Software expands to custom design and verification

Parallel Systems offers preselected Cadence customers a broader portfolio of Cadence products fully supported by Cadence's customer support group.

Parallel Systems has expanded its Cadence Design Systems product sales portfolio to include products from the Virtuoso custom design platform, Incisive functional verification platform and design for manufacturing (DFM) technologies.

A Cadence distributor since 2002, the company's role has been expanded to allow Parallel Systems to offer preselected Cadence customers a broader portfolio of Cadence products fully supported by Cadence's customer support group.

In addition, Parallel Systems will be expanding its sales model to include Cadence eDA Cards, thereby providing Parallel's customers with greater purchasing flexibility.

Existing Parallel Systems customers will now be able to work with Parallel Systems for both their IC design needs, as well as their PCB tools.

"This is an exciting opportunity for us to support the greater design challenges our customers face", said David Blunt, MD of Parallel Systems.

"We now offer tools for designing and creating the silicon, putting the silicon into a package, and getting the finished chips onto a board".

The Virtuoso platform enables the world's fastest, most silicon-accurate analogue, custom digital, RF and mixed-signal design.

It is a comprehensive system that enables design teams to deliver silicon that meets all specifications, as well as their schedules.

It includes a specification-driven environment, multi-mode simulation, accelerated layout, advanced silicon analysis, and a full-chip integration environment.

The Virtuoso platform enables a "meet-in-the-middle" methodology that combines the speed of top-down design with the silicon accuracy of bottom-up design.

Integrated into the Virtuoso platform are key Cadence DFM technologies for parasitic extraction and physical verification.

The Incisive platform provides a complete range of leading technologies coupled with proven methodologies and verification IP.

It ensures that products will meet specifications, ship without defects, and arrive on time by removing productivity, predictability, and quality risks in the development process.

Only the Incisive platform provides a unique verification management layer supporting plan and metric driven co-ordination of all verification activities across teams of specialists and execution platforms.

Cadence eDA Cards make it fast and convenient for customers to access a full range of software offerings - available 24 hours a day - over the Internet.

Each eDA card provides instant access to the Cadence software library, allowing customers to order products, manage licences, view eDA card details, and download software - anytime, anywhere.

"We are excited about expanding the technology domains that Parallel Systems can serve", said Wendy Reeves Dunn, Vice President, Alternate Channels, Worldwide Field Organisation, Cadence.

"As a Cadence Solutions Provider, Parallel Systems has proven to be a valuable partner to customers designing complex printed circuit boards throughout the United Kingdom and Ireland".

"This change will allow Parallel Systems to address broader challenges of our electronics customers as they design chips, packages and boards".

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