Rambus and Denali Sign License Agreement; Denali Integrates Rambus' Memory Controller IP into Databahn.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 16, 2001 Denali To Provide First Commercial Tool for Generating Custom RDRAM (Rambus DRAM) Pronounced "r-d-ram." A dynamic RAM chip technology from Rambus, Inc., Los Altos, CA (www.rambus.com). Rambus licensed its memory designs to semiconductor companies, which manufactured the chips. Memory Subsystems Denali Software Denali Software, Inc. is an American software company, based in Palo Alto, California. The company produces electronic design automation (EDA) software and intellectual property (IP) design cores for memory and other standard interfaces. Inc. today announced an agreement with Rambus Inc. (Nasdaq:RMBS RMBS Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities RMBS Rambus, Inc. (NASDAQ stock symbol) RMBS Russian Mortgage-Backed Securities ). Under the terms of the agreement, Denali will integrate Rambus' RDRAM memory controller intellectual property (IP) into Databahn, an online tool for generating high-performance memory subsystems. Denali will also maintain, extend, and deliver the controller IP to RDRAM customers. "With this agreement, we're giving system designers a time to market advantage for integrating RDRAM memory subsystems," said Steve Chen, vice president of Rambus. "With their commitment to memory subsystem design and verification, Denali is a perfect partner for Rambus." The availability of a configurable RDRAM memory controller will simplify the design-in process for system designers. For the first time, designers can use an online interface to specify their memory subsystem requirements and instantly generate the optimal memory controller IP for their system. While online, designers use Databahn to configure many features of their RDRAM memory subsystem, including command queue A command queue is a queue for delaying the execution of commands, usually either in order of priority or on a first-in first-out basis. They are often useful in synchronous applications, where a command executor may receive a new command while it is still performing a previous depth, address mapping, memory bank management, and automatic initialization in·i·tial·ize tr.v. in·i·tial·ized, in·i·tial·iz·ing, in·i·tial·iz·es Computer Science 1. To set (a starting value of a variable). 2. To prepare (a computer or a printer) for use; boot. 3. . Databahn links to Denali's memory component database at www.eMemory.com to ensure compatibility with actual RDRAM memory devices. "The industry desperately needs a way to design-in new high-performance memory technology," said Sanjay Srivastava, 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 Denali. "With this agreement, we deliver exactly that -- an infrastructure that speeds the adoption of Rambus RDRAM." "This is a great step forward for the industry," said Tom Quinn Tom Quinn is the fictional Senior Case Officer, Section D, at MI5's Counter-Terrorism Department, as seen in BBC spy drama Spooks. He was portrayed by actor Matthew Macfadyen until his departure in the third season. , vice president of marketing at Samsung Semiconductor in San Jose, Calif. "The relationship between Denali and Rambus will simplify life for the design engineer, greatly speeding the penetration of RDRAM into the marketplace. Everyone will benefit." With Denali delivering a configurable, intelligent RDRAM controller, system designers gain a significant time-to-market advantage in implementing RDRAM memory subsystems. Databahn optimizes the data access to and from RDRAM memory, so designers can quickly achieve the performance benefits offered by the RDRAM memory technology. Databahn ultimately speeds the process for creating and implementing high-performance RDRAM memory subsystems. "As a long-time customer of both Rambus and Denali, I think this is a fantastic partnership for both companies," said Scott Taylor, a senior engineer for Compaq's Alpha processor verification group. "Rambus gains a widely accepted interface to its memory technology through Denali's modeling and design tools. Denali gains the advantage of a close working relationship with an industry leader in next-generation memory design. The customer can't lose with this arrangement!" About Databahn Databahn is a tool for generating high-performance memory subsystem IP. Databahn speeds SoC design by providing designers with a Web-based interface for specifying system requirements and selecting memory subsystem options. Using this information, Databahn automatically configures synthesizable 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; for the memory controller, along with synthesis scripts, a performance analysis and sample test benches. Databahn is targeted at high-performance memory controller design and currently supports RDRAM, DDR-SDRAM DDR-SDRAM - Double Data Rate Random Access Memory and FCRAM FCRAM Fast Cycle Random Access Memory FCRAM Fast Cycle Ram memory technologies. About Denali Denali Software Inc. is the world's leading provider of comprehensive solutions for memory subsystem modeling, design and verification. Denali delivers its extensive database of memory models, powerful design verification software and memory system IP through its dedicated platform, eMemory.com. Over 3000 designers worldwide use Denali's tools, technology and services to efficiently integrate new memory technologies into complex system designs for communication, consumer and computer products. Denali is located at 644 Emerson Street, Palo Alto, CA. For more information, contact Denali at http://www.denalisoft.com or call 650/325-7241. |
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