Wipro Technologies Adopts Cadence Design Systems for Nanometer Designs; Wipro Technologies Successfully Tapes Out Its Largest Design to Date with Cadence SoC Encounter
BANGALORE, India & SAN JOSE, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—March 16, 2005—
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NYSE:CDN)(Nasdaq:CDN)
today announced that Wipro Technologies has renewed an agreement under
which Cadence will provide Wipro access to Cadence's electronic design
automation (EDA) technologies. Cadence also announced that Wipro taped
out its largest design to date using Cadence(R) SoC Encounter(TM).
This latest agreement marks the third renewal of the Cadence-Wipro
business relationship over the past eight years, with Cadence
providing technologies spanning digital and analog IC design,
verification, silicon-package-board, and design for manufacturing.
The ongoing relationship between the companies enhances Wipro's
complex nanometer design capabilities. It provides Wipro with a
strategic advantage in the highly competitive semiconductor design
industry, while supporting its design infrastructure across the
180-to-65-nanometer process nodes.
"Over the last 10 years, our relationship with Cadence has evolved
from a vendor-customer relationship into an interdependent strategic
alliance. This latest agreement with Cadence further strengthens our
alliance and offers us the best EDA technology and support solution
for nanometer designs," said A. Vasudevan, Vice President -
VLSI/System Design, Wipro Technologies. "Recently we have successfully
completed a 7-million-logic-gate, 130-nanometer, 433 MHz design using
SoC Encounter -- one of the large designs we have completed to date.
We look forward to working with the Cadence team in India on many more
successful project completions."
"Cadence understands the unique nature and requirements of
IC-design-services firms, especially in India. Superior local support,
industry-proven, leading-edge technical solutions combined with a
conducive business environment is key to our customer success in the
Indian IC design market," said Mr. Himanshu Singh, executive director,
Cadence Design Systems (I) Pvt. Ltd.
"Cadence is fully committed to this strategic relationship with
Wipro, as Wipro successfully and profitably tapes out nanometer
designs for its end customers. This alliance further highlights the
Cadence commitment to a rapidly evolving Indian IC-design market."
Wipro has access to the Cadence flagship products such as
Cadence(R) Encounter(TM) RTL Compiler, First Encounter(R), SoC
Encounter(TM) GPS, NanoRoute(TM), CeltIC(TM), Incisive(TM)
Verification, Encounter Conformal(R), Virtuoso(R) simulation and
layout technologies, Fire & Ice(R), VoltageStorm(R), Allegro(R) and
SPECCTRAQuest(R).
About Wipro Technologies
Wipro Technologies, a division of Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT), is a
global provider of product-design services for semiconductor,
automotive electronics, consumer electronics, telecom, networking and
industrial automation markets. As one of the largest Independent third
party design services providers in the world, Wipro's 850-plus member
strong VLSI & System Design Group provides complete product
engineering solutions in the VLSI domain, meeting critical
time-to-market demands of customers with design reliability,
scalability and upgradeability. These include high-end ASIC
development, complex FPGA and board designs, turnkey system designs
and core technology IP blocks.
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, First Encounter(R), Conformal(R),
Virtuoso(R), Fire & Ice(R), VoltageStorm(R), Allegro(R), and
SPECCTRAQuest(R) are registered trademarks and Encounter(TM), SoC
Encounter(TM), NanoRoute(TM), CeltIC(TM), and Incisive(TM) are
trademarks of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. All other trademarks are
the property of their respective owners.
Contact:
Cadence Design Systems (I) Pvt. Ltd.
Rohit Bidappa, +91-80-22122028
biddappa@cadence.com
