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16 March 2005

Implementation Investments

Wipro Technologies Adopts Cadence Design Systems for Nanometer Designs

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. announced that Wipro Technologies has renewed an agreement under which Cadence will provide Wipro access to Cadence's electronic design automation (EDA) technologies. Cadence also announced that Wipro taped out its largest design to date using Cadence® SoC EncounterT.

This latest agreement marks the third renewal of the Cadence-Wipro business relationship over the past eight years, with Cadence providing technologies spanning digital and analog IC design, verification, silicon-package-board, and design for manufacturing.

The ongoing relationship between the companies enhances Wipro's complex nanometer design capabilities. It provides Wipro with a strategic advantage in the highly competitive semiconductor design industry, while supporting its design infrastructure across the 180-to-65-nanometer process nodes.

"Over the last 10 years, our relationship with Cadence has evolved from a vendor-customer relationship into an interdependent strategic alliance. This latest agreement with Cadence further strengthens our alliance and offers us the best EDA technology and support solution for nanometer designs," said A. Vasudevan, Vice President-VLSI/System Design, Wipro Technologies. "Recently we have successfully completed a 7-million-logic-gate, 130-nanometer, 433 MHz design using SoC Encounter-one of the large designs we have completed to date. We look forward to working with the Cadence team in India on many more successful project completions."

"Cadence understands the unique nature and requirements of IC-design-services firms, especially in India. Superior local support, industry-proven, leading-edge technical solutions combined with a conducive business environment is key to our customer success in the Indian IC design market," said Mr. Himanshu Singh, executive director, Cadence Design Systems (I) Pvt. Ltd.

"Cadence is fully committed to this strategic relationship with Wipro, as Wipro successfully and profitably tapes out nanometer designs for its end customers. This alliance further highlights the Cadence commitment to a rapidly evolving Indian IC-design market."

Wipro has access to the Cadence flagship products such as Cadence® EncounterT RTL Compiler, First Encounter®, SoC EncounterT GPS, NanoRouteT, CeltICT, IncisiveT Verification, Encounter Conformal®, Virtuoso® simulation and layout technologies, Fire & Ice®, VoltageStorm®, Allegro® and SPECCTRAQuest®.

Wipro Technologies, a division of Wipro Limited is a global provider of product-design services for semiconductor, automotive electronics, consumer electronics, telecom, networking and industrial automation markets. As one of the largest Independent third party design services providers in the world, Wipro's 850-plus member strong VLSI & System Design Group provides complete product engineering solutions in the VLSI domain. These include high-end ASIC development, complex FPGA and board designs, turnkey system designs and core technology IP blocks.

 

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