EdgeCortix Collaborates With Cadence To Accelerate AI Chip Design
June 02 2021 - 10:45AM
Business Wire
Highlights:
- Cadence Xcelium Simulation and VIP for AMBA 3/4 AXI enable fast
verification environment bring-up and the highest verification
throughput
- The Cadence Genus Synthesis Solution and Joules RTL Power
Solution let EdgeCortix reduce power analysis turnaround time by 2X
and deliver better PPA
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDNS) today announced that
EdgeCortix, Inc., a leading innovator, focused on artificial
intelligence (AI) driven software and hardware acceleration
solutions, specially designed for edge computing scenarios, has
deployed multiple Cadence® verification and digital tools to
accelerate the design and verification of its edge AI chips. In
particular, the Cadence Verification IP (VIP) for the Arm® AMBA®
3/4 AXI standard and faster simulation performance with Cadence
Xcelium™ Logic Simulation, enabled EdgeCortix to shorten its
verification environment’s development to less than a month, while
the Cadence Genus™ Synthesis Solution and Joules™ RTL Power
Solution delivered a 2X reduction in power analysis time with
better power, performance, and area (PPA).
The Cadence solutions were easy to deploy and use, so the
EdgeCortix team was able to boost productivity. For example, the
VIP for AMBA AXI comes with comprehensive, built-in protocol checks
and debugging aids, which made it simple for EdgeCortix to catch
protocol bugs early, reducing testbench debug time. Also, the
Joules RTL Power Solution let EdgeCortix complete RTL power
analysis quickly on multiple versions of their RTL IP, surpassing
the planned timetables that were originally allocated for selecting
the final RTL IP configuration used for GDSII conversion.
In addition to using the Cadence VIP for AMBA 3/4 AXI and Joules
RTL Power Solution, EdgeCortix uses additional Cadence solutions,
including the Xcelium Logic Simulator and the Genus Synthesis
Solution. EdgeCortix was able to improve overall verification
throughput and meet its verification schedule using the Xcelium
simulator. Utilizing the Xcelium simulator’s multithreading
capability, EdgeCortix was able to run simulations 1.8X faster,
with large deep neural network models like YoloV3 running on its
IP. Additionally, the Xcelium simulator's superior debug capability
allowed EdgeCortix to quickly debug assertions and transactions.
The Genus Synthesis Solution’s multithreading capabilities allowed
EdgeCortix to try more synthesis options to obtain the best
gate-level netlist in less time.
“At EdgeCortix, we provide software and hardware acceleration IP
based on our runtime reconfigurable architecture called Dynamic
Neural Accelerator™ (DNA) architecture,” said Sakyasingha Dasgupta,
CEO, EdgeCortix. “To develop our AI chips, we need solutions that
can handle the design complexities while also ensuring our
aggressive time-to-market schedules are met. The Cadence digital
and verification solutions provided us with tools that made the
verification process much more efficient, and the Cadence team
offered standout customer support that allowed us to quickly ramp
up our design project. To leverage cloud scalability and agility,
we now plan to adopt the Cadence CloudBurst platform, which
provides a ready-to-use cloud-based design environment so that we
don’t have to worry about IT setup and infrastructure management
and can focus on delivering our products efficiently.”
Cadence Verification IP and Xcelium Logic Simulation are part of
the broader Cadence Verification Suite, and the Cadence Genus
Synthesis Solution and Joules RTL Power Solution are part of the
digital full flow. The verification suite, the digital full flow
and Cadence CloudBurst™ platform support the company’s Intelligent
System Design™ strategy, enabling SoC design excellence. For more
information on the Cadence Verification Suite, please visit
www.cadence.com/go/VerificationTools. For more information on the
Cadence Digital Suite, go to www.cadence.com/go/DigitalSolutions.
For more information on the Cadence Cloud portfolio, please visit
www.cadence.com/go/CloudPortfolio.
About Cadence
Cadence is a pivotal leader in electronic design, building upon
more than 30 years of computational software expertise. The company
applies its underlying Intelligent System Design strategy to
deliver software, hardware and IP that turn design concepts into
reality. Cadence customers are the world’s most innovative
companies, delivering extraordinary electronic products from chips
to boards to systems for the most dynamic market applications,
including consumer, hyperscale computing, 5G communications,
automotive, mobile, aerospace, industrial and healthcare. For seven
years in a row, Fortune magazine has named Cadence one of the 100
Best Companies to Work For. Learn more at cadence.com.
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