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Co-Design Automation Donates SUPERLOG Component to Accellera
LOS ALTOS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 11, 2001--At DAC BOOTH
#844--Electronic Design Automation (EDA) software supplier Co-Design
Automation Inc., today said that it has contributed the SUPERLOG®
extended synthesizable subset (ESS) to Accellera, an electronics
industry standards organization.
The donation, the first phase in Co-Design Automation's SUPERLOG
standardization plans, will be used to drive an abstract synthesizable
language level for various tools beyond today's Verilog hardware
description language (HDL) register transfer level (RTL) subset.
``SUPERLOG is gaining recognition throughout the Verilog user base
as the natural, evolutionary step for their design methodologies,''
says Simon Davidmann, Co-Design's chief executive officer (CEO). ``With
our partners and ourselves successfully delivering SUPERLOG solutions,
this donation will allow various companies to leverage the power of
the language across a broad range of tools.''
The SUPERLOG ESS is in use at various companies worldwide. It
contains all of the current Verilog language IEEE 1364-1995 standard,
the recently approved Verilog 2001 IEEE 1364-2001 specification, many
C style constructs including types and structures, and various system
features such as improved interfacing and advanced state-machines.
The ESS allows designers to code in a more concise fashion,
targeting common issues --port / hierarchy explosion and
programmability, for example. Supported by Get2Chip's Architectural
Synthesis product VOLARE(TM), it can be leveraged with other EDA tools
via Co-Design Automation's SYSTEMEX(TM) SUPERLOG Expander technology.
``The donation of the SUPERLOG subset to Accellera is a milestone
in the progress of the Verilog standard,'' Vassilios Gerousis,
Accellera's technical committee chairman. ``It is clear that SUPERLOG
has considerable momentum in the industry and we are pleased to have
access to the language as we continue to drive practical industry
solutions.''
``SUPERLOG is the natural evolution for chip designers to leverage
the power of abstract design modeling and add productivity to their
current design techniques,'' adds David Knapp, Get2Chip's chief
technical officer. ``We are excited because SUPERLOG gives users
capabilities for synthesis that they didn't have before.''
For more details, contact Dave Kelf, Co-Design's vice president of
marketing. He can be reached via email at davek@co-design.com or at
(877) 6 CODESIGN, Ext. 404.
Co-Design will demonstrate its system-level simulator
SYSTEMSIM(TM), based on SUPERLOG, at the 38th DAC Monday, June 18,
through Wednesday, June 22, at the Las Vegas Convention Center in
Booth Number 844.
Its DAC Exhibitor Presentation will be at 2 p.m. in Room N115-N117
Monday, June 18.
About Co-Design Automation
Co-Design Automation is an EDA company focused on the efficient
creation, implementation, and verification of system on chip (SOC)
designs. It is privately held and funded by investors from within the
EDA developer and user communities. The staff includes notable
simulation experts Phil Moorby, creator of the Verilog HDL and the
first fellow at Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDN), and Peter
Flake, creator of the HILO HDL. In 1999, Co-Design announced the
SUPERLOG(TM) system design language, now utilized by 15 partner
companies. Its products -- SYSTEMSIM and SYSTEMEX -- are achieving
success throughout the electronics industry worldwide in system
platform and advanced verification applications. Corporate
headquarters is in Los Altos, Calif. Telephone: (877) 6 CODESIGN.
Facsimile: (408) 273-6025. Email: info@co-design.com. On-line
information is found at its Web Sites: http://www.co-design.com and
http://www.superlog.org.
SUPERLOG is a registered trademark and SYSTEMSIM, SYSTEMEX, CBlend
are trademarks of Co-Design Automation, Inc. Verilog is a trademark of
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. Co-Design Automation acknowledge
trademarks or registered trademarks of other organizations for their
respective products and services.
Contact:
Nanette Collins
PR for Co-Design
(617) 437-1822
nanette@nvc.com
or
Co-Design Automation
David Kelf
(617) 571-9883
davek@co-design.com
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