Press Release

Worldwide Adoption of Apache’s Complete Dynamic Power Integrity Solution Drives Record Q1 Sales

RedHawk customers achieve more than 100 production tapeouts

Mountain View, Calif. – April 19, 2005 – Apache Design Solutions, the technology leader in physical power integrity solutions for system-on-chip (SoC) designs, today announced that Q1 sales grew by more than 80 percent compared to the same quarter of the previous year while continuing to remain cash flow positive. RedHawk-SDL, the company’s flagship product for complete SoC dynamic power integrity, also reached a milestone during Q1 with more than 100 production tapeouts from over 30 customers worldwide.

Contribution to record sales came from both existing and new customers. Major semiconductor companies worldwide continued wider deployment of RedHawk into their power closure sign-off flow.

“As the complexity of dynamic power integrity increases, our continuing technology advancements have enabled us to keep pace with customers’ needs and to gain their confidence in solving critical design issues,” stated Andrew Yang, CEO of Apache. “Achieving a major milestone of 100 production tapeouts demonstrates the maturity of our solution and establishes RedHawk as the market leader in dynamic power sign-off.”

To support this sustained growth, Apache has established subsidiary offices in Japan and Korea, Apache Design Solutions K.K. and Apache Design Solutions Y.H., respectively. In addition, Apache staffed direct sales and support offices in San Diego, Calif.; Dallas, Tex.; Nice, France; and Bangalore, India.

Apache will be showcasing their complete dynamic power integrity solution, including dynamic voltage drop analysis, power grid optimization and fixing, package / IC co-verification, and advanced low-power design verification at the upcoming Design Automation Conference (DAC) in Anaheim, California, June 13-17, in booth #409.

About RedHawk

RedHawk is a full-chip vectorless dynamic physical power integrity solution for SoC power closure sign-off of 130nm, 90nm, and 65nm designs. Certified in TSMC’s 5.0 and 6.0 Reference Flow and correlated with silicon measurements and SPICE, RedHawk addresses dynamic power issues such as simultaneous switching output (SSO) for core, memory, clock, and I/O, as well as the effects of on-chip inductance, package RLC , and decoupling capacitance.

RedHawk enables designers to identify dynamic “hot spots,” examine the impact on timing, accurately pinpoint the cause of dynamic voltage drop, and automatically repair the source of supply noise. With RedHawk’s integrated transistor-level characterization and unsurpassed capacity, designers can effectively reach power closure sign-off for high performance SoCs, including those utilizing advanced low-power design techniques such as leakage current control, power gating, multiple voltage domains, and multiple threshold transistors.

About Apache Design Solutions

Apache is an EDA software supplier of innovative next-generation silicon integrity platforms for low-power, high-performance system-on-a-chip (SoC) designs. By considering all sources of noise that impacts the design, such as power, signal, package / system IO, substrate, and temperature, Apache’s silicon signoff platform enables designers of leading networking, wireless, communication, consumer, and semiconductor companies to detect, fix, and prevent design weaknesses that can result in reduced yield or failed silicon. Apache’s vendor neutral platform enables designers to adopt any industry’s standard physical design flow and is certified by TSMC’s 5.0 and 6.0 Reference Flow (NYSE: TSM). Apache has direct sales and support offices worldwide with over 40 customers, including 7 of the top 10 semiconductor companies.

Apache Design Solutions, NSPICE, RedHawk, PsiWinder, and Vectorless Dynamic are trademarks of Apache Design Solutions, Inc.

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