SiSoft and Denali Team to Deliver Signal Integrity Solutions for High-Speed Memory Systems.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MAYNARD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 24, 2003 Signal Integrity Software, Inc. (SiSoft), a Massachusetts-based consulting services and 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 company, announces a joint partnership agreement with 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. The two companies are teaming to provide their customers with a comprehensive design and verification solution to address critical memory system and high-speed interface issues. As part of this agreement, Denali will offer its customers SiSoft's new Quick Turn Signal Integrity (QTSI QTSI Quantum Technology Services Incorporated ) analysis services packages to complement its existing semiconductor intellectual property (IP) and memory system verification products. Initial QTSI services packages will target the DDR/SDR SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) A type of dynamic RAM (DRAM) memory chip that has been widely used since the late 1990s. SDRAM chips eliminated wait states by dividing the chip into two cell blocks and interleaving data between them. , FCRAM FCRAM Fast Cycle Random Access Memory FCRAM Fast Cycle Ram , and DDR/QDR-SRAM high-speed memory interfaces. Additional interface analysis packages may be added over time, including support for DDR SDRAM See DDR. (II), FCRAM II, RLDRAM (storage) RLDRAM - (Reduced Latency DRAM) A kind of dynamic random access memory. RLDRAM comes in "common IO" and "separate IO" configurations. It supports broadside addressing. It is typically used in networking gear and set-top boxes that require high bandwidth memory. (II), and PCI Express A high-speed peripheral interconnect from Intel introduced in 2002. Note that although sometimes abbreviated "PCX," PCI Express is not the same as "PCI-X" (see PCI-SIG and PCI-X for comparison). As a result of the confusion, "PCI-E" or "PCIe" is the accepted abbreviation. interfaces. "Many companies are experiencing significant difficulty incorporating today's high-speed 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. and interface technologies into their products," said Barry Katz, SiSoft's President and CTO (Chief Technical Officer) The executive responsible for the technical direction of an organization. See CIO and salary survey. . "Traditional methodologies and tools do not adequately address critical high-speed interface design and verification issues. SiSoft's QTSI product and consulting service expertise in system-level signal integrity and timing analysis combined with Denali's memory controller IP now form an integrated solution for customers who are developing high-performance memory systems. Our combined products and services allow customers to fully verify their high-speed interface designs from concept through system-level implementation." "The interface to external memory can be a critical bottleneck in any system-on-chip design," says Denali CTO Mark Gogolewski. "Designs today are increasingly data-hungry, and optimizing the performance of the memory system is one of the keys to a successful chip. An optimal controller is necessary but not sufficient. Extremely high-speed 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 devices, varying I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output standards and shortened time-to-market windows now make high-quality signal integrity analysis a requirement for many designs. By working with SiSoft, we are now able to provide customers with a solid path from architectural feasibility and performance analysis with our Databahn IP, all the way to best-in-class signal integrity analysis solutions with SiSoft's QTSI product and consulting services." "SiSoft's products and services complement Denali's offering by providing system-level signal integrity and timing analysis for high-speed ASIC/FPGA interfaces that utilize Denali's interface IP," said Warren Hayden, SiSoft's Director of Marketing and Sales. "Our SiAuditor(TM) product integrates signal integrity and timing analysis into a single flow, which provides unprecedented accuracy in predicting system-level noise and timing margins. We are leveraging SiAuditor's design analysis reuse capabilities to provide very affordable QTSI analysis services packages for Denali's high-speed memory interfaces. Our QTSI services packages include pre-layout and/or post-layout signal integrity and timing analysis." "Denali and SiSoft already provide products and services to some of the same companies," said Katz. "Denali's strong market presence and established sales force provides considerable value to SiSoft. In turn, Denali will be able to offer its customers access to leading-edge signal integrity products and expertise at very affordable prices. This partnership is a winning combination for both companies and for our mutual customers as it offers an unprecedented end-to-end design A major feature of the Internet. The intelligence and functions in an Internet-based application reside at both ends of the network (client side and server side), not within the Internet backbone. The Internet acts as a transport between the two. and verification solution for high-speed interfaces and memory systems." SiSoft's QTSI service packages, along with their IXDP2800 analysis kits and new SiAuditor product release, will be highlighted at the Network Processors Conference in Danvers, MA on June 25. About Denali Software, Inc. Denali Software, Inc. is the world's leading provider of EDA tools and Semiconductor Intellectual Property (SIP) solutions for chip interface design, integration, and verification. PureSpec is the industry leading solution for verifying compliance and interoperability for PCI Express designs. Denali's Databahn memory controller cores are licensed for use in over 80 chips, and provide designers with the highest quality solution for interfacing with all new and emerging high-performance memory technologies. Denali's MMAV product is the de facto [Latin, In fact.] In fact, in deed, actually. This phrase is used to characterize an officer, a government, a past action, or a state of affairs that must be accepted for all practical purposes, but is illegal or illegitimate. industry standard for modeling and simulating memory during all phases of design and verification. Memory selection, memory controller configuration, and memory system performance analysis are supported through Denali's online infrastructure at eMemory.com. More than 400 companies worldwide use Denali's tools, technology, and services to design and verify complex chip interfaces for communication, consumer, and computer products. For more information, please visit Denali at www.denali.com or contact Denali directly at: 650-461-7200, or email: info@denali.com About Signal Integrity Software, Inc. Signal Integrity Software, Inc. (SiSoft) is a leading provider of signal integrity products and expert consulting services for high-speed system-level interconnect design and analysis. SiSoft's industry leading signal integrity and timing analysis product, SiAuditor, provides rigorous core-to-core signal integrity and timing analysis that allows the effects of I/O buffers, packages, and boards to be accurately modeled. SiAuditor includes the industry's most rigorous waveform The shape of a signal. See wavelength, sine wave and square wave. and eye diagram processing available with a common environment for pre-/post-layout analysis. SiAuditor provides unprecedented accuracy in predicting system-level noise and timing margins. SiSoft's consultants specialize in signal integrity design and analysis of IC interfaces and electronic interconnects, including model development, I/O buffer characterization, package design and analysis, and single/multi-board system-level interconnect analysis. For more information, please visit SiSoft at www.sisoft.com or contact SiSoft directly at: 978-461-0449, or email: info@sisoft.com |
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