IBM, Intel Announce Mobile Workstation Pilot for Design Engineers.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers Design Automation Conference 2004 Booth #1031 SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 7, 2004 Mobile Workstation Platform Enhances Productivity Using Cadence Design Systems Software and the Linux Operating System operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. 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 Intel Corporation (company) Intel Corporation - A US microelectronics manufacturer. They produced the Intel 4004, Intel 8080, Intel 8086, Intel 80186, Intel 80286, Intel 80386, Intel 486 and Pentium microprocessor families as well as many other integrated circuits and personal computer networking today announced their collaboration on a new Linux-based mobile workstation pilot designed to increase the productivity of engineers working in one of today's most demanding computing fields -- Electronic Design Automation (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. ). The new platform combines the strengths of Intel(R) Centrino(TM) mobile technology, IBM ThinkPad notebooks and Cadence Design Systems (company) Cadence Design Systems - A company that sells electronic design automation software and services. http://cadence.com/. See also Verilog. software. With IBM ThinkPad mobile workstations, engineers will be able to design and collaborate virtually anywhere while away from their offices. Intel developers are already using the solution in pilot form for engineering and product development functions, with plans for broader deployment starting in the second half of the year. Cadence, IBM and Intel representatives are demonstrating the solution this week at booth #1031 at the Design Automation Conference, an international meeting of electronics design professionals. "With this new platform, mobility is taking a significant step forward," said Guru Bhatia, general manager of engineering computing at Intel Corporation. "Engineers will get the flexibility and productivity of Intel Centrino mobile technology with the outstanding performance that Electronic Design Automation software requires. This will help accelerate product development cycles so that semiconductor manufacturers can get products to market faster and ultimately be more competitive." "This solution will change the way engineers work," says Kevin Reardon, general manager, IBM global electronics industry. "Engineers will have a ThinkPad mobile workstation with the ability to do advanced design work wirelessly and securely, expanding their options of where and when they work. Beyond the freedom they gain to do mobile circuit-design work, they will also have the ability to perform routine office tasks -- they will no longer be required to switch workstations between the office and the lab. Configuring workstations with the tools needed by engineers is one of the ways IBM is enabling an on demand world." Electronic Design Automation has historically been conducted on desktop workstations, offering the processor speeds and memory requirements necessary for industrial-strength applications. However, new technologies and solutions introduced during the last six months have made an IBM ThinkPad-based mobile workstation a viable solution for EDA: -- The recently introduced Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processors 735, 745, and 755 -- key components of Intel Centrino mobile technology -- offer higher speeds and 2MB of Level 2 cache See L2 cache. level 2 cache - secondary cache , boosting mobile computing Using a computing device while in transit. Mobile computing implies wireless transmission, but wireless transmission does not necessarily imply mobile computing. Fixed wireless applications use satellites, radio systems and lasers to transmit between permanent objects such as buildings performance by up to 17 percent (as compared with the previous generation processor).** -- IBM launched the ThinkPad T42p mobile workstation with these processors in May, offering superior graphics performance and a large 15-inch Flexview screen, viewable from 170 degrees, making the industry-standard thin-and-light notebook more appropriate for collaborative design applications. New IBM ThinkVantage Technologies, such as an "air bag" for protecting data on hard drives if the notebook is dropped, also support mission-critical applications in the field. "Cadence has been fully engaged on the pilot projects with IBM and Intel and is working hard to deliver the highest performance solutions for our customers," said Lavi Lev lev-, pref See levo-. , executive vice president and GM, Implementation Division, Cadence Design Systems, Inc. "The combination of Intel mobile technology inside IBM notebooks, and running our Virtuoso custom design platform, provides our customers with the flexibility and productivity to further reduce design cycle time and time to market for complex ICs." The IBM ThinkPad platform will enable customers to select and acquire their choice of operating environment In computing, an operating environment is the environment in which users run programs, whether in a command line interface, such as in MS-DOS or the Unix shell, or in a graphical user interface, such as in the Macintosh operating system. . The Linux operating system is being used in the current pilot project, and has become increasingly popular for engineering in key industries such as automotive, energy, electronics, pharmaceutical and life sciences -- sectors that have traditionally relied on UNIX-based platforms for collaborative product design and development. The combination of the latest IBM ThinkPad mobile workstations, Intel Pentium M A family of CPUs from Intel that are part of its Centrino brand for mobile computing. Introduced in 2003 at speeds up to 1.6 GHz, it was formerly code named "Banias." Introduced in 2004, the second-generation Pentium M (code named "Dothan") uses the same chip package but is built with 90 processors and Cadence software delivers a significant performance improvement and faster design throughput. Initial testing with Cadence's Virtuoso* Spectre Circuit Simulator indicates that the Intel Pentium M processor 745 (1.8 GHz, codenamed Dothan) delivers a performance gain of 56 percent when compared with the Pentium M processor at 1.7 GHz (codenamed Banias See Pentium M. ).*** This improved performance, combined with the benefits of mobility, can enable significant productivity improvements in the field of EDA. In addition to Intel, engineers at National Semiconductor and IBM Microelectronics are using the IBM ThinkPad mobile workstation in pilot form. "We are now experiencing a paradigm shift A dramatic change in methodology or practice. It often refers to a major change in thinking and planning, which ultimately changes the way projects are implemented. For example, accessing applications and data from the Web instead of from local servers is a paradigm shift. See paradigm. in the way we design our chips, and this shift is being accelerated by the advent of mobile computing," said Steven Klass, CAD technical manager, National Semiconductor, and chair of the International Cadence Usergroup SysSIG. "Mobile computing enables an environment that un-tethers our design engineers, which in turn improves productivity, and reduces time-to-market. In short, it allows us to design from any where at any time." "The MicroElectronics Division is committed to the mobile engineering platform as a long-term use model," said Dale Hoffman, director of business development and CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. , IBM Electronic Design Technology Solutions. "The platform's flexibility has already generated significant productivity gains and we're actively looking to expand this usage model." Mobile workstations also have the potential to transform computing for the energy, oil and gas industry, enabling high-performance mobility for geoscientists and engineers. Similar IBM ThinkPad mobile workstation solutions for the energy industry will be demonstrated at the European Association of Geophysicists and Engineers (EAGE EAGE European Association of Geoscientists & Engineers EAGE European Association for Gastroenterology and Endoscopy EAGE Electronic Aerospace Ground Equipment ) Conference in Paris this week. The mobile workstation solution is available in custom deployments from IBM Global Services IBM Global Services is the world's largest business and technology services provider. It is the fastest growing part of IBM, with over 190,000 professionals serving customers in more than 160 countries. , which offers consulting, deployment and implementation services for Linux-based solutions. About IBM IBM ThinkPad continues to deliver enhancements, innovations and solutions that shape and define the mobile computing industry. Since the launch of the ThinkPad 700C in 1992, these acclaimed notebook computers have been recognized as design and engineering models, winning more than 1,000 industry awards worldwide. For more information, see www.ibm.com/thinkpad. About Intel Intel, the world's largest chip maker, is also a leading manufacturer of computer, networking and communications products. Additional information about Intel is available at www.intel.com. Notes: *Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks or trademarks of Intel Corporation. IBM and ThinkPad are registered trademarks or trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. **As compared with the 1.70 GHz "Banias" Pentium M processor on MobileMark 2002. Source: Intel(R) Corporation Configuration: Intel(R) Pentium(R) M Processor 755, Intel(R) Pentium(R) M Processor 735, Intel(R) Pentium(R) M Processor 1.70 GHz, with Intel(R) 855PM chipset on IBM* T41p, BIOS 3.03 C3, 1GB (2 X 512 MB) Micron MT16VDDF6464HG-335C2 PC2700 DDR (Double Data Rate) Refers to an SDRAM memory chip that increases performance by doubling the effective data rate of the frontside bus. For more details, see SDRAM. DDR - Double Data Rate Random Access Memory 333 CL2.5 memory, 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. Mobility Fire GL T2 AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) A high-speed 32-bit port from Intel for attaching a display adapter to a PC. It provides a direct connection between the card and memory, and only one AGP slot is on the motherboard. 4x, 128MB Memory, Graphics driver ATI 6.14.10.6392, Hard drive Hitachi HTS HTS Heights HTS Harmonized Tariff System HTS High Throughput Screening (biomolecular assay screening) HTS High-Throughput Screening (Pharmaceutical Industry) HTS Harmonized Tariff Schedule 726060M9AT00 7200RPM 60GB, Disk Drive controller Microsoft* default UDMA-5, Microsoft* DirectX* 9.0b, Network Card Intel Pro/1000 driver Intel(R) 6.4.16.36, Wireless network card driver Intel 1.2.1.1, Battery capacity 72WH, Screen size 14.1", Screen resolution TFT (Thin Film Transistor) The term typically refers to active matrix screens on laptop computers. Active matrix LCD provides a sharper screen display and broader viewing angle than does passive matrix. See LCD and thin film. TFT - Thin Film transistor 1400x1050, Screen brightness 30 nits, Weight 3.9 Lbs, Microsoft* Windows* XP Professional Build 2600 SP1 on NTFS (NT File System) An optional file system for Windows NT, 2000 and XP operating systems. NTFS is the more advanced file system, compared to FAT32. It improves performance and is required in order to implement numerous security and administrative features in the OS. file system, Portable/Laptop Power Management Mode. ***Source: Cadence Design Systems, Inc. System Configuration used to run benchmark tests with Virtuoso* Spectre* Circuit Simulator version 5.1.41: Intel(R) Pentium(R) M Processor 745 with Intel(R) 855 chipset on IBM* ThinkPad T42p notebook with 2GB RAM, Intel(R) Pentium(R) M Processor 1.70 GHz, with Intel(R) 855PM chipset on IBM* ThinkPad T40p notebook with 2GB RAM running Linux 2.4 kernel. Wireless connectivity and some features may require you to purchase additional software, services or external hardware. Availability of public wireless LAN access points limited and some hotspots may not support Linux-based Intel Centrino mobile technology systems. System performance, battery life, wireless performance and functionality will vary depending on your specific operating system, hardware and software configurations. See http://www.intel.com/products/centrino/more_info for more information. |
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