SAN JOSE, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/04/09 -- Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS),
the leader in global design innovation, announced today that Exar
Corporation (NASDAQ: EXAR) has signed an expanded business agreement to
establish Cadence® as its leading chip planning and mixed-signal design
solutions provider. As a result of the new multi-year agreement, the Cadence
Virtuoso® and Encounter® platforms, as well as the Cadence Chip
Planning Solution, will make up Exar's key mixed-signal design
environment for designs at 65 nanometers and below.
"We have a longstanding relationship with Cadence as they have consistently
provided the technology required for our project needs," said George
Apostol, senior vice president and CTO, Exar Corporation. "We also believe
that they have the technology leadership and outstanding technical support
that is vital to helping us deliver highly differentiated silicon solutions
to our customers. Cadence tools, especially for mixed-signal designs, are
ideal for our forthcoming data communications, storage, interface and
power-management products."
With the new agreement, Exar has chosen the Cadence Virtuoso platform for
its analog and custom design and implementation technology. Additionally,
the company will use Cadence Multi-mode Simulation technology for RF,
FastSpice, and mixed-signal simulations. Exar will use the Cadence
Encounter Digital Implementation System for digital design prototyping and
floorplanning. And lastly, Exar has adopted the Cadence Chip Planning
Solution as the standard for its IC conceptualization, analysis, and
planning activities across the organization.
"Companies like Exar succeed through their ability to create highly
differentiated designs, and are justifiably selective when it comes to the
partners with whom they entrust their design flows," said Steve Carlson,
vice president of marketing at Cadence. "Cadence welcomes the opportunity
for a long-term relationship with Exar, and we look forward to helping them
further distinguish their products through technical innovation and rapid
market introduction."
About Cadence
Cadence enables global electronic design innovation and plays an essential
role in the creation of today's integrated circuits and electronics.
Customers use Cadence software and hardware, methodologies, and services to
design and verify advanced semiconductors, consumer electronics, networking
and telecommunications equipment, and computer systems. The company is
headquartered in San Jose, Calif., with sales offices, design centers, and
research facilities around the world to serve the global electronics
industry. More information about the company, its products, and services is
available at www.cadence.com.
About Exar
Exar Corporation delivers highly differentiated silicon, software and
subsystem solutions for industrial, datacom and storage applications. For
nearly 40 years, Exar's comprehensive knowledge of end-user markets along
with the underlying analog, mixed signal and digital technology has enabled
innovative solutions that meet the needs of the evolving connected world.
Exar's product portfolio includes power management and interface
components, communications products, storage optimization solutions,
network security and applied service processors. Exar has locations
worldwide providing real-time customer support to drive rapid product
development. For more information about Exar, visit: http://www.exar.com.
Cadence, the Cadence logo, Virtuoso and Encounter are registered
trademarks of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. in the United States and other
countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective
owners.
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