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News Release from: Cadence Design Systems | Subject: Engineering Services
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 28 July 2005
Fabless startup enlists wireless design
expertise
Cadence has helped Sequans Communications meet a challenging time-to-market goal for a high-performance SoC.
The Engineering Services team from Cadence Design Systems has helped Sequans Communications, a startup fabless semiconductor company, meet a challenging time-to-market goal for a high-performance system on chip (SoC) The wireless broadband chip was successfully taped out within a year of the company's initial funding
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 12 Nov 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Sequans Communications used tools, design expertise and intellectual property from Cadence to mitigate design risks and ensure high quality of silicon (QoS), a new metric for synthesis results that includes performance, area and power measured with wires.
The chip was designed to comply with the IEEE802.16-2004 standard and WiMAX system profiles for broadband wireless access.
Sequans Communications benefited from the comprehensive digital IC design flow based on the Cadence Encounter digital IC design platform.
As part of the engagement, Cadence also supplied analogue IP designed using the Virtuoso custom design platform.
With the ongoing collaboration between the companies, Sequans Communications can maximise its wireless design, software development and system capabilities, enabling it to compete aggressively in the fast-moving broadband wireless access market.
"Cadence was instrumental in this tapeout", said Georges Karam, CEO, Sequans.
"The wireless design expertise of Cadence Engineering Services, coupled with world-class technology and methodologies, gave us the edge we needed to minimise our design time and deliver a successful tapeout".
"We are very pleased to have helped Sequans meet its aggressive system development and time-to-market targets", said Suresh Radia, Vice President of Services, Europe, Cadence Design Systems.
"This engagement underscores the value Cadence Engineering Services and technology can deliver to ambitious startups like Sequans".
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