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News Release from: Cadence Design Systems
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 02 May 2002
Cadence finds its place in the Sun
Cadence SP and R (synthesis/place-and-route) design technology has been selected by Sun Microsystems for use in the development of some of its largest, most complex ASICs.
Cadence SP and R (synthesis/place-and-route) design technology has been selected by Sun Microsystems for use in the development of some of its largest, most complex ASICs John Brennan, vice president, hardware engineering for the enterprise system products group, at Sun Microsystems said, "We evaluated Cadence SP and R on several complex ASIC designs and found that its integration of synthesis, placement, and global routing gave better results than our previous design flow
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 20 Nov 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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"We are pleased that Sun Microsystems has chosen Cadence SP and R technology to meet their design needs", said Eric Filseth, vice president of SP and R marketing at Cadence.
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