Dataram's Memory Upgrade for HP c8000 Improves Synopsys EDA Run Time by 14X; 32GB Memory Configuration Cuts Run Time From Over Four Days To Approximately Seven Hours; a Ninety Percent Reduction.PRINCETON, N.J. -- Dataram Corporation (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 : DRAM), a leading provider of server and workstation memory, developed a 32GB memory solution for HP's c8000 workstation running a Synopsys EDA (1) (Electronic Design Automation) Using the computer to design, lay out, verify and simulate the performance of electronic circuits on a chip or printed circuit board. verification application, which reduced its verification run-time from approximately 101 hours and 12 minutes to 7 hours and 20 minutes. This ninety percent improvement in productivity enabled a manufacturer of custom ASICs for space electronic systems to speed its product time to market and reduce design costs. The 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. chip design required verification of over 2 million gates and 80,000 flip-flops, with 12 different clock domains with speeds up to 250MHz. Original projections indicated that 8GB of memory would be sufficient to run the EDA (electronic design automation) process. The customer's EDA team selected an HP c8000 dual processor system, one of the most powerful workstations available in the market today, containing 8GB of main memory. However, the process required over four days run time, which proved the original memory configuration insufficient. Dataram's memory solution containing four of its 8GB memory upgrades (DRHC DRHC Développement des Resources Humaines du Canada (Human Resources Development Canada) 8000/8GB), for a new aggregate system capacity of 32GB, reduced run time by approximately 94 hours. "Memory plays a significant role in the speed, power and performance of advanced workstations running complex EDA applications," stated Paul Henke, Dataram's Director of Product Marketing. "Larger memory capacity delivers greater performance gains and ROI (Return On Investment) The monetary benefits derived from having spent money on developing or revising a system. In the IT world, there are more ways to compute ROI than Carter has liver pills (and for those of you who never heard of that expression, it means a lot). than can be obtained from additional or faster processors." Dataram offers a complete line of memory upgrades for HP servers and workstations, and also other popular EDA workstations from SUN, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) and SGI. Dataram memory saves customers up to 50% when compared to the cost of manufacturers' memory. Dataram guarantees its memory to be 100% compatible and is backed by a lifetime warranty and world-class technical support. About Dataram Dataram is a worldwide leader in the design and manufacture of reliable, high capacity and innovative memory solutions. With over 37 years experience, Dataram provides customized memory solutions for OEMs and compatible memory for leading brands including HP, IBM, SGI, Sun Microsystems, Dell, Intel and 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. Opteron. For more information about Dataram, visit www.dataram.com All names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. |
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