About Cadence®
Cadence is the largest supplier of electronic design technologies, methodology services, and design services. Cadence solutions are used to accelerate and manage the design of semiconductors, computer systems, networking and telecommunications equipment, consumer electronics, and a variety of other electronics-based products. With approximately 5,700 employees and 2000 revenues of approximately $1.3 billion, Cadence has sales offices, design centers, and research facilities around the world. For more information, visit www.cadence.com.

Cadence Allegro®
Allegro is an advanced environment for the physical design of complex multilayer printed circuit board (PCB) designs. Allegro is the industry's first true physical and electrical constraint-driven system addressing performance criteria and a wide range of design, testability, and manufacturability concerns.

Cadence Advanced Package Designer (APD)
Advanced Package Designer is a multifaceted technology suite that thoroughly addresses the needs of package designers who lay out high-density, high-performance substrates for IC packages and MCMs. This comprehensive set integrates the APD tool for physical design, the SPECCTRA® expert AutoRoute tool, and the CAD Interface bundle, which allows both reading and writing of DXF and IDF data formats.

Cadence Virtuoso® Layout Editor
Virtuoso® Layout Editor provides both circuit performance and design productivity for digital and analog custom layout. This streamlined, powerful command set incorporates advanced editing and layout techniques to support all your design methodologies and process technologies. This versatility frees you to choose the best methodology for your designs—from pure polygon entry to the usage of advanced parameterized cells (Pcells).

Contact:
Tahir Malik
Connections Program
Cadence, San Jose, CA