Product category: Design and Development Software
News Release from: Cadence Design Systems | Subject: Incisive Palladium
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 20 August 2004
System speeds graphics
processor to market
Nvidia used the Cadence Incisive Palladium acceleration/emulation system to significantly reduce the verification time for its new GeForce 6800 graphics processor
Nvidia used the Cadence Incisive Palladium acceleration/emulation system to significantly reduce the verification time for its new GeForce 6800 graphics processor, the company's most complex, highest-performance chip to date. Nvidia reports that the verification time savings enabled by the Palladium system allowed it to meet the market window for its new product with increased confidence in hardware performance and software quality.
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 20 August 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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While one design team uses the Palladium system to develop software drivers, another group can simultaneously make use of the system for full-chip verification.
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"Palladium greatly increases our overall productivity and confidence in the quality of our hardware and software", said Brian Kelleher, Vice President of Hardware Engineering, Nvidia.
"Previously, our verification process would take about two to three days per turn-the cycle for bug detection, identification and the repair process".
"Now, with Palladium, we average two to three turns per day, enabling us to meet time-to-market requirements that are essential to maintaining a strong leadership position in the graphics market".
Nvidia's new GeForce 6800 offers one of the industry's leading 3D performances with highly complex architecture coupled with multi-million-gate processing and memory chips.
Using the Palladium accelerator/emulator, a key technology of the Incisive functional verification platform, the Nvidia team leveraged the system's multi-user capability which Nvidia reports enabled them to maximise efficiency and productivity.
Nvidia also utilised the Video SpeedBridge product from the Cadence SpeedBridge vertical application solutions to quickly create complete emulation environments.
"Our relationship with Nvidia represents a truly win-win situation".
"Through the use of the powerful Cadence Palladium system core engine and vertical solutions, Nvidia told us that it was able to shave months off its verification cycle", said Christopher Tice, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Verification Acceleration, Cadence.
"In the same respect, Nvidia's direct feedback, clear requirements and chip complexity drove Cadence to improve the productivity of the Incisive Palladium system, raising the bar for our competitors".
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