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Challenge
Leading semiconductor manufacturers rely on Magma Design Automation for
electronic design automation (EDA) software that optimizes manufacturing
of complex and high-performance chips. Magma’s digital design, analog
implementation, mixed-signal design, physical verification, circuit simulation, and
other EDA solutions help its customers accelerate chip development for tablet
computing devices, mobile devices, electronic games, digital video, networking,
military/aerospace, and memory applications.
electronic design automation (EDA) software that optimizes manufacturing
of complex and high-performance chips. Magma’s digital design, analog
implementation, mixed-signal design, physical verification, circuit simulation, and
other EDA solutions help its customers accelerate chip development for tablet
computing devices, mobile devices, electronic games, digital video, networking,
military/aerospace, and memory applications.
Speed and efficiency are the name of the game in software development. Magma’s
engineering network infrastructure is used solely for software development and
testing. Now seven years old, the infrastructure was composed of equipment from a
wide range of vendors. A multivendor collection of servers had become increasingly
difficult to integrate, reducing the network’s ability to deliver peak performance.
Although several servers had 10 Gb connectivity, the network switches were not
connected to each other with 10 Gb links, which affected network performance and
ultimately slowed software development.
engineering network infrastructure is used solely for software development and
testing. Now seven years old, the infrastructure was composed of equipment from a
wide range of vendors. A multivendor collection of servers had become increasingly
difficult to integrate, reducing the network’s ability to deliver peak performance.
Although several servers had 10 Gb connectivity, the network switches were not
connected to each other with 10 Gb links, which affected network performance and
ultimately slowed software development.
Cabling was equally challenging. Magma’s IT team wanted to reduce the number of
cables deployed to reduce cabling costs as well as cooling and energy costs. Sixty
cables were in place, which cost approximately US$50,000 to $60,000 to run, and
with a data center move planned within two years, the team expected to have to pay
close to $200,000 to re-deploy all of the cabling.
cables deployed to reduce cabling costs as well as cooling and energy costs. Sixty
cables were in place, which cost approximately US$50,000 to $60,000 to run, and
with a data center move planned within two years, the team expected to have to pay
close to $200,000 to re-deploy all of the cabling.
“We wanted to upgrade our infrastructure with a complete solution,” says Manish
Doshi, network director for Magma. “A complete solution would include integrated
networking, compute, and storage capabilities with single-vendor accountability.
Cisco data center solutions offered the best end-to-end environment.”
Doshi, network director for Magma. “A complete solution would include integrated
networking, compute, and storage capabilities with single-vendor accountability.
Cisco data center solutions offered the best end-to-end environment.”
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Executive Summary
Customer Name:
Magma Design
Automation
Industry:
Software
Location:
San Jose, California
Number of Employees:
1000
Challenge
• Reduce time and cost associated
with managing complex multivendor
environment
• Reduce cabling complexity in
preparation for data center move
• Improve performance and scalability
for software development and testing
operations
operations
Solution
• Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS)
optimizes software development and
testing
• Cisco Nexus Series Switches support
efficient growth in data center
architecture
• Cisco Nexus Fabric Extenders create
scalable access layer for unified server
environment
environment
Results
• Reduced cables from 48 to 2, greatly
simplifying management and reducing
costs
• Saved up to 10 hours per week in time
required for cabling work
• Reduced new server provisioning and
deployment from days to minutes
Customer Case Study
Software Company Optimizes
Development While Reducing Costs