Apache Announces Record First Quarter Results; First Vectorless Dynamic RedHawk-SDL Orders, New NSPICE Customers, and NSPICE Reorders Spur Growth.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 25, 2003 Apache Design Solutions, the technology leader in physical design integrity solutions for system-on-chip (SoC) designs, today announced Q1 results that were 260% higher than the previous record quarter (Q3, 2002). Several factors contributed to this dramatic upswing Upswing An upward turn in a security's price after a period of falling prices. . The first orders for its recently introduced flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. (see April 14, 2003 press release), RedHawk-SDL, had a major impact on Q1 performance. RedHawk is the first full-chip Vectorless Dynamic(TM) solution for analyzing the IR-drop impact of simultaneous switching, on-chip inductive inductive 1. eliciting a reaction within an organism. 2. inductive heating a form of radiofrequency hyperthermia that selectively heats muscle, blood and proteinaceous tissue, sparing fat and air-containing tissues. noise, package parasitics, and decoupling Decoupling The occurrence of returns on asset classes diverging from their normal pattern of correlation. Notes: Take for example stock and corporate bond returns, which normally rise and fall together. capacitance. Engagements with a few key early adopter partners in the second half of 2002 successfully transformed Apache's unique core technology into a customer-proven solution that fills a critical gap in today's sign-off flow for high-performance designs. A customer in Texas has adopted RedHawk-SDL for the production flow of the first 90nm DSP (1) (Digital Signal Processor) A special-purpose CPU used for digital signal processing applications (see definition #2 below). It provides ultra-fast instruction sequences, such as shift and add, and multiply and add, which are commonly used in math-intensive tapeout, and has engaged it in a 90nm low-power wireless project. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. became the first customer in Japan to purchase and deploy RedHawk in a critical 130nm consumer-product tapeout. Apache's NSPICE, a next-generation SPICE simulator with direct S-parameter mixed-domain simulation capability, continued its strong momentum in the multi-gigabit I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output and high performance simulation markets. This included re-orders from Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. ) and IDT IDT Integrated Device Technology, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA, USA) IDT I Don't Think IDT Identity Theft IDT Interrupt Descriptor Table IDT Integrated DNA Technologies IDT Inactive Duty Training IDT Instructional Design & Technology Newave Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., along with the addition of three new customers. Apache's leadership in these areas of growing importance, combined with the tremendous technical hurdles involved in solving full-chip dynamic physical power integrity issues, will ensure Apache's continued growth. Apache is currently engaged with most of the major semiconductor companies worldwide, focused on filling the current gap in their high-performance design flows. About Apache Design Solutions Apache is a provider of innovative next-generation physical design integrity software that accelerates the design process and guarantees the reliability of massive system-on-chip semiconductors operating at gigahertz One billion cycles per second. See GHz. (unit) GigaHertz - (GHz) Billions of cycles per second. The unit of frequency used to measure the clock rate of modern digital logic, including microprocessors. frequencies. By providing tools for power, timing, and system I/O integrity, Apache enables leading networking, wireless, communication, consumer, and semiconductor companies to develop highly competitive and reliable products. Apache's physical design integrity products are used early in the sub-130 nanometer design process with minimal setup, delivering the highest standards of computational performance, capacity handling, and integrity. For more information, including a white paper on dynamic analysis, visit www.apache-da.com. Apache Design Solutions, NSPICE, RedHawk-SDL, and Vectorless Dynamic are trademarks of Apache Design Solutions, Inc. |
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