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IKOS Systems Announces VHDL For Its VStation Emulators
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 5, 2001--IKOS Systems,
Inc. (Nasdaq:IKOS), a leading provider of high-performance design
verification solutions, today announced VHDL capability for its
VStation(TM) emulators. Currently available for early adopters, VHDL
for VStation provides a full-featured emulation environment for VHDL
designs. The product includes an integrated, easy-to-use graphical
front end for quick design entry, and the Novas Software Inc.
Debussy(TM) graphical user interface for sophisticated design
analysis.
``Early adopters of the full-featured VHDL on VStation product flow
are very excited about the increased productivity this brings to the
VStation emulation environment,'' said Linda Prowse Fosler, vice
president of marketing for IKOS Systems. ``Our customers can expect to
see dramatic improvements in their overall verification schedule as a
result of the improved turnaround time.''
Ramon Nunez, CEO and president for IKOS Systems, commented,
``Providing our customers with a fully integrated VHDL capability is an
important step for IKOS and our users. Customers will realize
emulation speeds up to 2MHz and RTL compiles of 1-3 million gates per
hour, dramatically decreasing the time it takes for design
iterations.''
Integrated VHDL support on VStation emulators allows customers to
input and debug their designs at the RTL level, significantly reducing
their overall verification schedules. This is made possible by the
IKOS RTL compiler, with speeds of 10-20x faster than competing
solutions, and the ability to analyze designs at the RTL level of
abstraction. Designers can isolate design problems quickly and reduce
their overall verification schedule. This new product offers
incremental compile and automatic partitioning for RTL and behavioral
blocks, giving users a simplified flow for bringing up their VHDL
designs on the emulator. In addition, integration with the Debussy(TM)
GUI from Novas Software Inc. provides users with features such as
graphical schematic browsing, driver tracing and source code debug. It
is expected that design bring-up time will be reduced by 50% on
average, and turnaround time improved by 3x compared to competing
solutions. This offering complements the Verilog RTL capabilities
currently available on the VStation emulator.
PRICING AND AVAILABILITY
VHDL on VStation will be available for general distribution in Q3
2001 for customers of the new VStation-15M emulator, as well as the
VStation-5M emulator. For new and existing customers, these new
capabilities are available as an upgrade for $25,000 (U.S. List
Price). Entry level VStation-5M and 15M pricing begins at $495,000 and
$940,000 respectively (U.S. List Price).
ABOUT IKOS' VSTATION EMULATORS
IKOS' VStation-15M and 5M emulators provide a complete
verification station offering with a simulator-like user interface;
high-performance co-modeling through the Transaction Interface Portal
(TIP); data streaming with virtually unlimited vector width and fully
integrated RTL compile and debug capabilities. VStation-15M can verify
highly complex designs up to 15 million gates with 100% visibility
enabled; has memory capacity up to 144Mbytes and operates at emulation
speeds up to 2MHz. It incorporates IKOS' patented VirtuaLogic(TM)
compiler and VirtualWires(TM) technology and provides a complete SoC
verification solution featuring easy memory modeling; accurate
modeling of asynchronous clocks; and fast, fully automated
partitioning and compilation.
ABOUT IKOS
IKOS Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:IKOS) is a technology leader in
high-performance design verification solutions including hardware and
software simulation for language-based design, logic emulation for
system integration and compatibility verification, and verification
services. The company's mission is to develop and deliver high
performance solutions that enable our customers to verify the
functional correctness of their complex electronic system designs.
IKOS has direct sales operations in North America, UK, France,
Germany, The Netherlands, Japan, and India, and a distribution network
throughout Asia-Pacific and Israel. The corporate headquarters is
located at 79 Great Oaks Blvd., San Jose, Calif., 95119, 408/284-0400.
For more information, visit http://www.ikos.com.
Forward-looking statements in this release are made pursuant to
the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned that such forward-looking
statements involve risks and uncertainties, including, without
limitation, continued acceptance and development of the company's
existing and new products, increased levels of competition for the
company, new products and technological changes, the company's
dependence upon third-party suppliers, intellectual property rights,
and other risks detailed from time-to-time in the company's periodic
reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Note to Editors: IKOS, VirtuaLogic, VirtualWires and VStation are
trademarks of IKOS Systems. All other brand or product names may be
trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies and
should be treated as such.
Contact:
IKOS Systems, Inc., San Jose
Linda Prowse Fosler, 408/361-9667
linda@ikos.com
or
Pam Wasserman, 650/363-0142 (PR)
pam@leepr.com
or
Peter DeNardo, 925/938-2678 Ext. 223 (IR)
pdenardo@demer-ir.com
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