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Aptix Selected by Japan's IPTC Corp. for Pilot Program
SAN JOSE, Calif.----Nov. 13, 2000--Aptix
Corporation today announced that IPTC Corp. of Japan has selected
Aptix for an IP pilot program that will explore how electronics
companies will evaluate and purchase IP in the twenty-first century.
An Aptix System Explorer MP4CF with an Aptix web-enabled
front-end, located at IPTC's Shin-Yokohama offices, will enable
engineers from IPTC's member companies to evaluate IP blocks and
profile their performance in a target SoC environment.
Shojiro Mori, President and CEO of IPTC, said, ``The Aptix system
has the architecture required for accommodating the wide range of IP
blocks that engineers need to evaluate, as well as integrate, into SoC
designs. We plan to work closely with Aptix to deploy an IP evaluation
solution in Japan.''
Japan's leading electronic companies have funded IPTC CORP to
explore the business, legal, and technical issues surrounding the
trading of intellectual property. ``Understanding how IP will perform
in a target SoC environment is key for successful IP evaluation,'' said
Leif Rosqvist, COO at Aptix. ``The buyer needs a high performance
flexible modeling environment, and the seller needs security and
protection for his intellectual property. Aptix delivers on both
counts.''
During the pilot program, sample emulation-ready IP blocks will be
stored in the secure repository of an Aptix web-enabled System
Explorer. Authorized engineers can remotely select IP and remotely
integrate them with some function in the target SoC environment at
IPTC. The Aptix block based modeling platform makes this possible
without taking possession of the IP or sharing internal or custom
design blocks. ``This solution satisfies both the customer and the IP
vendor,'' said Mori.
About IPTC Corp.
IPTC is working to establish secure, fair, and efficient IP
trading in Japan. To this end, IPTC will provide its members with a
complete service for IP distribution -- from IP evaluation down to
post-purchase technical support. IPTC will provide infrastructure for
IP marketing in cooperation with companies in the business of IP
distribution. These efforts are required for the expansion of Japanese
electronics industry. Toshiba Corp., Mitsubishi Corp., and Nikkei BP
Inc., established IPTC in May 2000 with a joint investment. Its office
is located at 3-18-14, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, and Kanagawa, Japan.
Telephone (045) 478-2323, Fax (045) 478-2329. Web at
http://www.iptc.co.jp.
About Aptix Corporation
Aptix Corporation's products are used to verify system and
system-on-chip designs prior to integrated circuit (IC) and board
tape-out and fabrication. Aptix's products utilize the block-based
verification methodology, which provides a mechanism to map and verify
individual design blocks incrementally and in parallel with the design
creation process. This methodology shortens the net prototype creation
time of achieving real-world operation of the prototype to the few
days required to map and verify the last RTL block designed. Debugging
designs becomes simple because the mapping process is both under the
user's interactive control and follows the natural hierarchy of the
design. This also makes tracing design problems back to the source
netlist an intuitive process.
The company is privately held and is headquartered at 2880 North
First Street, San Jose, California 95134. Telephone (408) 428-6200,
Fax (408) 944-0646. Visit Aptix on the Web at http://www.aptix.com.
Contact:
Aptix Corporation
Leif Rosqvist, 408/428-6200
leifr@aptix.com
or
KVO
Ken Ray, 503/221-7415
ken_ray@kvo.com
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