Cadence Helps Sequans Achieve Early Time to Market with Wireless Broadband Chip Tapeout; Cadence Engineering Services Team Enables Startup to Go to Market in Less Than One Year from Initial Funding
SAN JOSE, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—July 26, 2005—
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NYSE:CDN) (Nasdaq:CDN)
today announced its Engineering Services team helped Sequans
Communications, a startup fabless semiconductor company, meet a
challenging time-to-market goal for a high-performance system on chip
(SoC). The wireless broadband chip was successfully taped out within a
year of the company's initial funding.
Sequans Communications utilized tools, design expertise and
intellectual property from Cadence(R) to mitigate design risks and
ensure high quality of silicon (QoS), a new metric for synthesis
results that includes performance, area and power measured with wires.
The chip was designed to comply with the IEEE 802.16-2004 standard
and WiMAX system profiles for broadband wireless access. Sequans
Communications benefited from the comprehensive digital IC design flow
based on the Cadence Encounter(TM) digital IC design platform. As part
of the engagement, Cadence also supplied analog IP designed using the
Virtuoso(R) custom design platform.
With the ongoing collaboration between the companies, Sequans
Communications can maximize its wireless design, software development
and system capabilities, enabling it to compete aggressively in the
fast-moving broadband wireless access market.
"Cadence was instrumental in this tapeout," said Georges Karam,
CEO, Sequans. "The wireless design expertise of Cadence Engineering
Services, coupled with world-class technology and methodologies, gave
us the edge we needed to minimize our design time and deliver a
successful tapeout."
"We are very pleased to have helped Sequans meet its aggressive
system development and time-to-market targets," said Suresh Radia,
vice president of services, Europe, Cadence Design Systems. "This
engagement underscores the value Cadence Engineering Services and
technology can deliver to ambitious startups like Sequans."
About Cadence
Cadence enables global electronic-design innovation and plays an
essential role in the creation of today's integrated circuits and
electronics. Customers use Cadence software and hardware,
methodologies, and services to design and verify advanced
semiconductors, consumer electronics, networking and
telecommunications equipment, and computer systems. Cadence reported
2004 revenues of approximately $1.2 billion, and has approximately
4,700 employees. The company is headquartered in San Jose, Calif.,
with sales offices, design centers, and research facilities around the
world to serve the global electronics industry. More information about
the company, its products, and services is available at
www.cadence.com.
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