ATI Selects Cadence Incisive Palladium System for Verification of Complex Multimedia SoCs; Palladium Provides Emulation Solution for Digital TV Chip
SAN JOSE, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Aug. 18, 2004—
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NYSE:CDN)(Nasdaq:CDN)
today announced that ATI Technologies Inc. has selected the Cadence(R)
Incisive(TM) Palladium(R) acceleration and emulation system to verify
some of its highly complex designs. The Palladium
accelerator/emulator, a key technology of the Incisive functional
verification platform, provides the speed and efficiency that is
critical for verification of advanced integrated circuits (ICs) that
require high-performance processing and memory. ATI joins an
established list of leading graphics companies that have purchased the
Palladium system in the past 12 months, further strengthening the
position of Cadence as the preferred emulation supplier to companies
developing complex multimedia application-specific integrated circuits
(ASICs).
"High-performance products and faster time-to-market are key to
maintaining leadership," said Dave DiOrio, vice president,
engineering, ATI. "We chose the Cadence Palladium accelerator/emulator
because of its superior technology in our design space. The Palladium
system provided the features we needed to meet stringent product
delivery schedules and increased our ability to test our ASICs and
application-level software. The Palladium system enhanced our testing
productivity by providing fast compile time, efficient debug, high
run-time performance, and excellent target interface solutions. The
result was more highly tested silicon and system software."
DiOrio continues that the Palladium accelerator/emulator enabled
ATI to verify chips in a fast, efficient way, which is critical for
meeting the stringent time-to-market requirements for consumer
end-products. Additionally, DiOrio adds that the processor-based
Palladium accelerator/emulator was selected because of its superior
price/performance capabilities compared to other emulation solutions.
"ATI serves as an example of how design teams can take advantage
of the high-performance capabilities that our Palladium
accelerator/emulator offers, including remote access capability," said
Christopher Tice, senior vice president and general manager,
Verification Acceleration, Cadence. "Hardware design teams can provide
their software teams with access to the design for software
development long before silicon is ready."
ATI utilized the Cadence PCI/PCI-X, PCI Express and Video
SpeedBridge(TM) solutions to aid in the verification process of its
designs. SpeedBridge products are vertical application solutions and
available as pre-built or customized products that help customers
quickly create complete emulation environments for a variety of needs.
For example, the PCI Express SpeedBridge solution manages
communications between the developer's software development platform
(running on a PC) and the emulator by converting PCI-X transactions to
PCI Express transactions and vice-versa.
About Cadence
Cadence is the world's largest supplier of electronic design
technologies and engineering services. Cadence products and services
are used to accelerate and manage the design of semiconductors,
computer systems, networking equipment, telecommunications equipment,
consumer electronics, and other electronics based products. With
approximately 4,850 employees and 2003 revenues of approximately $1.1
billion, Cadence has sales offices, design centers, and research
facilities around the world. The company is headquartered in San Jose,
Calif., and trades on both the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq
under the symbol CDN. More information is available at
www.cadence.com.
Cadence, the Cadence logo, and Palladium are registered trademarks
of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. Incisive and SpeedBridge are
trademarks of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. in the U.S. and other
countries. All other marks are properties of their respective holders.
Contact:
The Hoffman Agency (for Cadence Design Systems, Inc.)
Karin Gilles, 408-975-3038
kgilles@hoffman.com
