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Silicon Perspective Corporation Ports Tools to Linux
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 4, 2001--Silicon
Perspective Corporation® (SPC), the leading supplier of IC design
tools for silicon virtual prototypes, announced that it has ported its
First Encounter(TM) full-chip design suite to the popular Linux
operating system because of strong demand from its customers.
``Our customers, who are dealing with the most complex
multi-million gate chip designs, see Linux as an ideal design and
development platform for two main reasons: they can get more computing
power for their dollars and it is very easy to use because it looks
just like UNIX,'' stated Michel Courtoy, SPC's vice president of
marketing. ``We expect the adoption of Linux to grow quickly based on
the feedback from our customers.''
SPC's First Encounter is the industry's only tool suite that lets
designers evaluate a multi-million gate IC as an entire chip all at
once instead of a block at a time. By using First Encounter to create
a full-chip silicon virtual prototype, designers can get early
estimates of timing, die area and power consumption. As the design
work progresses, these estimates can be updated daily if required, so
designers can quickly identify problem areas in their circuits.
The adoption of the Linux platform for IC layout tools has trailed
behind the front-end design tools because of concerns about the memory
limitation and stability of Linux. However First Encounter's super
lightweight architecture enables it to run the multi-million gate
system-on-chip designs within these memory constraints. Also Linux has
been the development platform used at SPC since the inception of the
company, so our implementation is very stable.
SPC's First Encounter is available now for Red Hat Linux 6.2.
First Encounter Linux pricing starts at $125,000 for a 12-month
license, the same price as on UNIX workstations.
About SPC
Silicon Perspective Corporation concentrates on solutions that
solve timing and integration challenges in whole-chip multi-million
gate designs. The company's products are compatible with industry
standard tool interfaces and data formats, and work with popular
integrated circuit design tool sets from Avant!, Cadence and Synopsys.
SPC is headquartered at 3211 Scott Boulevard, Santa Clara, Calif.
95054, phone: 408-327-0900, fax: 408-727-4450. The SPC branch office
for Japan is located at 3-17-6 Shin-Yokohama, Kouhoku-ku, Yokohama,
Japan, phone: 045-474-8970, fax: 045-474-8971. Visit Silicon
Perspective Corporation at www.SiPerspective.com for more information.
Contact:
New Ideas in Communications
Paula Jones, 650/967-3711,
paula@newiic.com
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