ATI Technologies Inc. Signs a Multi-Million Dollar, Multi-Year Deal with Apache Design Solutions
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—June 10, 2005—
Apache Design Solutions, the technology leader in
physical power integrity solutions for system-on-chip (SoC) designs,
today announced that ATI Technologies Inc., a world leader in design
and manufacturing of innovative graphics processor solutions, expanded
its world-wide adoption of Apache's complete dynamic power integrity
suite, including RedHawk-EV with PowerGate (low-power ramp-up
analysis), NSpice-PI, and recently announced PsiWinder (see
announcement dated June 6, 2005 - "Apache Introduces PsiWinder, A
Complete Power and Signal Integrity Timing Sign-off Solution."). In a
multi-million dollar per year, multi-year agreement, ATI will use
Apache's products for dynamic power and timing sign-off, as well as
package-IC interface analysis.
"We found that Apache has a good vision of where the tools should
be going and what kind of problems, we as designers, are facing and
trying to address," said Simon Burke, engineering manager at ATI.
"We've been using RedHawk for more than a year on our most advanced
production designs and we've been very pleased with its ability to
accurately analyze the impact of dynamic voltage drop of our chips.
We're also impressed with Apache's ability to deliver robust and
on-time solutions for our unique enhancement requests."
"Moving forward, we will continue to work with Apache to broaden
our deployment and address emerging challenges such as global I/O
SSO," continued Burke. "Recently, we evaluated PsiWinder for combined
power and signal integrity critical path timing analysis, including
the clock tree. By using PsiWinder we were able to dramatically
shorten and automate our SPICE netlist extraction, setup, and
simulation time. This not only significantly increases the number of
paths we can analyze per day but also improves our productivity."
"Apache is excited that one of the leading fabless semiconductor
companies such as ATI has placed their long-term trust in our
technology and products," said Andrew Yang, CEO of Apache. "Apache is
a proven leader in dynamic power integrity with more than 150 dynamic
tape-outs, and our solutions are well poised to address our customer's
future design challenges."
About RedHawk
RedHawk is a full-chip Vectorless Dynamic(TM) physical power
integrity solution for SoC power closure sign-off of 130nm, 90nm, and
65nm designs. Certified by TSMC's 5.0 Reference Flow and correlated
with silicon measurements and SPICE, RedHawk addresses dynamic power
issues such as simultaneous switching output (SSO) for core, memory,
clock, and I/O, as well as effects of on-chip inductance, package RLC,
and decoupling capacitance.
RedHawk enables designers to identify dynamic "hot spots," examine
the impact on timing, accurately pinpoint the cause of dynamic voltage
drop, and automatically repair the source of supply noise. With
RedHawk's integrated transistor-level characterization to assure
accuracy, designers can reach power closure sign-off for high
performance SoCs, including those utilizing advanced low-power design
techniques such as leakage current control, power gating, multiple
voltage domains, and multiple threshold transistors. The PowerGate
option enables RedHawk to analyze the ramp-up, ramp-down transient
behavior of power-gated blocks as well as back-biasing impacts.
About Nspice
Nspice is a high capacity, mixed-domain, next-generation Spice for
I/O, signal, and power integrity. For high-speed I/Os and interfaces
to multi-port/multi-gigabit systems, Nspice directly takes in
S-parameter data for 100+ ports and accurately simulates a combination
of IC-package-board-connector-backplane topologies. Nspice is fully
Hspice compatible with unprecedented performance and capacity, while
delivering true-spice accuracy.
About Apache Design Solutions
Apache is a provider of innovative next-generation physical power
integrity software that accelerates the design process and guarantees
the reliability of high performance system-on-a-chip designs. By
providing tools for power, timing, and system I/O integrity, Apache
enables leading networking, wireless, communication, consumer, and
semiconductor companies to develop highly competitive and reliable
products. With minimal setup, Apache's physical design integrity
products are used early in the design process for 130 nanometer
designs and below, delivering the highest standards of computational
performance, capacity handling, and integrity. For more information,
including a white paper on dynamic analysis, visit www.apache-da.com.
About ATI Technologies Inc.
ATI Technologies Inc. is a world leader in the design and
manufacture of innovative 3D graphics and digital media silicon
solutions. An industry pioneer since 1985, ATI is the world's foremost
graphics processor unit (GPU) provider and is dedicated to deliver
leading-edge performance solutions for the full range of PC and Mac
desktop and notebook platforms, workstation, set-top and digital
television, game console and handheld markets. With 2004 revenues of
approximately US $2 billion, ATI has more than 2,700 employees in the
Americas, Europe and Asia. ATI common shares trade on NASDAQ (ATYT)
and the Toronto Stock Exchange (ATY).
Apache Design Solutions, NSPICE, RedHawk-SDL, RedHawk-EV, SkyHawk,
PsiWinder, and Vectorless Dynamic are trademarks of Apache Design
Solutions, Inc.
Contact:
Apache Design Solutions
Yukari Chin, (650) 641-4200
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Michelle Clancy, (252) 940-0981
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