April 6, 2021 Cadence Unveils Next-Generation Palladium Z2 and Protium X2 Systems to Dramatically Accelerate Pre-Silicon Hardware Debug and Software Validation Highlights: New dynamic duo delivers 2X capacity and 1.5X higher performance compared to previous-generation Palladium Z1 and Protium X1 systems Palladium Z2 emulation based on a new custom emulation processor offers fastest, most predictable compiles and most comprehensive pre-silicon hardware debug capabilities Protium X2 prototyping based on latest Xilinx UltraScale+ VU19P FPGAs offers highest performance and fastest bring-up times for pre-silicon software validation of billion-gate designs Cadence provides the most comprehensive solution for IP and SoC verification, hardware and software regressions, and early software development