( ESNUG 446 Item 5 ) -------------------------------------------- [09/01/05]

Subject: Bzzzzt!  Wrong.  Denali Doesn't Have a Monopoly on Memory Models

> 26.) Denali (booth 1073) -- yea, they have a monopoly on memory models.
>      Who cares?  I'm there to pester Kevin Silver so I can get a ticket
>      to their infamous DAC party.  "Come on, Kevin, pleeeease...."
>
>          - from http://www.deepchip.com/gadfly/gad060905.html


From: Richard Munden <rick.munden=user domain=siemens pot calm>

Hi, John,

It was nice speaking with you at DAC.  There were two points I wanted to
make but I am not sure they stuck:

  1. The Free Model Foundry, FMF, is alive and well.  Although it was not
     our original intent when we started the company 10 years ago, we have
     become a supplier of board-level verification models to the 
     semiconductor industry.  We are also a distributor of those models in
     addition to the IC vendors themselves.  Our website URL is at the
     http://www.FreeModelFoundry.com link.

  2. Contrary to your statement in your "Cheesy Must See List", Denali 
     does not have a monopoly on memory models.  As of this morning, FMF
     has on its website memory models covering 4,842 part numbers
     (including FIFOs) from 21 vendors.

The big difference is our models and be downloaded and used for free.
Nothing to buy.  You don't even have to register.  The downside is our DAC
parties are not nearly as good as Denali's.

    - Rick Munden
      Siemens                                    Sunnyvale, CA