ATI Selects Cadabra's Automated Transistor Layout Tools for High-performance RAGE Graphics Accelerator Libraries.SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 23, 1998-- After years of purchasing off-the-shelf libraries, leading graphics chip company turns to Cadabra for in-house library development Cadabra Design Technology Inc., the leading provider of automated transistor layout tools, today announced that ATI Technologies Inc. (TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). : ATY ATY Air Textured Yarn (textile) ATY Watertown, SD, USA (Airport Code) ATY After-Tax Yield ) has licensed Cadabra's CLASSIC-SC(tm) standard cell layout software. ATI, the world's leading supplier of video and 2D/3D graphics accelerators to OEM and retail customers, is using CLASSIC-SC to automate the development of libraries for the RAGE(tm) family of graphics and multimedia accelerators. CLASSIC-SC, the flagship product in Cadabra's suite of automated transistor layout (ATL (Active Template Library) A set of software routines from Microsoft that provide the basic framework for creating ActiveX and COM objects. Stemming from the standard template library (STL) that comes with C++ compilers, ATL includes an object wizard that sets up ) tools, enables designers to respond quickly to foundry changes. By using CLASSIC-SC, customers can begin their library design efforts before foundry rules are finalized, saving critical time in the race to be first to market. "We decided to use CLASSIC-SC so we didn't have to purchase a new library every time our foundry changed its design rules," said Raj Verma, ATI's manager of IC Development. "Now that we are developing our own libraries, we can explore different alternatives for reducing the area of cells. We've been able to reduce typical cell sizes compared to off-the-shelf libraries, and have seen select cells more than 20 percent smaller. This gives ATI a tremendous performance and cost advantage over our previous solutions." Verma added, "We saved a lot of time, too, because CLASSIC-SC enabled us to accelerate the porting of our library to different foundries and technologies." "ATI is a great example of a leading-edge customer-owned-tooling (COT) customer differentiating their end product by designing custom libraries in house with Cadabra's ATL tools," said Martin Lefebvre, Cadabra president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "We're delighted that our products and support are helping ATI maintain their worldwide leadership in the graphics and multimedia acceleration market." ATI's RAGE PRO accelerator has been selected by five leading computer manufacturers to power the graphics of their new notebook PCs, including those from Apple (AAPL AAPL Apple Computer, Inc. (stock symbol) AAPL American Association of Professional Landmen AAPL American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law AAPL Advance Audiovisual Presentation Limited AAPL Advocates for Arkansas Public Libraries ), AST (AST Computer, Irvine, CA) A PC manufacturer founded in 1980 by Albert Wong, Safi Quershey and Tom Yuen (A, S and T). It offered a complete line of PCs that sold through its dealer channel. , Compaq (CPQ), Dell (DELL), and Hewlett-Packard (HWP). In addition, notebooks from Fujitsu, NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. , Samsung, and Siemens-Nixdorf are shipping with ATI graphics chips. About CLASSIC(tm) CLASSIC is a suite of ATL tools that automate the creation of transistor-level GDSII GDSII Graphic Design System II layouts from SPICE netlists. CLASSIC dramatically increases a designer's productivity -- producing handcrafted hand·craft n. Variant of handicraft. tr.v. hand·craft·ed, hand·craft·ing, hand·crafts To fashion or make by hand. hand·craft quality layouts in a fraction of the time of manual design. CLASSIC-SC is the leading ATL tool for creating standard cell library layouts. CLASSIC-MC(tm), CLASSIC-IO(tm), and CLASSIC-GA(tm) automate layout of macrocells, I/O cells, and gate array cells, respectively. About Cadabra Cadabra was founded in 1994 to develop automated transistor layout (ATL) software for creating cells used in the standard cell, semi-custom, and custom IC design process. Current customers include eight of the top ten semiconductor vendors in the world, third-party library vendors, and leading fabless semiconductor companies in the graphics and communications markets. For more information, visit the Cadabra web site at http://www.cadabratech.com or send email to info@cadabratech.com. About ATI ATI Technologies Inc., the world's largest supplier of 3D graphics and multimedia technology, designs, manufactures and markets innovative and award-winning multimedia solutions and graphics components for personal computers. An ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9002 company, ATI is the world's leading supplier of video and 2D/3D graphics accelerators to OEM and retail customers. Founded in l985, ATI employs more than 1,400 people at headquarters in Thornhill, Ontario, and in offices in the United States, Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Barbados, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Japan. ATI is a public company whose shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) Canada's largest stock exchange, trading approximately 1,200 company stocks and 33 options. . Note to Editors: CLASSIC is a trademark of Cadabra Design Technologies, Inc. RAGE is a trademark of ATI Technologies, Inc. All other company and product names mentioned above are trademarks of their respective companies. |
|
||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion