Open-Silicon Achieves Ultra High Performance Using Cadence Silicon Realization Technology to Tape-Out Breakthrough 2.4 GHz ASIC
November 15 2010 - 3:30AM
Marketwired
Cadence Design Systems (India) Pvt Ltd., a subsidiary of Cadence
Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS), announced that Open-Silicon,
Inc., a leading semiconductor company focused on ASIC design,
develop-to-spec, and derivative ICs, has successfully taped out a
breakthrough high-performance processor at over 2.4GHz under
typical conditions utilizing the Cadence® Silicon Realization
product line. Open-Silicon completed the entire design using
Cadence's integrated end-to-end Encounter® digital design,
implementation, and manufacturability signoff technology.
"Cadence offers a complete suite of tools for designing ASICs
and strong customer support. We have fine tuned the tools and found
good results from synthesis through to tapeout. Cadence's Silicon
Realization technology has also been a key contributor to our
ongoing efforts to increase our predictability and reliability,
both of which are critical to the Open-Silicon custom silicon
solution," said Taher Madraswala, vice-president of engineering at
Open-Silicon.
Open-Silicon's chips go into products where performance, power
and time-to-market are paramount. Cadence's Silicon Realization
product line optimizes logical, physical, electrical, and
manufacturing effects concurrently, eliminating iteration without
sacrificing design quality by addressing timing sensitivity, yield
variation, and leakage power from the start, thereby achieving the
objectives of performance, power, and cost.
"We see Cadence as a key collaborator for Open-Silicon as we
move towards 28-nanometer design and as the industry moves towards
a design-lite model," said Dr. Naveed Sherwani, president and CEO
of Open-Silicon, Inc. "We are confident that working with Cadence
will help us achieve our customers' specific goals."
Cadence recently announced a new holistic approach to Silicon
Realization that moves chip development beyond its traditional
patchwork of point tools to a streamlined end-to-end path of
integrated technology, tools, and methodology. The new approach is
focused on offering products and technologies that deliver on the
three essential requirements for a deterministic path to silicon:
unified design intent, abstraction and convergence. A key element
of the Cadence EDA360 strategy, this approach is aimed at boosting
productivity, predictability and profitability while reducing
risk.
"The 2.4 GHz processor that Open-Silicon has taped out is a
testament to the company's expertise in designing cutting-edge,
high-performance chips," said Chi-Ping Hsu, senior vice president
of R&D, Silicon Realization Group at Cadence. "We are excited
that our high-performance Silicon Realization product line has
enabled Open-Silicon to demonstrate ultra high levels of ASIC
processor performance while also helping improve their
time-to-market performance."
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.
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.
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