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Axis Systems' ReConfigurable Computing Technology Adopted by Major Electronics Companies
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 4, 2001--
Despite the slowdown experienced by many high-tech companies,
investment by both new and repeat customers in verification solutions
from Axis Systems continued to grow last quarter.
``The economic slowdown in the high-tech industry means there's an
even greater demand for getting new products to market sooner,'' said
Mike Tsai, president and CEO of Axis. ``By reducing the amount of time
spent in verification, companies are getting their products to market
faster while lowering overall development costs.''
Used by chip and system-on-a-chip (SoC) designers, Axis'
simulation and emulation systems, Xcite and Xtreme, have cut
verification time in half. The Xcite and Xtreme systems are based on
patented ReConfigurable Computing (RCC) technology that enables
software simulation, accelerated simulation, in-circuit emulation and
hardware/software co-verification on a single platform.
Chrysalis-ITS (Ottawa, Canada), a producer of e-commerce security
products, recently chose to use Xtreme because ``we can get
cycle-accurate models of our hardware that we can use in emulation
mode,'' said Terry Thomas, vice president of IC (integrated circuit)
engineering at Chrysalis-ITS.
``The Axis box is great because you can set it up to do simulation
acceleration of the hardware design, and then, using their new
emulation capability, you can also make it look like a physical chip
and drive it from a board,'' Thomas said.
Suresh Dholakia, founder and senior vice president of RealChip
Communications, a provider of semiconductor ICs for communications
applications, noted, ``Time-to-market for our media-over-net processors
is critical for us. By using Axis's Xtreme and Xcite, we have been
able to dramatically reduce our testing and verification time,
enabling us to capitalize on our window of opportunity.''
Increasing demand for Axis' products has led to the opening of new
customer support and sales offices in Phoenix, Ariz.; Minneapolis,
Minn.; Dallas, Tex.; and Paris, France; Tsai said.
About Xcite and Xtreme
Based on Axis' patented RCC technology, Xcite and Xtreme improve
verification throughput by orders of magnitude over software-only
simulators. From a single system, Xcite and Xtreme enable simulation,
accelerated simulation, and hardware/ software co-verification.
Additionally, Xtreme, in its compact server size chassis, eliminates
the complexity of in-circuit emulation by providing full software
debug capabilities while running system emulation.
Xcite and Xtreme directly accelerate designs at register transfer
level (RTL) and do not impose any restrictions on its abstraction
level (behavioral, RTL, gates) or its style (asynchronous, multiple
clocks, etc.). With Xcite and Xtreme, system integration can be
performed much earlier in the design cycle.
About Axis Systems
Axis Systems, Inc. offers high-performance verification platforms
for the hardware and software development of complex electronic system
and system-on-a-chip designs. Axis' products help increase confidence
in new designs, improve overall verification productivity and shorten
time to market. On a single platform and with one design database,
patented RCC technology provides software simulation, accelerated
simulation, system emulation and hardware/software co-verification.
Axis' verification products go ``way beyond fast'' - they not only run
fast, but also help customers identify and isolate bugs in a design
faster than any other tool on the market. Customers include the
world's leading networking and multimedia companies. Axis is
headquartered at 209 Java Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94089. To learn more
about Axis, visit www.axiscorp.com.
About Chrysalis Semiconductor, a Division of Chrysalis-ITS Inc.
The Semiconductor Division of Chrysalis-ITS provides network
infrastructure OEMs with IC-based solutions, which allow them to offer
security services to their end customers. These solutions are designed
to be trusted, easy to integrate, and to process security protocols
without impeding system throughput. The solutions consist of ICs,
software, and circuit boards. With a ``Security Engine'' from
Chrysalis-ITS, security becomes a routing decision for the system OEM,
eliminating the need for network equipment vendors to keep up with the
ever changing and complex array of security protocols, algorithms, and
standards. Founded in 1994, Chrysalis-ITS is headquartered in Ottawa,
Canada, with offices in London, UK; Boston M; and Mountain View, CA.
The company website is www.chrysalis-its.com.
About RealChip Communications, Inc.
RealChip Communications (www.realchip.com), a Silicon Valley
semiconductor company founded in 1998, develops and markets
semiconductor integrated circuits for communications applications to
connect voice and data over packet-based networks. To achieve its
mission to become the industry's leading supplier of media-over-net
processor chips, the company has built and integrated a versatile
multi-functional technical team of world-class engineers with
communication systems, DSP algorithms, semiconductor hardware,
application-specific SOC, and software expertise, complemented by an
executive management team of industry veterans with proven track
records. The company's unique, patent-pending technologies enable key
benefits for communications OEMs utilizing its standard products:
unprecedented time-to-market; fast re-targeting of chip products
across multiple system end-products; unmatched ability to reprogram
and upgrade software in the field; highly differentiated
communications end products; and lower overall cost and risk. RealChip
is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with a wholly owned
subsidiary, RealChip (P) Ltd., as its India Technology Center,
designing communications integrated circuits and conducting related
research and development efforts in hardware, software, and systems.
Contact:
Axis
Yukari Chin, 408/588-2000, yukari@axiscorp.com
or
Cayenne
Lois DuBois, 650/854-5485, lois.dubois@cayennecom.com
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