Apache Powers 10/100/1000 Ethernet Devices for Ample Communications.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 20, 2003 Ample Uses Redhawk for Low-Power, High-Bandwidth Ethernet Aggregation Devices; Power Results Proven by Silicon Verification Apache Apache (əpăch`ē), Native North Americans of the Southwest composed of six culturally related groups. They speak a language that has various dialects and belongs to the Athabascan branch of the Nadene linguistic stock (see Native American Design Solutions, the technology leader in physical design integrity solutions for system-on-chip (SoC) designs, today announced that Ample Communications, a pioneer of frame processors for enterprise and metro network systems, has successfully delivered to customers the Harrier harrier, breed of dog harrier, breed of medium-sized hound whose origin is obscure but whose existence in England dates from the 13th cent. It stands from 19 to 21 in. (48.3–53.3 cm) high at the shoulder and weighs from 40 to 50 lb (18.1–22. family of Ethernet aggregation devices which were 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. and validated using Apache's RedHawk, a full-chip physical power solution. After extensively evaluating leading traditional tools for power integrity, Ample Communications selected RedHawk for its ability to combine accuracy and rapid processing of large, memory-dominant SoCs, from early design to final verification in a customer owned tooling (COT) flow. "We were impressed by RedHawk's ability to accurately predict power that closely matched silicon performance," said Amal Reddy, leading silicon development for Ample Communications. "Because RedHawk guaranteed power integrity during design, we were able to avoid costly silicon re-spins." The Harrier device is a new class of silicon that incorporates intelligent oversubscription Oversubscription The excess number of shares or bonds that investors want to buy but are not available due to high demand. using sophisticated QoS algorithms, as well as on-chip memory. Early in the design cycle, Ample Communications engineers had to make critical decisions regarding full-chip power integrity. Traditional methods of over-designing the power grid due to a lack of accurate feedback carry significant costs in die size and routability. By using RedHawk, Ample Communications engineers achieved an optimal power-ground design in far fewer iterations than would have otherwise been required, without causing routing congestion The condition of a network when there is not enough bandwidth to support the current traffic load. congestion - When the offered load of a data communication path exceeds the capacity. issues. The Harrier design team was also able to create a highly robust power grid to supply enough current to entire banks of memories with simultaneous switching outputs (SSO See single sign-on and CSO. SSO - single sign-on ). In addition, RedHawk's integrated single engine and easy-to-use interface enabled the design team to get hands-on with the tool and quickly obtain results. "We are pleased that RedHawk predicted the power specifications and delivered silicon-accurate results for Ample's Harrier devices where power and area are at a premium," said Keith Mueller, Apache vice president of sales and marketing. "RedHawk continues to demonstrate tape-out success on complex SoCs by enabling power integrity early in the flow and ensuring working silicon on the first pass." About RedHawk Apache's flagship RedHawk fills the critical missing link for physical power flows in 130nm, 90nm and 65nm SoC designs. RedHawk provides the only full-chip static and Vectorless DynamicTM physical power solution that is capable of addressing dynamic power issues such as simultaneous switching outputs (SSO) for core, memory, clock and 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 , as well as the effects of on-chip inductance inductance, quantity that measures the electromagnetic induction of an electric circuit component; it is a property of the component itself rather than of the circuit as a whole. , package models 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 capacitance, in electricity, capability of a body, system, circuit, or device for storing electric charge. Capacitance is expressed as the ratio of stored charge in coulombs to the impressed potential difference in volts. . RedHawk enables designers to examine the power and timing impacts on a SoC caused by physical implementation decisions made from the early design stage through final verification. RedHawk delivers dramatic speedup with transistor-level accuracy. RedHawk also addresses verification issues associated with low-power techniques such as leakage LEAKAGE. The waste which has taken place in liquids, by their escaping out of the casks or vessels in which they were kept. By the act of March 2, 1799, s. 59, 1 Story's L. U. S, 625, it is provided that there be an allowance of two per cent for leakage, on the quantity which shall appear current, power gating, multiple voltages and multiple thresholds. About Ample Communications Ample Communications develops highly integrated merchant silicon solutions that maximize the efficiency of existing data networking infrastructures by aggregating large numbers of high-speed network connections. Founded in 2000, Ample Communications is privately held and has secured $38 million in two rounds of funding. For more information, visit www.amplecomm.com. 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 (SoC) 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 to silicon. For more information, visit www.apache-da.com. Apache Design Solutions, RedHawk-SDL and Vectorless Dynamic are trademarks of Apache Design Solutions Inc. All other trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners. |
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