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New Calibre Interactive Tool from Mentor Graphics Enables a Single Flow for Cell, Block and Full-Chip Verification
WILSONVILLE, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 4, 2001--Mentor Graphics
Corporation, (Nasdaq:MENT), the leader in physical verification, today
announced the Mentor Graphics® Calibre® Interactive(TM) tool.
Calibre Interactive enables designers to perform block and cell
physical verification from within layout environments such as
Cadence® Design Systems' Virtuoso®. This provides the same
integrated cell, block and full chip verification environment to
Virtuoso users that has existed for the IC Station® tool users for
years.
Interactive Verification Accessed from Industry Layout Tools
Accessible directly from the layout environment, Calibre
Interactive brings unprecedented performance, capacity, functionality
and ease-of-use to block/cell physical verification. It provides the
block/cell designer interactive access to Design Rule Checking (DRC)
and Layout vs. Schematic (LVS) checking and the ability to graphically
debug verification results without leaving the layout environment.
Designers invoke all three of these capabilities via a graphical user
interface called directly from the layout tool's pull-down menus.
Users designing analog circuitry and smaller cells and blocks where
interactive verification is a requirement can easily adopt this
methodology.
``Historically, Calibre provided our customers with a competitive
advantage during tape-out through superior performance, capacity and
ease-of-use,'' said Joseph Sawicki, general manager for the Calibre
Business Unit. ``The introduction of Calibre Interactive now allows our
customers to deploy the power of Calibre for cell and block
verification, and also gain the advantages of using a single,
industry-standard, verification tool suite throughout their design
cycle.''
A Single, Industry Standard, Physical Verification Flow
Using the Calibre tool suite throughout the flow facilitates
design integration and reduces design cycle time. With SoC design
becoming more pervasive in the industry, most new designs incorporate
a variety of full-custom, place and route, analog, memory, and
mixed-signal design on a single chip. The Calibre tool set's design
style independence enables it to efficiently verify any design without
user intervention to optimize the rule file for different design
styles.
Design cycle time reductions arise from three sources. First,
Calibre Interactive is fully compatible with Calibre, allowing Calibre
customers to make use of their already extensive inventories of
full-chip rule files for block/cell verification. In addition,
block/cell designers can now employ the extensive set of Calibre rules
provided by Mentor's foundry partners, including Chartered
Semiconductor Manufacturing, IBM, TSMC and UMC.
Second, using Calibre as their single verification tool suite for
block/cell and full-chip tape-out allows Calibre customers to avoid
the physical verification discrepancies that arise when different
verification flows are used at multiple design stages. Customers save
valuable time during full-chip tape-out, since physical verification
errors within blocks are now manifested and corrected early in the
design process.
Finally, CAD teams using Calibre Interactive now have only a
single verification flow to maintain and deploy. This not only saves
the time of scarce CAD experts; it also reduces training requirements
for the team and ultimately enables a deeper level of tool expertise.
Pricing and Availability
Mentor Graphics will begin delivering Calibre Interactive in May
2001. Pricing begins at $80,000.
About Mentor Graphics Corporation
Mentor Graphics Corporation (Nasdaq:MENT) is a world leader in
electronic hardware and software design solutions, providing products
and consulting services for the world's most successful electronics
and semiconductor companies. Established in 1981, the company reported
revenues over the last 12 months of more than $600 million and employs
approximately 2,850 people worldwide. Corporate headquarters are
located at 8005 S.W. Boeckman Road, Wilsonville, Oregon 97070-7777;
Silicon Valley headquarters are located at 1001 Ridder Park Drive, San
Jose, California 95131-2314. World Wide Web site: www.mentor.com.
Mentor Graphics, Calibre and IC Station are registered trademarks
of Mentor Graphics Corporation. Calibre Interactive is a trademark of
Mentor Graphics Corporation. All other company or product names are
the registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners.
Contact:
Mentor Graphics
Carole Thurman, 503/685-4716
carole_thurman@mentor.com
or
Benjamin Group/BSMG Worldwide
Kara Lakkees, 503/283-8800
kara_lakkees@benjamingroup.com
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