Aristo Signs Second Graphics Design Company; Gigapixel Adopts IC Wizard for Block-based Design.CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 8, 1999-- Aristo Technology, Inc., a leader in block-based design planning and assembly, today announced that Gigapixel Corporation, Inc., Santa Clara, Calif., a leading provider of soft graphics IP cores, will adopt IC Wizard for automated timing-driven block-based design of its multi-million gate designs. Gigapixel's design team will use IC Wizard to accelerate the implementation of soft RTL (Register Transfer Level) A high-level hardware description language (HDL) for defining digital circuits. The circuits are described as a collection of registers, Boolean equations, control logic such as "if-then-else" statements as well as complex event sequences; blocks into test chips for validation purposes. This announcement closely follows Aristo's announcement last month of a technology partnership with ATI (ATI Technologies Inc., Markham Ontario, http://ati.amd.com) A leading manufacturer of graphics chips and display adapters. Founded in 1985 by K. Y. Ho, Benny Lau and Lee Lau, ATI chips and boards are widely used by OEMs. , the world's largest supplier of 3D graphics accelerators. According to George Haber, 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. of Gigapixel, "After we reviewed other approaches, it became clear that IC Wizard will save Gigapixel weeks of design time by automating our block-based design implementation, particularly our timing-driven block placement requirements. Using IC Wizard improves our engineering productivity and moves us toward single-pass timing convergence. Additionally, IC Wizard plugs into our existing Cadence and Synopsys design environment. Using IC Wizard we are able to: -0-
-- Eliminate expensive floorplan iterations
-- Achieve early chip-level parasitics estimation
-- Reduce the time from last logic change to tape-out to mere hours
rather than weeks, and Achieve scalability by enabling
concurrently designed blocks."
-0- "The complexity of graphics chips in terms of gate count and functionality causes great difficulties in managing and predicting design schedules," said Jacob Greidinger, CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. of Aristo. "We are finding that IC Wizard is increasingly being used to solve this design convergence problem." About IC Wizard IC Wizard's design planning and assembly tools accelerate design convergence and increase design productivity through a highly automated block-based, or "divide and conquer," approach. IC Wizard automatically generates multiple design plan alternatives that meet constraints for timing, area, routability, and power in days as compared to the months it typically takes using traditional methodologies. The tool can be used during the architectural, RTL, structural, and physical design stages, and plugs into existing design flows, so customers can use it for their immediate design needs and preserve their investment in existing tools. About Gigapixel Founded in 1997, GigaPixel Inc. designs, develops and markets high-performance 3D architectures and related technology. GigaPixel's 3D Cores are targeted at multiple markets including Game Consoles, Set Top Boxes, Workstations and PC based Intel (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : INTC INTC Intel (NASDAQ symbol) INTC Intercept INTC Interrupt Controller ), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT MSFT Microsoft (stock symbol) MSFT Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore (Italy) MSFT Multi-Stage Fitness Test MSFT Master of Science in Family Therapy MSFT Macalester Students for Fair Trade ) or Linux systems. Additional information about GigaPixel Technology and its products can be found on the Web at http://www.gigapixel.com. About Aristo Aristo Technology, Inc. develops and markets automated block-based design planning and assembly tools for complex ICs and systems-on-a-chip (SOC). The company's IC Wizard products are targeted to leading-edge consumer, computer, and communications products that perform complex or performance-sensitive operations, and which employ large numbers of physical blocks and utilize semiconductor processes of 0.25 micron and below. Aristo is a partner in the Cadence Design Systems' (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : CDN (Content Delivery Network) A system of distributed content on a large intranet or the public Internet in which copies of content are replicated and cached throughout the network. ) Connections and Synopsys' (NASDAQ: SNPS SNPS Space Nuclear Power System ) in-Sync programs. Aristo is privately held, funded by USVP USVP United States Venture Partners , ITV, LVP and Intel (NASDAQ: INTC). For more information about Aristo, please visit its Web site http://www.aristotech.com. Note to Editors: IC Wizard is a trademark of Aristo Technology, Inc. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Please see Aristo press release, November 15, 1999, "Aristo and ATI Partner on Block-Based Methodology for Graphics Chip Design" |
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