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Cadence and SMIC Collaborate on Delivery of Low-Power 28nm Digital Design Reference Flow

Full Suite of Cadence Digital Tools Improves Designer Productivity from RTL-to-Signoff

SAN JOSE, Calif., June 7, 2016 — (PRNewswire) —  Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDNS), today announced a collaboration with Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) on the delivery of a 28nm design reference flow that incorporates a full suite of Cadence® digital products for low-power design. This reference flow is a 28nm low-power register-transfer level (RTL) to signoff flow based on the IEEE 1801 low power design and verification standard. It enables system-on-chip (SoC) developers to deliver designs with optimal power consumption, performance and area (PPA), speeding time to market to satisfy ever-increasing computer, consumer electronics, network and wireless product market requirements.

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The Cadence tools that provide comprehensive support from RTL-to-signoff include:

"We've worked closely with Cadence to jointly develop the 28nm reference flow so that our customers can easily implement high-performance, low-power mobile processor chips," said Tianshen Tang, senior vice president of Design Services at SMIC. "The integration between the innovative tools from Cadence and our 28nm technology allows design teams to improve productivity and deliver reliable designs to market faster."

"The collaboration between Cadence and SMIC enables our mutual customers to quickly deploy the advanced suite of Cadence digital implementation and signoff tools in order to achieve optimum power and a faster path to design closure," said Dr. Anirudh Devgan, senior vice president and general manager of the Digital & Signoff Group and the System & Verification Group at Cadence. "The optimized flow enables designers to apply these innovative technologies in order to achieve optimal PPA on the SMIC 28nm process."

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