Rambus Inc. Adopts Register Description Language and Licenses Denali's Blueprint Software for IP Development Process
LOS ALTOS, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Dec. 15, 2005—
Rambus Inc. (Nasdaq:RMBS), one of the world's premier
technology licensing companies specializing in high-speed chip
interfaces, today announced that it has adopted the Register
Description Language (RDL) and licensed Denali's Blueprint(TM)
software for Rambus intellectual property (IP) development and
enhanced customer support.
Rambus has also joined the RDL Alliance, a program formed and
chaired by Denali. The goal of the alliance is to promote the
standardized usage of RDL in the development and delivery of IP
products used in system-on-chip (SoC) designs. Configuration registers
modeled in RDL store key parameters that define the operation of the
chips, and are required by system architects, hardware developers, and
software engineers to develop end products. IP providers and system
developers benefit from the alliance by having a common, consistent,
computer-readable specification of these registers, which ultimately
speeds architecture, design, verification, and documentation for
semiconductor chip designs.
"The combination of Rambus' high-speed interconnect expertise,
plus our RDL will help customers design and develop in a common,
easy-to-use process," said Mark Gogolewski, chief technology officer
at Denali Software Inc. "This is an important step for the industry as
it helps bring this language to the market to support a simplified
design flow."
Rambus plans to incorporate RDL and the Blueprint software into
the design process for certain Rambus products. The standardized RDL
will be used to facilitate the design capture of control and status
register logic. From the RDL input, the Blueprint software will
generate various IP views for RTL design, simulation, documentation,
software development, as well as final chip bring-up and testing.
Rambus customers who choose to utilize Blueprint will have an enhanced
level of flexibility for customizing and extending Rambus design
views.
"Rambus' highly integrated IP solutions focus on several steps in
the customer's chip development process," said Prakash Bare, director
and general manager of Rambus' digital logic core products. "The
adoption of the RDL methodology will provide great benefit for the
many different design, documentation and verification views of the
register space."
For more information about Rambus products, visit
www.rambus.com/products.
About Rambus Inc.
Rambus Inc. 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' interface solutions can be found in numerous
computing, consumer, and communications products and applications.
Rambus is headquartered in Los Altos, California, with regional
offices in Chapel Hill, North Carolina; Bangalore, India; Taipei,
Taiwan; and Tokyo, Japan. Additional information is available at
www.rambus.com.
Rambus and the Rambus logo are registered trademarks of Rambus
Inc. All other trade names are the service marks, trademarks, or
registered trademarks of their respective owners.
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Rambus Inc. Public Relations
Gabriele Collier, 650-947-5522
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Citigate Cunningham for Rambus Inc.
Eileen Stanley Conway, 415-618-8710
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