Sequence Columbus-AMS Chosen by KPIT Cummins for Extraction; Company Sees Indian Market Growth for EDA - Signs New Distributor, D'gipro
NOIDA, India—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Aug. 29, 2005—
Sequence Design, the accuracy and performance leader in
power management and power integrity EDA tools, today announced KPIT
Cummins Info Systems, a leading Indian engineering consulting firm,
has chosen Columbus-AMS for high-performance RLC extraction. KPIT
joins a growing list of Sequence customers in India, and the first
signed by new distributor, D'gipro.
"KPIT Cummins is the first Indian customer signed by D'gipro since
we named them our exclusive distributor there and marks a major
milestone in Sequence's India operations," said Vic Kulkarni, Sequence
president and CEO. "KPIT's focus on complex designs gives us a sense
of where the future of chip design is going for the Indian design
community, and we look forward to working closely with them through
our India Center of Excellence."
"KPIT Cummins has been providing leading edge 90nm based design
services to its STAR customers" said Praveen Acharya, vice president,
VLSI, KPIT Cummins. "It is necessary for our valued clients to get the
benefits of our advanced design flow and design quality at the most
competitive cost. The adoption of Sequence Columbus-AMS into our
design flow has further strengthened our services portfolio for key
customers."
Founded in 1987, D'gipro is one of the country's top EDA suppliers
for ASIC, FPGA, and system-level design tools. D'gipro is
headquartered in India's high-tech hub of Bangalore, with additional
offices in New Delhi and Hyderabad. According to managing director S.
Ramachandran, Sequence's tools for SoC design hit the "sweet spot" in
the burgeoning Indian design community. "We have a tremendous
opportunity to provide our customers with just the right kinds of
tools to meet the complex challenges facing them today," he said.
"Sequence continues to set the technical standards for power
management and extraction, and we are delighted to represent them
here."
About Columbus-AMS
Columbus-AMS is part of Sequence's ExtractionStage suite,
delivering unrivaled speed, accuracy, and capacity for designs below
180 nanometers (nm). Columbus-AMS has been adopted by NEC, Renesas,
and Toshiba for their leading-edge designs. ExtractionStage manages
the complex process-modeling and electrical-modeling challenges facing
designers today.
-- Accurate, device-level RLC extraction with NTX technology
increases confidence in tapeouts
-- Proven inductance extraction lets you meet analog specs and
avoid post-tapeout surprises
-- Selective parasitic modeling around devices eliminates double
counting
-- Compact parasitic netlists give efficient circuit simulation
-- Graphical interface to Cadence Analog Design Environment(TM)
controls extraction without leaving Virtuoso(TM)
-- Smart Probing(TM) lets you analyze R, C, and L interactively
-- Supports popular LVS tools to complement your existing flow
without tying you to a specific LVS tool
-- Supports a wide variety of analog processes, including IBM 5-
through 8-series SiGe and CMOS-RF
-- For more information and data sheet:
http://www.sequencedesign.com/2_solutions/rlc_extraction.html
About KPIT Cummins Info Systems Limited
KPIT Cummins' Indian operations include software development
centers in Pune, and a VLSI design center in Bangalore. The company
has global subsidiaries in the US, UK, UAE, and Japan, and has
extended its reach through partnerships in Switzerland, France,
Sweden, Australia, Qatar, and Kuwait.
KPIT Cummins is the IT consulting partner of choice for its
customers across the globe. With a major presence in IT for
manufacturing, advanced technology solutions (automotive, industrial
automation, and semiconductor solutions) and BFSI (banking, financial
services & insurance) verticals, the company has grown at a pace of 77
percent CAGR over the past three years. Strategic partnerships with
two of the largest and most renowned players in their respective
areas: Cummins (manufacturing / automotive) and Lehman Brothers
(financial services) are a testament to this focused business model.
The KPIT Cummins VLSI centre offers a leading edge practice in SoC
Design & Verification, Analog & Mixed Signal Design, Physical
Implementation services and Chip Validation. The VLSI centre has a
list of Blue chip companies in its portfolio and caters to the SoC
design needs of about 7 companies out of the world's top 20
Semiconductor companies. The KPIT Cummins' VLSI practice offers
high-tech engineering capabilities ranging from systems architecture
and design to synthesis and verification, testing and validation. For
further information please visit the web site at: www.kpitcummins.com.
About Sequence India
In the past five years, Sequence has invested Rs. 20 Crores (over
$4.5 million) in its India-based R&D operations. The company has a
growing customer base of multinational semiconductor companies in
India, particularly in Bangalore's technology-rich environment, and is
in the process of expanding its "Center of Excellence" in Noida's new
Logix Techno Park. In addition, the company also launched its "Made in
India" initiative in February 2005 and is planning to implement a new
educational and advanced research program with leading Indian
universities later this year. For more information on Sequence India
by e-mail: cpuri@sequencedesign.com, or phone +91-9810313320.
About Sequence
Sequence Design, Inc. enables system-on-chip designers to bring
higher-performance and power-aware nanometer integrated circuits
quickly to fabrication. Sequence's power- and signal-integrity
software give its more than 125 customers the competitive advantage
necessary to excel in aggressive technology markets, despite demanding
complexity and time-to-market issues of nanometer design.
Sequence has worldwide development and field service operations.
The company was recently named by Reed Electronics as one of the top
10 companies to watch in the electronics industry. Sequence is
privately held. Sequence is a member of the ARM/Artisan Connected
Community(TM), Cadence Design Systems' Connections(TM), Mentor
Graphics' Open Door(TM), and Virage Logic VIP(TM) partnership
programs. Additional information is available at sequencedesign.com.
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