Cadence and Analog Devices Form Technology Alliance.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 13, 2000 Industry Leaders Utilize Analog Devices Analog Devices (NYSE: ADI) is an American multinational producer of semiconductor devices. Analog specializes in ADC, DAC, MEMS, and DSP chips for consumer and industrial goods. Analog is presently designing circuits in the 65 nanometer to 3 µm process feature sizes range. 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 Technology to Enable Smart Products for Industrial And Consumer Markets Cadence Design Systems (company) Cadence Design Systems - A company that sells electronic design automation software and services. http://cadence.com/. See also Verilog. , Inc. (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. ) and Analog Devices, Inc. (NYSE:ADI) today announced that they have formed a strategic alliance to assist companies with the development of a wide range of next-generation embedded systems Embedded systems Computer systems that cannot be programmed by the user because they are preprogrammed for a specific task and are buried within the equipment they serve. and products that utilize digital signal processing See DSP. Digital Signal Processing - (DSP) Computer manipulation of analog signals (commonly sound or image) which have been converted to digital form (sampled). (DSP) technology. Under the two companies' arrangement, Analog Devices will seek to bring to Cadence(R)'s design services new customer opportunities involving DSP technology, and Cadence will endeavor to utilize Analog Devices' family of embedded DSP motor control devices in providing design services to these customers. The alliance will initially target applications of DSP technology in the industrial and consumer sectors in support of Cadence's industrial electronics design services. Cadence, the world's leading supplier of electronic design software and design services, is working with a wide range of companies whose offerings would benefit from electronic content but who do not have the in-house expertise or capacity to design state-of-the-art electronic components or systems. Cadence selected Analog Devices' AMDC AMDC Advanced Micro Distribution Channels (Edison, New Jersey) AMDC Atomic Mass Data Center AMDC Adaptive Modulation and Diversity Combining AMDC Army Missile Defense Command AMDC Advanced Manufacturing Development Center family of embedded DSP control solutions because it delivers a common platform that simplifies software development and uses advanced real-time control Real-time control is a popular term for a certain class of digital controllers. For effective digital control, it is critical that sample time be constant. Real-time control achieves nearly constant sample time. See also
The two companies have agreed to jointly pursue and perform consulting and design services projects for customers to provide the performance, functionality and cost advantages enabled by the integration of electronics and DSP. Customers will include manufacturers of packaging machines, industrial equipment, semiconductor manufacturing equipment, and automation systems. "DSP technology has the capability to enable a large number of innovative new products, smart instrumentation for closed-loop process control and very accurate servo motion control loops for positioning, velocity and torque control applications," said Al Strelzoff, vice president and general manager for datacom/telecom, and industrial electronics design groups at Cadence Design Systems. "The capacity to develop highly integrated, ultra-compact electronic circuits and systems that can sense and act quickly, will provide advantages in configurability, size, weight, accuracy and reliability. Analog Devices's expertise with these types of systems and its experience in applications such as closed loop servo motion extends our overall ability to assist customers." "Today's announcement underscores the need and the growing market acceptance for advanced real-time DSP-based digital control solutions," said Phil Davies Phil Davies (born 19 October 1963 in Seven Sisters, Wales) is a former Welsh rugby union player. Phil Davies played his club rugby for Llanelli and enjoyed a distinguished 46 cap career for Wales between 1985 and 1995. , director, Analog Devices Embedded Control Systems Group. "We are extremely pleased to be teaming with Cadence to enhance the support for a new generation of embedded system Any electronic system that uses a CPU chip, but that is not a general-purpose workstation, desktop or laptop computer. Such systems generally use microprocessors, or they may use custom-designed chips or both. products based on our new DashDSP and ADMC ADMC Abu Dhabi Men's College ADMC Advance Determination of Medicare Coverage ADMC Army Desktop & Mobile Computing ADMC Anniston Defense Munitions Center (US Army, Alabama) ADMC Air Defense Missile Command product families. The integration of DashDSP and microelectronics will enable closed-loop control systems on a chip, making possible new levels of product functionality and opening up new markets and applications. Together, Cadence and Analog Devices can deliver an unbeatable solution for forward-looking companies around the world who need high-performance digital control systems," added Davies. About Analog Devices Analog Devices, Inc. is the largest company in the world devoted specifically to analog technology at the chip level, supporting a variety of industrial and commercial measurement and control applications. Analog Devices is a publicly held company headquartered in Woburn, Mass. More information about the company, its products and services can be found at its web site, http://www.analog.com. About Cadence Cadence is the largest supplier of electronic design automation products, methodology services, and design services used to accelerate and manage the design of semiconductors, computer systems, networking and telecommunications equipment, consumer electronics, and a variety of other electronics-based products. With approximately 5,000 employees and 1999 annual sales of $1.1 billion, Cadence has sales offices, design centers, and research facilities around the world. The Company is headquartered in San Jose, Calif. More information about the company, its products and services may be obtained from the World Wide Web at http://www.cadence.com. Note to Editors: Cadence and the Cadence logo are registered trademarks of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. All others are properties of their holders. |
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