Cadence Aligns Capabilities for Consumer and Mobile Applications to Support ARM's Cortex-A8 Processor
Encounter Synthesis, Implementation, and Verification
with Cadence Services Enable Flexible Path to High-Performance,
Low-Power Design for New ARM Processor
SAN JOSE, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Oct. 4, 2005—
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NYSE:CDN) (Nasdaq:CDN) today
announced the immediate availability of a high-performance design flow
for the new ARM(R) Cortex(TM)-A8 processor. This flow uses the
Cadence(R) Encounter(R) digital IC design platform incorporating
Encounter RTL Compiler synthesis, Encounter Conformal(R) equivalence
checking, and SoC Encounter(R) RTL to GDSII system. In addition, the
company announced the immediate availability of Cadence support and
services to improve time to market for ARM Partners implementing very
high-performance Cortex-A8 processor-based designs.
The ARM Cortex-A8 processor targets digital-entertainment and
mobile-communications products with demanding performance, cost and
power requirements in conjunction with tight time-to-market
constraints. Cortex-A8 customers at 90 and 65 nanometers will be able
to leverage the Encounter design flow and Cadence's extensive
experience in implementing ARM technology-based SoC designs in order
to minimize power, maximize performance, and tape out successful
implementations ahead of their competitors.
"We are pleased to collaborate with ARM to bring leading-edge SoC
design capabilities to their Cortex-A8 Partners," said Jan Willis,
senior vice president of Industry Alliances at Cadence. "Our joint
program combines engineering and development resources to help our
mutual customers speed the completion of advanced
digital-entertainment and mobile-communications products. This marks
another milestone in our longstanding collaboration with ARM, which
now spans over ten years and provides the broadest array of technology
and support for ARM processor-based design."
"Our ongoing partnership with Cadence continues to produce
innovative approaches to enable a faster path to our Partners'
successful product introductions," said Mike Inglis, executive vice
president of Marketing at ARM. "The capacity and optimization of the
Cadence Encounter platform, combined with the ARM Artisan(R)
Advantage-CE library for the Cortex-A8 processor, provides a complete
front-to-back flow in high-performance, low-power design."
The high-performance design flow leverages the automation
techniques of the Cadence Optimization Methodology Kit for ARM
Processors that maximize high performance, low power, and small die
size. The collaboration will also enhance the ARM-Cadence Encounter
Reference Methodology for RTL-to-GDSII synthesis, implementation, and
verification of ARM processors.
Availability
The Cadence advanced design flow, support and services for ARM
Partners implementing very high-performance Cortex-A8 processor-based
designs are now available. Further enhancements to the ARM-Cadence
Encounter Reference Methodology for other ARM processors will be
available in early 2006.
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, printed-circuit boards and systems used in consumer
electronics, networking and telecommunications equipment, and computer
systems. Cadence reported 2004 revenues of approximately $1.2 billion,
and has approximately 5,000 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.
Cadence, the Cadence logo, Conformal, Encounter and SoC Encounter
are registered trademarks of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. All other
trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Contact:
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
Bruce Chan, 408-894-2961
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