Cadence Selects Denali Verification IP for PCI Express Designs

Cadence Selects Denali Verification IP for PCI Express Designs
Denali PureSpec and Cadence Incisive(TM) Functional Verification Platform
Combined to Provide Best-In-Class Verification Flow for PCI Express Chip Designs



PALO ALTO, Calif., March 31  /PRNewswire/ -- Denali Software, Inc., the leading
provider of electronic design automation (EDA) tools and intellectual property
(IP) for chip interface design and verification, today announced that Cadence
Design Systems  has selectedDenali's PCI Express verification IP for use in its
vertical solution for PCI Express.  The Denali Verification IP fits seamlessly
into the Cadence Incisive(TM) functional verification platform for the
verification of complex system-on-chip (SoC) designs requiring PCI Express
interfaces.

Cadence selected Denali's PureSpec(TM) verification IP to simulate and verify
PCI Express IP cores and devices in Cadence's vertical solution for PCI Express.
 By using Denali's PureSpec verification IP models, combined with the Cadence
Incisive functional verification platform, designers can expose potential bugs
early in the development cycle before the designs are implemented in silicon,
saving valuable development time and resulting in faster time-to-market with a
higher quality end product.

"Denali has become a leading provider of verification IP and technology for
complex chip interfaces, like memory and PCI Express," said Tim Henricks, vice
president of engineering services at Cadence.  "Delivering high-quality PCI
Express interfaces for our customers' next-generation chips is a critical task
for us.  The Cadence vertical solution for PCI Express supports an integrated
approach of platform technologies, IP and a comprehensive range of design
services to accelerate product development from design to design-in. The Cadence
Incisive functional verification platform, combined with Denali IP, provides
designers with a powerful and flexible design environment for verifying SoCs
with PCI Express interfaces so designers may compress overall verification time
and get to market faster."

"Interface verification, for both compliance and interoperability, is playing an
increasingly critical role in next-generation chip development flows," said
Kevin Silver, vice president of marketing at Denali.  "An effective solution
must include robust modeling and verification, as well as technology for
addressing interoperability-which includes widespread industry adoption.  We've
accomplished these goals with PureSpec,and it is now the most widely used
verification IP solution for PCI Express interfaces.  Cadence designers have
combined PureSpec with their vertical solution to form a very powerful
verification flow for PCI Express designs.  For Cadence customers, this
translates into a very high quality end product and faster time-to-market.  We
are pleased to be working with Cadence on this flow, and to further enable PCI
Express technology."

PCI Express technology is the new industry-standard I/O targeted to provide
local connectivity across desktop, mobile, enterprise, and communications
platforms.  PCI Express resides at the center of enterprise interconnect
innovations anticipated across storage, networking, clustering, and
workstations.  Next-generation servers utilizing PCI Express technology will
offer powerful and cost-effective computing platforms, scalable hardware
building blocks, market-tested best-of-breed solutions, and enterprise-class
reliability, availability, serviceability, and manageability.

About PureSpec

PureSpec is a verification IP product used by chip designers to simulate and
verify PCI Express design interfaces.  PureSpec models all devices in the PCI
Express topology, including the root complex, switch, endpoint, and PCI Express
to PCI bridge.  Within PureSpec, all protocol layers (physical, data link,
transaction) of the PCI Express specification are completely modeled and can be
simulated concurrently or independently.  The product contains thousands of
assertions that aremonitored during simulation to ensure compliance with the
PCI Express specification and interoperability with other PCI Express devices. 
The PureSpec product is built on the proven product architecture of Denali's
MMAV product, which has been used to verify complex memory interfaces for
thousands of successful designs, and provides seamless integrations to all
popular EDA tools and verification languages.  Proven product platform,
dedicated customer support and unmatched EDA modeling and verification expertise
make PureSpec the best-in-class verification IP solution for PCI Express
designs.  The PureSpec product is available now for customer evaluation at: 
http://www.denali.com/purespec

About Denali

Denali Software Inc. is the world's leading provider of EDA tools and
Semiconductor Intellectual Property (SIP) solutions for chip interface design,
integration, and verification.  PureSpec is the industry leading solution for
verifying compliance and interoperability for PCI Express designs.  Denali's
Databahn memory controller cores are licensed for use in over 80 chips and
provide designers with the highest quality solution for interfacing with all new
and emerging high-performance memory technologies.  Denali's MMAV product is the
de facto industry standard for modeling and simulating memory during all phases
of design and verification.  Memory selection, memory controller configuration,
and memory system performance analysis are supported through Denali's online
infrastructure at eMemory.com.  More than 400 companies worldwide use Denali's
tools, technology, and services to design and verify complex chip interfaces for
communication, consumer, and computer products. For more information, please
visit Denali at http://www.denali.com/ or contact Denali directly at: 
650-461-7200, or e-mail: .

NOTE:  Denali, The Denali logo, Databahn, eMemory, MMAV, and PureSpec are
trademarks of Denali Software, Inc.  PCI Express is a trademark of PCI-SIG. All
other trademarks are the property of theirrespective owners.

    For more information, contact:
    Nanette Collins
    Public Relations for Denali Software
    617-437-1822
    

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