companies such as Cadence Design Systems, Inc., Mentor Graphics and
Synopsys, Inc. have also demonstrated their support for Red Hat by
releasing products running on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
Red Hat, an Associate Member of the EDA Consortium, released Red
Hat Enterprise Linux v. 3 with a common code base on seven hardware
architectures including x86, Itanium 2, and Opteron in October 2003.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS is the enterprise-class client intended
for workstation use in historically Unix-heavy markets, such as EDA.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS has been regarded as a high- performance,
cost-effective solution for compute-intensive workloads.
"LSI Logic is excited about the potential benefits of Red Hat
Enterprise Linux in that we will have a lower cost, stable computing
platform on which to run our EDA tools," said Roland Smith, LSI Logic
director of IT Global Operations. "LSI Logic is committed to rapidly
delivering engineering designs to our customers that are 'right the
first time'. A computing platform that remains stable for an extended
period, including support for new computing hardware, is very
important to us. We appreciate Red Hat's work in this area and their
support of EDA vendors developing and porting tools that specifically
address our requirements."
Red Hat Enterprise Linux provides our customers with one of the
most stable competitive price-performance compute options available
for design today," said Mark Toth,Director of Central
Operations,Cadence Design Systems, Inc. "The new generation of design
platforms from Cadence, combined with Enterprise Linux 3 from Red Hat,
are aimed at speeding customers' time-to-market and lower their
overall costs."
"Red Hat's Enterprise Linux v.3 delivers the stable longevity a
platform must have for our customers' EDA tool development and design
projects," said Rich Monahan, director, IT Engineering Services,
Mentor Graphics. "Red Hat's enterprise strategy enables Mentor
Graphics to deliver the quality and performance on Linux that our
customers expect, with the assurance of on-going support from Red
Hat."
"As a leader in providing advanced tools for modern chip design,
Synopsys is responsive to our customers' needs in the area of compute
platforms. Through our contributions to the EDA Industry Operating
System Roadmap, we help customers decrease costs and complexity of EDA
tool ownership," said Rich Goldman, vice president of Strategic Market
Development at Synopsys. "Synopsys was the first EDA company to offer
a full line of tools on Linux, and we firmly support Red Hat
Enterprise Linux as the recommended Linux OS in the EDA Industry OS
Roadmap."
For more information on Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS please visit
http://www.redhat.com or call 866-2 REDHAT. For more information on
the EDA Consortium or EDA Industry Operating System Roadmap please
visit www.edac.org.
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