Cadence Design Systems,
Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS), the leader in global electronic design innovation,
today announced that Shanghai Huahong Integrated Circuits Company Ltd. (SHHIC),
a leading Chinese fabless semiconductor company, has adopted a broad range of
Cadence® solutions and services for the design of advanced chips targeting
China's fast-growing electronics market. The adoption was based on the
strength of Cadence technology, including design for manufacturing (DFM), low-power
and analog/RF offerings, as well as the strength of Cadence technical support
services.
SHHIC now gains access to a broad range of Cadence products and solutions,
including Cadence Incisive® functional verification, Encounter® digital
IC design, Virtuoso® custom design, Allegro® silicon-package-board co-design
and DFM technologies to design, verify and implement advanced low-power and
mixed-signal chips and systems for targeted application markets in China. SHHIC
has also adopted the Open Verification Methodology (OVM) as a framework for
advanced chip verification. In addition, Cadence will provide education and
design services to SHHIC to speed technology adoption and improve design efficiency.
“The complexities of device design at 90 nanometers and beyond demand
new classes of tools and flows,” said Xinhua Ji, R&D senior director
at SHHIC. “The integrated end-to-end solutions, methodologies and services
provided by Cadence are critical to ensure design predictability and efficiency
for next-generation chip designs, such as multimedia SoCs, in the highly competitive
Chinese semiconductor market.”
“Cadence is pleased to help SHHIC solve its next generation of design
and manufacturing challenges,” said James Liu, Cadence general manager
of sales for China and Hong Kong. “It demonstrates again our commitment
to advancing China's design capabilities with leading technology solutions
and services in low-power, mixed-signal and advanced node designs.”
SHHIC was founded in 1998 and is a leading fabless design company in the mass
transportation, personal identity, e-passport, Mobile Payment, social security,
information security and multimedia markets in China.