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Open-Silicon Licenses Multiple RaSer Serial Link Cells Under the Cadence-Rambus Reseller Program
Enables Open-Silicon's Customers Access to Portfolio of
Silicon-Proven, High-Speed Interfaces Along With
Design Tools and Engineering Services
LOS ALTOS, Calif. & SAN JOSE, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—March 22, 2005—
Rambus Inc. (Nasdaq:RMBS), one of the world's premier technology
licensing companies specializing in high-speed chip interfaces, and
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NYSE:CDN)(Nasdaq:CDN), the world's
largest supplier of electronic-design technologies and engineering
services, today announced that Open-Silicon, a fabless ASIC company,
has licensed multiple Rambus RaSer(TM) serial link offerings through
the Cadence-Rambus reseller program.
Under the agreement, Open-Silicon gains access to a portion of the
portfolio of Rambus's silicon-proven, industry-standard RaSer PHY
cells for applications such as PCI Express(1), 10-Gigabit
Ethernet/XAUI and Serial RapidIO(R).
"Our customers are looking for the most predictable and reliable
ASIC turnkey solution available. Integrating Rambus's serial links
into multiple customer designs has been incredibly successful," said
Naveed Sherwani, president & CEO of Open-Silicon. "As an IP
aggregator, Open-Silicon can provide this silicon-proven IP to our
customers, hence simplifying the transfer of Rambus's IP to ASIC
designers."
The Rambus RaSer family of serial link interfaces offers designers
scalable serial link architectures proven in volume production and is
optimized to address current and future serial link systems
applications requiring the highest bandwidth and channel count on a
single chip. Under the Cadence-Rambus program, serial link PHYs from
Cadence were acquired by Rambus and incorporated into the existing
Rambus RaSer serial link product line. Cadence Engineering Services
has access to the Rambus portfolio of serial link cells to deliver
customized design solutions upon request.
"Cadence and Rambus deliver the combination of a broad portfolio
of silicon-proven serial link products together with deep expertise in
analog, mixed-signal integration," said Tim Henricks, vice president,
engineering services at Cadence(R). "This combination enables
customers to invest more in leveraging their core expertise to deliver
winning products in the marketplace."
The RaSer serial link interfaces have been implemented across a
variety of computing, consumer and communication systems, including
networking switch backplanes, Gigabit and 10-Gigabit Ethernet
interfaces, numerous PCI Express applications, 1/2/4 Gbps Fibre
Channel systems, other fiber-optic network interfaces, as well as
several custom high-speed chip interface applications. The portfolio
of cells is available on multiple foundry and captive processes at
every process node ranging from 180nm to 65nm.
"Customers are seeking long-term partnerships that combine strong
technical leadership with a commitment to a roadmap of products," said
Kevin Donnelly, vice president of engineering at Rambus. "The
Cadence-Rambus alliance offers customers the benefits of streamlined
design cycles, faster time to market, and a significant reduction in
the total cost of ownership."
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.
About Rambus Inc.
Rambus is one of the world's premier technology licensing
companies specializing in the invention and design of high-speed chip
interfaces. Since its founding in 1990, the company's innovations,
breakthrough technologies and integration expertise have helped
industry-leading chip and system companies solve their most
challenging and complex I/O problems and bring their products to
market. Rambus's interface solutions can be found in numerous
computing, consumer, and communications products and applications.
Rambus is headquartered in Los Altos, Calif., with regional offices in
Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Bangalore, India; Taipei, Taiwan; and
Tokyo, Japan. Additional information is available at www.rambus.com.
Cadence and the Cadence logo are registered trademark of Cadence
Design Systems, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their
respective owners.
(1) PCI Express is a trademark of PCI-SIG; RapidIO is a registered
trademark of the RapidIO Trade Association.
Contact:
Rambus Inc.
Gabriele Collier, 650-947-5522
gcollier@rambus.com
or
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
Doron Aronson, 408-428-4404
doron@cadence.com
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