CDN Live: Cadence CEO Unveils Chip Design Platform

September 14th, 2006 | Catherine Girardeau

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Cadence Design Systems, Inc., President and CEO Mike Fister kicked off the CDN Live Silicon Valley conference at San Jose’s McEnery Convention Center by unveiling Virtuoso, a new chip design platform, and Xtreme III, a hardware-assisted verification system used at the end of the chip design process. PodTech’s Catherine Girardeau spoke with Fister about CDN Live and Cadence’s announcements.

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