Ambit Announces $1 Million in Synthesis Tool Sales to Leading IC and Systems Companies; ASIC International Completes First Chip Using BuildGates in Six Weeks.SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 6, 1997--Ambit Design Systems Inc. today announced multiple sales of its advanced ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) Pronounced "a-sick." A chip that is custom designed for a specific application rather than a general-purpose chip such as a microprocessor. synthesis tool, BuildGates, totalling over $1 million. Among the companies purchasing BuildGates are: Arris ar·ris n. pl. arris or ar·ris·es The sharp edge or ridge formed by two surfaces meeting at an angle, as in a molding. [Alteration of Old French areste, fishbone, spine Interactive (a Nortel/ANTEC joint venture), ASIC International Inc., the Virtual Chips division of Phoenix Technologies Inc., and Silicon Graphics Inc. "Six weeks after purchasing BuildGates, we successfully taped out Refers to the completion of the design of a chip. The next stage is to put it into production. The term comes from the early days when designs were transferred to the fabricator via magnetic tape. a 175K-gate design," said James Vig Sherrill, vice president of engineering at ASIC International, an ASIC development firm. "BuildGates was very easy to use and had a short learning curve. In the next few months, we plan to use BuildGates on three more designs ranging from 500K to 1 million gates." "Every one of these companies is pushing the edge of silicon performance," said Prakash Bhalerao, 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. of Ambit. "They clearly demonstrate that BuildGates provides a dramatic improvement in productivity on a broad spectrum of design styles." Arris Interactive, a Nortel/ANTEC joint venture, provides digital video and telecom products. Virtual Chips is a leading supplier of synthesizable cores to the semiconductor industry. Ambit previously announced purchase agreements with Sun Microsystems Inc., LSI LSI: see integrated circuit. (Large Scale Integration) Between 3,000 and 100,000 transistors on a chip. See SSI, MSI, VLSI and ULSI. Logic Inc., Motorola Inc., Toshiba Inc., and Chromatic chromatic /chro·mat·ic/ (kro-mat´ik) 1. pertaining to color; stainable with dyes. 2. pertaining to chromatin. chro·mat·ic adj. 1. Relating to color or colors. Research. Ambit Design Systems Inc., the superior synthesis alternative, is a privately held California company that develops innovative synthesis solutions for high-end chip design. Ambit's first product, BuildGates, is a logic synthesis tool delivering increased productivity on million gate chip designs without a significant change in the design methodology. Ambit tools are tested and proven by major microprocessor, multimedia and communications vendors worldwide. For more information, call 888/GO-AMBIT. CONTACT: Ambit Design Systems Inc. Susan Lippincott, 408/566-8027 susanl@ambit.com or VitalCom Lou Covey/Scott Seiden, 415/637-8212 vitalcom@batnet.com |
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