Cadence Collaboration With Arm Enables Customers to Successfully Tape out Next-Generation Arm Mobile Designs

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Cadence Design Systems (Nasdaq: CDNS) announced a collaboration with Arm to enhance the development of mobile SoCs utilizing Cadence tools and Arm's next-gen mobile solutions. This partnership optimizes digital and verification flows for 5nm and 7nm process technologies, facilitating the adoption of the Armv9 architecture. Cadence's Rapid Adoption Kits (RAKs) enable customers to achieve improved power, performance, and area (PPA) while accelerating tapeout times. The collaboration aims to boost productivity and efficiency for clients crafting next-gen mobile systems-on-chip.

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• Collaboration with Arm enhances mobile SoC development.
• Optimized digital and verification flows for 5nm and 7nm technologies.
• The delivery of Rapid Adoption Kits (RAKs) supports improved power, performance, and area (PPA).
• Innovative technologies integrated into the flow improve design closure and reduce power consumption.

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Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDNS) today announced that through a collaboration with Arm, customers have successfully taped out mobile SoCs using Cadence^® tools and the next-generation Arm^® mobile solution, which includes the Arm Cortex^®-X2, Cortex-A710, and Cortex-A510 CPUs, Mali^™-G710 GPU and the DynamIQ Shared Unit-110. As part of the collaboration, Cadence has fine-tuned its digital and verification full flows on 5nm and 7nm process technologies to drive adoption of the new Arm mobile solution on the Armv9 architecture. In addition, Cadence delivered 5nm and 7nm RTL-to-GDS digital flow Rapid Adoption Kits (RAKs) to enable customers to achieve optimal power, performance and area (PPA) and accelerate time to tapeout.

To learn more about the Arm-based solutions from Cadence, visit www.cadence.com/go/armsols.

Cadence Digital Full Flow Support for Arm Premium Mobile Platform

Cadence delivered a highly tuned digital flow and corresponding 5nm and 7nm RAKs for the development of SoCs based on the latest Arm mobile solution. The complete, integrated RTL-to-GDS RAKs include the Cadence Modus DFT Software Solution, Genus^™ Synthesis Solution, Innovus^™ Implementation System, Quantus^™ Extraction Solution, Tempus^™ Timing Signoff Solution and ECO Option, Voltus^™ IC Power Integrity Solution, Conformal^® Equivalence Checking and Conformal Low Power.

The digital full flow offers Arm mobile solution adopters several capabilities to improve productivity. For example, the Cadence iSpatial technology provides an integrated, predictable implementation flow so users can achieve faster design closure. The flow also incorporates an innovative hierarchical technology to deliver optimal turnaround time on large high-performance CPUs. The Innovus Implementation System’s GigaOpt^™ power optimization capability significantly reduces dynamic power consumption. Finally, the Tempus ECO Option provides signoff-accurate final design closure using path-based optimization, which enables users to achieve PPA targets.

Cadence Verification Full Flow Support for Arm Premium Mobile Platform

Cadence also optimized its System-Level Verification IP (System VIP) and verification full flow to support the latest Arm AMBA^® protocols, enabling rapid and dependable adoption of Armv9 IP while accelerating integration and functional signoff of Arm mobile SoCs. Cadence System VIP extensions for Armv9 include new checkers, verification plans and traffic generators to efficiently verify Arm mobile SoC coherency, performance and Arm SystemReady compliance.

The verification full flow, which provides optimal verification throughput for the latest Armv9 IP, includes the Cadence Xcelium^™ Logic Simulation Platform, Palladium^® Z1 and Z2 Enterprise Emulation Platforms, Protium^™ X1 and X2 Enterprise Prototyping Platforms, JasperGold^® Formal Verification Platform, vManager^™ Planning and Metrics, and Perspec^™ System Verifier and Virtual System Platform.

“Based on the new Armv9 architecture, the Arm Total Compute solution is designed to enable best-in-class products, allowing our customers to achieve greater performance and efficiency when creating next-generation mobile SoCs,” said Paul Williamson, senior vice president and general manager, Client Line of Business, Arm. “By continuing our work with Cadence, we’re making it easier to unlock the flexibility and performance of our latest CPU and GPU technology to achieve design success and get to market faster.”

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FAQ

What is the significance of Cadence's collaboration with Arm for mobile SoCs?

The collaboration enhances mobile SoC development capabilities using optimized Cadence tools with Arm's latest mobile solutions.

What technologies are involved in Cadence's new offerings for Arm's mobile platform?

Cadence's offerings include 5nm and 7nm Rapid Adoption Kits (RAKs) and a full digital flow with optimized tools for performance and efficiency.

How do Cadence's Rapid Adoption Kits (RAKs) benefit customers?

RAKs help customers achieve optimal power, performance, and area (PPA) while accelerating the time to tapeout.

What specific tools are included in Cadence's digital flow for Arm mobile solutions?

The digital flow includes tools like Modus DFT, Genus Synthesis, Innovus Implementation, and Voltus IC Power Integrity Solutions.

How does the collaboration impact Arm's Total Compute solution?

The collaboration aims to unlock flexibility and performance in Arm's CPU and GPU technology for better mobile SoC design.