Cadence and ARM Upgrade Quality of Silicon Results for ARM Partners With RTL Compiler Synthesis
February 16 2004 - 5:34AM
PR Newswire (US)
Cadence and ARM Upgrade Quality of Silicon Results for ARM Partners
With RTL Compiler Synthesis SAN JOSE, Calif. and CAMBRIDGE,
England, February 16 /PRNewswire/ -- - Open Collaboration Delivers
New Generation Digital Reference Methodology Key message points for
analysts and journalists: - ARM-Cadence Encounter Reference
Methodology has been upgraded to include the Cadence Encounter RTL
Compiler - Encounter RTL Compiler is the new Cadence synthesis
technology, integratedfrom Get2Chip - Gives better quality of
results than the previous ARM-Cadence Encounter Reference
Methodology - New ARM-Cadence Encounter Reference Methodology now
available in limited release from ARM Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
(NYSE:CDN; Nasdaq:CDN) and ARM (LSE: ARM; Nasdaq; ARMHY), 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 optimising the silicon
design chain by providing better quality 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 optimisation for timing closure using
a patented set of global focus algorithms that produce outstanding
results at each 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,
CadenceDesign Systems. "Our collaboration with ARM will continue to
focus on new-generation technology, open standards and optimising
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 has sales offices, design
centres, and research facilities around the world. The company is
headquartered in San Jose, Calif., and traded on the New York Stock
Exchange underthe symbol CDN. More information about the company,
its products and services is available at www.cadence.com. 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. and other 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 (LSE:
ARM and Nasdaq: ARMHY); 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 For more information, please contact: Karin
Gilles, The Hoffman Agency, for Cadence Design Systems, +1
408-975-3038, kgilles@hoffman.com. ARM London Press office: +44
(0)208 996 4141
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