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ATI Technologies Selects Cadence Palladium II for Verification of Advanced DTV Chips
Palladium II Acceleration/Emulation System Considered Best
Tool Available for Required Performance and Flexibility
SAN JOSE, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Feb. 15, 2005—
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NYSE:CDN) (Nasdaq:CDN) today
announced that ATI Technologies Inc. (TSX:ATY) (Nasdaq:ATYT) has
adopted the new Cadence(R) Palladium(R) II acceleration/emulation
system to significantly accelerate the functional verification of
ATI's high-performance digital television (DTV) chip designs. The
Palladium II system, an integral part of the Cadence Incisive(TM)
functional verification platform, was selected because of its ability
to help accelerate the functional verification of the large, complex
designs ATI uses to build chips used in high-end digital television
sets.
"We needed to accelerate our verification to continue building the
world's most advanced DTV chips," said David DiOrio, vice president of
engineering, ATI Technologies. "We chose the Cadence Palladium II
system for our emulation and acceleration methodology because it was
the best tool available from any vendor that delivered the required
performance and flexibility that was promised. The Palladium II system
provided a single state-of-the art emulation and acceleration
verification platform scalable from IP core development to full
system-on-chip designs."
The Palladium II acceleration/emulation system is built with
advanced sub-100-nanometer silicon, and leverages high-speed on-chip
memory, high-bandwidth interconnect, and multi-chip module packaging
technology. It delivers up to twice the speed and capacity of the
first-generation Palladium system. Built on the company's innovative
processor-based verification technology, the Palladium II system is
targeted at designers verifying the most complex system-on-chips in
the wireless, networking, computing and multimedia markets. The
Palladium II system achieves an industry-first by reaching
256-million-gate capacity and is just one-third the size of the
first-generation system.
"We continue to deploy our Palladium II systems successfully in
the market," said Christopher Tice, senior vice president and general
manager, Verification Acceleration, Cadence. "With more than 600
million gates of Palladium II installed worldwide, ATI has joined the
growing list of customers that are satisfied with our Palladium
systems and have decided to move up to our next-generation Palladium
II system so they can increase their verification throughput."
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 4,900 employees and 2004 revenues of approximately $1.2
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
and Incisive is a trademark of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. in the
U.S. and other countries. All other marks are properties of their
respective holders.
Contact:
Text 100 for Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
Wendy Hynes, 415-593-8444
wendyh@text100.com
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