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Toshiba Corporation Adopts the Mentor Graphics QuickUse Development System as Cross-Divisional Design Framework
WILSONVILLE, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 14, 2001--Solidifying its
leadership in customizable design reuse infrastructures and
methodologies, Mentor Graphics Corporation (Nasdaq:MENT) today
announced that Toshiba Corporation is the first semiconductor company
to standardize on a complete System-on-chip (SoC) design work flow
based on the QuickUse(TM) Development System (QDS).
The Toshiba Design Framework, also known by the project code
``Nautilus'', was developed by Mentor Consulting in collaboration with
Toshiba. The system drastically increases design productivity gains
through automated design flow definition and enhanced quality
management and reuse capabilities for SoC design. (See Mentor Graphics
Optimizes QuickUse Development System for Design Knowledge Management,
June 14, 2001)
Typically, the training and data management needs for design
projects require more time and resources than can be allocated. These
challenges have become major issues for product engineering teams as
today's SoC designs become more complex. To further complicate
matters, results and expertise need to be shared among and across
engineering teams in large organizations to ensure design quality and
accelerate design cycles. To leverage design work done previously and
by other teams and share this information across organizations, a
scalable management solution is required.
The custom-designed Toshiba Design Framework standardizes and
automates the design qualification and management processes of the SoC
design flow. The automation of these processes enables Toshiba
Corporation to detect errors early in the design cycle and utilize an
extremely efficient distribution channel to transfer design
information and share design flows across organizations. These
capabilities contribute to increased product quality and shortened SoC
design cycles, ultimately reducing design cost and alleviating
engineering resource issues.
``Expanding the practice of sharing the work flows will bring huge
benefits like accelerating the design process, cutting costs, sharing
expertise, eliminating bugs, and more. As the organization grows,
there will be problems such as different design configurations and
versions. The Nautilus system is an automation technology utilizing
our major strength, that with Mentor Graphics® collaboration
succeeded in overcoming this imperative problem,'' said Kiyofumi Ochii,
General Manager, System LSI Design Division, Toshiba Corporation
Semiconductor Company. ``Nautilus also allows us to automatically enter
new design blocks into the database without any additional work for
reuse. This is one of the biggest advantages for our SoC business to
reach new success.''
The Toshiba Nautilus system employs QDS as a web-based interface
for design search, selection, qualification, and data administration,
and as a user interface for the SoC design flow from specification
entry to tape out. Based on Java technology, the Nautilus system is
tool- and platform-independent to help accelerate implementation
within existing design environments. This is a particularly important
benefit for achieving adoption of the system across a large
organization.
``A design work flow initiative of this scope and magnitude has
simply not been done before,'' said Wally Rhines, chairman and CEO of
Mentor Graphics. ``Toshiba's adoption of QuickUse Development System
for cross divisional design collaboration validates Mentor's position
as the leading provider of complete, standard-product infrastructures
and methodologies for SoC design.''
Toshiba engineers creating a new design are guided through the
Toshiba standardized flow by the design framework. Once the new design
has been verified against numerous industry or internal standards, it
can be automatically incorporated into the Nautilus system and made
available to designers in other Toshiba organizations for
incorporation into SoC designs. By automating this process, the
Nautilus system ensures no steps in the process are overlooked and
that designers can effortlessly contribute to the company's design
portfolio.
About the QuickUse Development System
The QuickUse Development System (QDS) is a complete internet-based
knowledge management solution that automates IP management and SoC
design processes. The QDS solution enhances design productivity by
improving team communication and collaboration and provides automation
for standardized procedures such as IP qualification and data
integration and user guidance for complex processes such as functional
verification. This highly scalable solution serves as the basis for
customized SoC and IP design environments which are developed in
conjunction with Mentor Consulting.
Since the introduction of the system at Toshiba for its
multi-million gate design initiatives, QDS has been demonstrated to
significantly reduce design-cycle time. In addition to custom design
environments, Mentor Graphics also offers stand-alone QDS software
solutions such as the QuickUse-IQ system for managing IP
qualification. For more information on the QuickUse Development System
or its stand-alone configurations, please visit
http://www.mentor.com/quickuse.
About Mentor Graphics
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 is a registered trademark and QuickUse 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
Leanne White, 503/685-1984
leanne_white@mentor.com
or
Benjamin Group/BSMG Worldwide
Jeremiah Glodoveza, 415/352-2628
jeremiah@benjamingroup.com
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