Shanghai Research Center for Integrated Circuit Design and Cadence Introduce New CPU/DSP Core-Based Methodology for SoC Chips.SHANGHAI, China -- 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. )(Nasdaq:CDN) and the Shanghai Research Center For Integrated Circuit Design (ICC ICC See: International Chamber of Commerce ), China's first national integrated circuit (IC) design industrialization industrialization Process of converting to a socioeconomic order in which industry is dominant. The changes that took place in Britain during the Industrial Revolution of the late 18th and 19th century led the way for the early industrializing nations of western Europe and base founded by China's Ministry of Science and Technology, today announced the availability of the ICC-Cadence CPU/digital signal processing (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 ) system-on-chip (SoC) reference methodology. The reference methodology, which includes the Cadence(C) Encounter digital implementation platform, Incisive(TM) functional verification platform and CoWare software tools for electronic system-level design and verification, is the first to offer rapid and predictable implementation of SoC chip designs for the expanding IC industry in China. "We are pleased to cooperate with Cadence to cultivate the mainstream design industry in China through this SoC reference methodology project," said Ye Wang, vice director of ICC. "This methodology enables a proven design flow for our mutual customers to quickstart, follow-through and complete their SoC chip designs effectively. This methodology reduces the risk of design failures, ensuring predictable performance and reducing the overall development time to silicon. These elements are particularly important for China's local enterprises to grow their SoC chip business when they are young." Based on the Cadence Encounter(TM) digital IC design and Incisive functional verification platforms, the reference methodology was built upon CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. and DSP cores from leading processor IP providers. The implementation flow was validated with several leading foundries on their 0.18-micron processes. The tools supported in the reference methodology include NC-Sim, Conformal(R)-ASIC, Nano Encounter(TM), CeltIC(TM), Fire & Ice(R) QXC QXC Qualifying Cross Country (pilot training) , VoltageStorm(R), SignalStorm(R) and CoWare ConvergenSC Advanced System Designer through a Cadence and CoWare strategic partnership. "The ability to implement SoC design quickly and meet the market timeframe is critical for success in today's China IC markets," said Wayne Tang, president of Cadence China operations. "This reference methodology provides the right mix of technologies to address the needs of China's IC design engineers. The result of our successful collaboration with ICC is to provide a complete, one-stop CPU/-based SoC solution. It also symbolizes the Cadence commitment to the China IC industry." About Shanghai Research Center For Integrated Circuit Design Shanghai Research Center for IC design (ICC) was established in March 2000 by the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality. ICC focuses on promoting Shanghai and all China IC Design industry to realize durative du·ra·tive adj. Of, related to, or being the verbal aspect that expresses action continuing unbroken for a period of time. n. In both senses also called continuative. 1. The durative aspect. 2. rapid development. ICC set up the public service platform for all IC design enterprises, providing full services to improve design quality and lower the cost. As the executive organization of National IC Design Industrialization Center and National Productivity Promotion Center for IC Design, ICC takes on relevant tasks with the direction of the Ministry of Science and Technology of PRC. The services ICC provides including: Multi-Project-Wafer (MPW MPW Macintosh Programmer's Workshop (Mac OS Software Development Environment) MPW Multi Product Wafer MPW Maine Photographic Workshops (Rockport, Maine) MPW Multiple Plane Wave MPW Multi-Purpose Workstation ) service, Technology Platform service, Training and Evaluation Service, Information Service to name several. Up to now, ICC has provided services to over 200 IC design enterprises in China on more than 400 projects. In addition, ICC is a vice council director of China Semiconductor Industry Association IC Design Branch, a vice council director of Shanghai IC Industry Association, the director of Shanghai IC Industry Association IC Design Branch. The headquarters of ICC is located at Shanghai Hi-tech Kingworld, and they have a branch office in Zhangjiang Pudong. The director of ICC is Mr. Zhang Ao, who is the vice director of Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality. About Cadence Cadence is the world's largest supplier of electronic design technologies and engineering services. Cadence products and services are used to accelerate and manage the design of semiconductors, computer systems, networking equipment, telecommunications equipment, consumer electronics, and other electronics based products. With approximately 4,850 employees and 2003 revenues of approximately $1.1 billion, Cadence has sales offices, design centers, and research facilities around the world. The company is headquartered in San Jose, Calif., and trades on both the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. and Nasdaq under the symbol CDN. More information is available at www.cadence.com. About the Cadence/CoWare Partnership Cadence formed a strategic alliance with CoWare, Inc. http://www.coware.com, a the leading supplier of system-level 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. ) software tools and services based on open industry standards including SystemC, to accelerate time-to-market for system-on-chip (SoC) design teams through a standards-based system-to-silicon-design solution. This multifaceted relationship includes joint development, cross-licensing, a coordinated go-to-market and standards strategy, and provides a unified solution from electronic system-level (ESL (1) An earlier family of client/server development tools for Windows and OS/2 from Ardent Software (formerly VMARK). It was originally developed by Easel Corporation, which was acquired by VMARK. ) design through 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; implementation for advanced SoC designs and a new connection in the design chain. Cadence, the Cadence logo, Conformal, VoltageStorm, Fire and Ice QXC and SignalStorm are registered trademarks and Encounter, Incisive, Nano Encounter, NanoRoute and CeltIC are trademarks of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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