Cadence First Encounter Global Physical Synthesis Wins IEC DesignVision Award
SAN JOSE, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Feb. 2, 2005—
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NYSE:CDN) (Nasdaq:CDN)
today announced that its Cadence(R) First Encounter(R) Global Physical
Synthesis (GPS) technology has won the International Engineering
Consortium (IEC) DesignVision award for ASIC and IC Implementation at
DesignCon 2005. First Encounter GPS integrates silicon virtual
prototyping and second-generation global physical synthesis technology
into a single environment optimized for very large-scale
system-on-chip design.
Building on the Cadence Encounter digital IC design platform's
recognized leadership in the market, First Encounter GPS leverages
Encounter RTL Compiler's global-focused synthesis methods to close
timing quickly even on very large circuit blocks. This in turn
supports the rapid design and assembly of densely integrated ICs
common in high end graphics, networking and processor applications.
First Encounter GPS supports RTL-to-placed gates and netlist-to-placed
gates design flows.
"We are very proud that the International Engineering Consortium
selected us," said Wei-Jin Dai, platform vice president, digital IC
implementation at Cadence. "This is further validation that First
Encounter GPS's physical synthesis is living up to the reputation it
began building last year. The growing number of high end tapeouts and
now this award reflect our commitment to helping Cadence customers put
very complex and differentiated electronics into silicon, ahead of
their competitors."
With over 100 90-nanometer designs either taped out or underway,
and multiple 65-nanometer projects in progress, First Encounter GPS
provides a production-proven path to high end silicon.
About Cadence
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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
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Contact:
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
Judy Erkanat, 408-894-2302
jerkanat@cadence.com
