Cadence and ARM Upgrade Quality of Silicon Results for ARM Partners with RTL Compiler Synthesis
February 16 2004 - 5:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Cadence and ARM Upgrade Quality of Silicon Results for ARM Partners
with RTL Compiler Synthesis Open Collaboration Delivers New
Generation Digital Reference Methodology SAN JOSE, Calif. and
CAMBRIDGE, England, Feb. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cadence
Design Systems, Inc. and ARM , the industry's leading provider of
16/32-bit embedded RISC processor solutions, today announced the
availability of the upgraded ARM-Cadence Encounter(TM) Reference
Methodology, which now incorporates Encounter RTL Compiler
synthesis. This completes yet another milestone in the first year
of the design chain collaboration between ARM and Cadence. The
latest collaboration further demonstrates their commitment to
optimizing the silicon design chain by providing betterquality of
silicon (QoS) to Partners using ARM(R) cores. At 130nm and below,
wires dominate the performance and present a host of signal
integrity problems to be solved in order to achieve first silicon
success. The upgraded ARM-Cadence Reference Methodology, based on
the Cadence(R) Encounter digital IC platform, provides an
integrated, wire-centric RTL-to-GDSII implementation for ARM
Partners. The Encounter platform integrates new generation
technology for wire-centric design with RTL Compiler for synthesis,
First Encounter for silicon virtual prototyping, NanoRoute(TM) for
signal-integrity aware routing, CeltIC(TM) and VoltageStorm(TM) for
signal-integrity signoff. This upgraded release of the Reference
Methodology enables customers to achieve improved QoS, the new
metric of silicon quality, measured after wires for accuracy. "The
ARM-Cadence Encounter Reference Methodology is now available in
limited release for some ARM9(TM) family cores. This release
delivers significant performance results over the current Cadence
methodology as a result of the addition of Encounter RTL Compiler,"
said John Goodenough, global methodology manager, ARM. "This open
collaboration demonstrates the commitment of ARM and Cadence to
increase the access to new-generation nanometer solutions for our
mutual customers." The new-generation technology behind Encounter
RTL Compiler delivers global optimization for timing closure using
a patented set of global focus algorithms that produce outstanding
results ateach stage of implementation including a better starting
point for routing complex, wire-centric designs. Encounter RTL
Compiler is used throughout the silicon design chain by
application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) and intellectual
property (IP) vendors, and IC designers to help increase overall
chip speed, and can help to reduce turnaround time. "The momentum
of the ARM-Cadence alliance in the past year has given ARM Partners
an open choice of solutions and an open path to the future. Today,
using the upgraded Reference Methodology, our mutual customers will
be able to achieve outstanding quality of silicon in less time,"
said Jan Willis, senior vice president of industry marketing,
Cadence Design Systems. "Our collaboration with ARM will continue
to focus on new-generation technology, open standards and
optimizing the silicon design chain to deliver the critical
solutions needed for nanometer design." Availability The reference
methodology supports the ARM926EJ-S(TM) core, the ARM966E-S(TM)
core, and the ARM946E-S(TM) core. The ARM-Cadence Encounter
Reference Methodology with RTL Compiler is available in limited
release from ARM. It is available at
http://www.arm.com/products/CPUs/rfcadence.html About ARM ARM is
the industry's leading provider of 16/32-bit embedded RISC
microprocessor solutions. The company licenses its
high-performance, low-cost, power-efficient RISC processors,
peripherals, and system-chip designs to leading international
electronics companies. ARM also provides comprehensive support
required in developing a complete system. ARM's microprocessor
cores are rapidly becoming a volume RISC standard in such markets
as portable communications, hand-held computing, multi-media
digital consumer and embedded solutions. More information on ARM is
available at http://www.arm.com/ . About Cadence Cadence is the
largest supplier of electronic design technologies, methodology
services, and design services. Cadence solutions are used to
accelerate and manage the design of semiconductors, computer
systems, networking and telecommunications equipment, consumer
electronics, and a variety of other electronics-based products.
With approximately 4,800 employees and 2003 revenues of
approximately $1.1 billion, Cadence hassales offices, design
centers, and research facilities around the world. The company is
headquartered in San Jose, Calif., and traded on the New York Stock
Exchange under the symbol CDN. More information about the company,
its products and services is available at http://www.cadence.com/.
NOTE: Cadence, the Cadence logo and First Encounter are registered
trademarks of Cadence Design Systems. Encounter, NanoRoute, CeltIC
and VoltageStorm are trademarks of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. in
the U.S. andother countries. ARM is a registered trademark of ARM
Limited. ARM9, ARM926EJ-S, ARM946E-S and ARM966E-S are trademarks
of ARM Limited. "ARM" is used to represent ARM Holdings plc; its
operating company ARM Limited; and the regional subsidiaries ARM
INC; ARM KK; ARM Korea Ltd; ARM Taiwan; ARM France SAS; ARM
Consulting (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.; and ARM Belgium N.V. DATASOURCE:
ARM CONTACT: Karin Gilles of The Hoffman Agency, +1-408-975-3038,
or , for Cadence Design Systems; or Matthew Rodriguez ofText 100,
+1-415-593-8479, or , for ARM Web site: http://www.cadence.com/ Web
site: http://www.arm.com/
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