Cadence Virtuoso Platform Enables Custom IC Designers to Achieve Breakthrough Results
September 22 2008 - 8:00AM
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Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS), the leader in global
electronic design innovation, today announced the availability of
the latest update (IC 6.1.3) to its next-generation Cadence�
Virtuoso� custom IC design platform. Cadence continues to provide a
complete solution enabling customers to design custom integrated
circuits reliably and with a high level of productivity. This
latest release incorporates new technology as well as significant
performance improvements in existing technology, offering advanced
solutions for the custom design of chips proven in production by
dozens of customers.
A new design-centering flow enables customers to measure and
refine their circuits, and increase their confidence that those
circuits meet predicted yield targets. This flow is further
enhanced by a unique integration of the Virtuoso Multi-Mode
Simulation engines with the Virtuoso Analog Design Environment XL,
providing customers with up to three times the interoperability
performance gain.
"We continually improve our leading-edge technology to ensure it
remains the ideal software for complex custom and mixed-signal
design," said Srinivas Raman, corporate vice president of research
and development at Cadence Design Systems. "We added significant
performance-enhancing capabilities to the Virtuoso platform's IC
6.1.3 release that enable customers to boost productivity while
delivering their complex products on schedule and with high
reliability."
New physical design technology in version 6.1.3 includes express
parameterized cells, which deliver up to a 10 times performance
improvement while maintaining interoperability. New routing
capabilities native to the Virtuoso platform's cockpit address the
challenges of sub-90-nanometer chip routing and the usability
improvements have been demonstrated by customers to cut layout
creation time by 30 percent.
Cadence Virtuoso Multi-Mode Simulation solution was recently
updated with "turbo" technology in SPICE, RF and mixed-signal
(AMS), delivering up to a 10 times performance gain. These results
were validated by a number of customers who have endorsed its ease
of adoption and performance gains.
"Cadence offers a complete solution for custom IC design with
tightly integrated flows built on many years of expertise in the
highly complex area of analog and mixed-signal designs," said
Sandeep Mehndiratta, marketing group director for the Virtuoso
platform at Cadence. "The Virtuoso platform's IC 6.1.3 release of
our next-generation custom IC design solution has been proven in
production usage by multiple customers, including Cambridge Analog
Technologies, announced separately today. Coupled with the
continuing advances reflected in our product road map, this release
will help ensure Cadence remains the premier provider of custom IC
design solutions."
With more than 30 partners connected to the Virtuoso technology
via the Cadence Connections� program, the Virtuoso technology is at
the center of an extensive design ecosystem which is necessary to
build today's multi-faceted designs. Additional alliances with the
world's leading foundries have led to the creation of more than 20
process design kits which are available for download today and have
been optimized for the Cadence Virtuoso platform.
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 2007 revenues of approximately $1.6 billion, and has
approximately 5,100 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, Virtuoso and Connections are registered trademarks and
the Cadence logo is a trademark of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. in
the United States and other countries. All other trademarks are the
property of their respective owners.
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