SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 25, 2014 — (PRNewswire) —  Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS), a leader in global electronic design innovation, today announced it is scheduled to demonstrate how it leverages the TSMC Open Innovation Platform^® (OIP) to optimize customer designs and manufacturing efficiency to ensure first-time product success on the 16nm FinFET Plus (16FF+) process at TSMC 2014 OIP Ecosystem Forum. The event is being held on September 30, 2014 in San Jose, CA, and Cadence will be in booth #614.

WHAT:
Cadence is scheduled to deliver the following presentations in the EDA and IP tracks:

• In-Design Signoff Key to Design Rule Check (DRC) Turnaround Time for 16nm IC Designs: 11:00–11:30am, Esther Tsai, staff product engineer at Cadence
• 10nm FEOL/MEOL Challenges and Process Development with Parasitic RC Extractions: 1:30–2:00pm, Hao Ji, software engineering group director at Cadence, and Sean Lee, deputy director at TSMC
• DDR4 Subsystem Implementation on 16FF/16FF+ Targeting Infrastructure Applications—Challenges and Design Techniques: 2:30–3:00pm, Anurag Jain, design engineering director at Cadence
• Tempus^™  Timing Signoff Solution for Certification in 16FF/10FF TSMC Flows: 4:00–4:30pm, Florentin Dartu, senior program manager at TSMC
• Managing 16FF IC Design Challenges for Custom and Analog Designers: 4:30–5:00pm, Akshat Shah, product engineering director at Cadence
• Tackling Coloring, Cell Pin Access, Variability, and Late-Stage ECOs for TSMC 10nm with Cadence^® Encounter^® Digital Implementation System: 5:00–5:30pm, Rahul Deokar and Ruben Molina, product marketing directors at Cadence

In addition, Cadence plans to showcase its 16FF+ design solutions in booth #614 including:

• Digital implementation solutions (front-end design (FED) and Encounter Digital Implementation System)
• Virtuoso^® custom solutions
• Physical signoff and verification (PVS/DFM) solutions
• Electrical signoff solutions
• Custom/mixed-signal flow solutions
• 3D-IC solutions
• DDR4 16FF PHY and controller IP solutions

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WHEN:
The TSMC 2014 OIP Ecosystem Forum is scheduled for September 30, 2014.

WHERE: 
Santa Jose Convention Center in San Jose, CA
Cadence is located in booth #614.

About Cadence

Cadence (NASDAQ: CDNS) enables global electronic design innovation and plays an essential role in the creation of today's integrated circuits and electronics. Customers use Cadence software, hardware, IP, and services to design and verify advanced semiconductors, consumer electronics, networking and telecommunications equipment, and computer systems. The company is headquartered in San Jose, Calif., with sales offices, design centers, and research facilities around the world to serve the global electronics industry. More information about the company, its products, and services is available here.

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