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GUC Tapes out 7 Nanometer Designs with Cadence Encounter Technology
Cadence Encounter Digital IC Design Platform Delivers First-Pass
Silicon and Faster Time to Market for Taiwan Market Leader
SAN JOSE, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Feb. 24, 2005—
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NYSE:CDN) (Nasdaq:CDN) today
announced that the Cadence(R) Encounter(TM) digital IC design platform
has helped GUC successfully tape out seven 130-nanometer designs. With
Cadence Encounter technology, GUC minimized design implementation time
and achieved first-pass silicon success.
The designs were developed for a variety of applications, ranging
from WLAN, video and hand-held devices, to networking and
communications. The most sophisticated designs -- with 3 million gates
and 400 MHz clock speed -- were successfully closed with all timing
and signal integrity requirements met. With much of the region still
at 0.18 micron or larger process nodes, GUC is pioneering
130-nanometer design in Taiwan.
"We believe we are the first company in Taiwan to execute multiple
tapeouts at 130 nanometers or below," said Jim Lai, President and COO
at GUC. "Through our tapeout successes, we have demonstrated that
Taiwanese companies are capable of doing leading-edge digital designs.
Encounter is a viable and production-proven world-class technology
that continues to deliver the fastest route to silicon for both
mainstream and advanced process technology nodes."
"We are pleased that the speed, capacity and maturity of the
Encounter platform provided GUC with the productivity gains that
allowed GUC to achieve so many successful tapeouts on schedule," said
Wei-Jin Dai, platform vice president, digital IC implementation at
Cadence. "With continued customer successes such as this, the
Encounter platform further extends its lead in digital IC
implementation."
About Cadence
Cadence is the world's largest supplier of electronic design
technologies and engineering services. Cadence products and services
are used to accelerate and manage the design of semiconductors,
computer systems, networking equipment, telecommunications equipment,
consumer electronics, and other electronics based products. With
approximately 4,900 employees and 2004 revenues of approximately $1.2
billion, Cadence has sales offices, design centers, and research
facilities around the world. The company is headquartered in San Jose,
Calif., and trades on both the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq
under the symbol CDN. More information is available at
www.cadence.com.
Cadence, the Cadence logo are registered trademarks, and Encounter
and SoC Encounter are trademarks of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. All
other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Contact:
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
Judy Erkanat, 408-894-2302
jerkanat@cadence.com
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