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News Release from: Cadence Design Systems
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 19 December 2002
Source code is step towards tool
interoperability
Cadence Design Systems has delivered source code for the OpenAccess reference database implementation to the OpenAccess Coalition.
Cadence Design Systems has delivered source code for the OpenAccess reference database implementation to the OpenAccess Coalition The delivery of this source code marks a major milestone for the OpenAccess Coalition
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 20 Nov 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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"The OpenAccess Coalition expects to make the database source code freely available to design engineers worldwide in our open-community source program via OpenEDA.org in early January 2003".
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The application programming interface (API) and the source code for the reference implementation exceeds the requirements of the original agreement and has been delivered ahead of schedule.
Beta testing enabled Cadence and the OpenAccess Coalition to improve and extend the reference database by uncovering bugs and limitations.
The resulting source code is a versatile, high-performance, high-capacity data highway and persistent archive that has been engineered for fast development of current and future large chips.
The OpenAccess interoperability platform offers lower risk, greater control, and easier maintenance for design engineers.
"Cadence has delivered a high-quality, well-documented, full-feature API and reference implementation", said Scott Peterson, Director of Platform Tools and Methodology, LSI Logic and Chairman of the OpenAccess Coalition.
"We are very pleased with the progress, and look forward to the delivery of multivendor plug-and-play design tools that will minimise cost-of-ownership and increase design efficiency".
With the development of this initial version of the OpenAccess source code complete, EDA and electronics companies will be able to download and connect to an industry-standard platform, easing the interoperability investments for vendors and end customers.
Electronics companies will be able to leverage the design infrastructure to accelerate complex chip designs and address the challenges of nanometer silicon design.
Cadence is adopting OpenAccess as its common API and unified database for its mainstream products for IC design.
It is preparing to deploy OpenAccess in a tightly coupled design system that will interoperate with applications developed by third-party companies and customers.
Cadence will extend its current applications by bridging existing data structures to OpenAccess.
Cadence also intends to use OpenAccess as the core database technology for its new products.
Cadence Executive Vice President and General Manager for the IC Solutions Business, Lavi Lev said, "A collaborative development process led to this completed source code and enabled Cadence to achieve a major landmark.
OpenAccess is the first design technology built from the ground up for community use as a common API in a multivendor environment.
OpenAccess proves that collaboration between the electronic design industry and its customers can lead to new technology that will propel industry growth".
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