SAN JOSE, Calif., June 26, 2000 -- Cadence Design Systems, Inc., the world's leading supplier of electronic
design products and services, today announced availability of Bluetooth and IEEE802.11 wireless
connectivity libraries for local area networks (LANs) and the IS-2000/CDMA2000 third-generation (3G)
library for use with its Cadence(R) Signal Processing Worksystem (SPW), the leading software tool for
system design and authoring of digital signal processing (DSP) intellectual property (IP). These libraries
speed the design of wireless products and accelerate the adoption of next-generation technologies.
Bluetooth, the fastest growing proposed standard for wireless connectivity, and IEEE802.11, a mature
standard for wireless LANs, are used in local networks to connect products such as personal computers,
printers, and digital cameras or cellular phones without cables. As a result of working with the Bluetooth
Special Interest Group (SIG), Cadence is the first to announce library support for this important de facto
standard.
In addition, as a result of a joint effort with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST),
Cadence is also the first to announce library support for the physical layer of IS-2000/CDMA2000. The
IS-2000 library enables the design of products that communicate web data, e-mail, voice and video such as
cell phones or personal digital assistants.
"Cadence is dedicated to tracking standards as they evolve and providing full system-level models that
deliver a framework and test-benches for users interested in implementing all or part of the design in
hardware or software. Bluetooth is becoming a global standard for wireless connectivity and IS-2000 is
currently one of the newest cellular telephone network standards. Ready-to-use libraries that incorporate
these standards will significantly enhance productivity and help companies design their next-generation
products," said Les Wilson, director of marketing for the SPW product at Cadence.
The libraries are used within the SPW environment for rapid design and simulation of a wireless system. The
libraries are used by systems engineers for the end-to-end simulation of the wireless radio link, and includes
baseband processing for the transmitter and receivers of both base stations (for cellular systems) and mobile
terminals. Engineers test their algorithms in a realistic environment and ensure first-time success of their
implementation and considerable reduction in time to market. Unique to Cadence, the libraries feature
polymorphic technology, which automatically converts any block or model between floating-point, fixed
point, and other representations allowing efficient system exploration.
Platform-Based Design Flow
SPW is tightly linked with the recently announced (January 10, 2000) Cadence virtual component co-design
(VCC) environment to deliver a complete platform-based, system-level design flow. SPW is used to author
digital signal processing (DSP) IP and then exports it to VCC for platform-based integration. VCC is the
industry's first development environment for the rapid evaluation of system architecture through co-design
and reuse of software and hardware IP at the system level.
Other Supported Libraries
SPW also supports communications libraries that include baseband and physical layer processing for
wideband code-division multiple access (CDMA) systems according to the Third-Generation Partnership
Project (3GPP) standards, as well as smart antenna models, wireline telecommunication models, and a
multimedia library. The multimedia library includes JPEG2000, MPEG2, and complete digital camera models
that include lens systems and image sensors.
Price and Availability
The SPW wireless LAN library (WLAN) is immediately available at a U.S. list price of $16,800 for
UNIX-based workstations from Sun Microsystems and Hewlett-Packard. Additionally, Cadence
methodology services can provide the SPW Bluetooth/802.11 Technology Adapter Service at a U.S. list
price of $30,000. The SPW Bluetooth/802.11 Technology Adapter Service provides the customer with the
SPW Wireless LAN library and a WLAN design methodology overview with emphasis on optimizing the
design results.
The IS-2000 library is available at no additional cost with the purchase of the SPW WCDMA 3GPP library
(CDMATK) for a U.S. list price of $16,800. Existing SPW WCDMA 3GPP library users can request a free
download or CD update of the IS-2000 library.
About Bluetooth SIG
Bluetooth's Special Interest Group (SIG) is a collection of wireless telecommunications and computing
leaders. This group was founded in 1998 by Ericsson, IBM, Intel, Nokia, and Toshiba to create a global
specification for short-range, wireless connectivity. Since its founding, the Bluetooth SIG has grown to over
1,200 members, recently adding Microsoft, 3COM, Compaq, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Lucent, Motorola, Philips,
Samsung, Siemens, and Texas Instruments and others as members. More information is available at
www.bluetooth.com.
CONTACT: Cadence Design Systems, Inc. | Kevin Kimball, 408/944-7515 | kkimball@cadence.com |
