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Novas Releases nLint
LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 18, 2001--Novas, the leader in
debug systems for complex chip designs, today announced the production
release of nLint, the first modular linting tool to be integrated with
a debug system. With nLint, IC designers now have the means to check
their Verilog and VHDL code for design rule, syntax and semantic
errors. nLint is a new module within the Debussy debug system, which
means designers can use all of Debussy's features to locate, isolate,
and understand the causes of errors in source code.
``At Novas we are committed to providing the design community with
technology that reduces the longest portion of the IC design process,
the verification cycle,'' said Scott Sandler, president and CEO of
Novas. ``The combination of nLint and Debussy lifts people out of
drudgery, enabling them to focus on their real goal -- creating
enduring designs.''
nLint, available as an add-on module to Debussy, enables designers
to create syntactically and semantically correct HDL code by
performing source code checks to ensure conformance with design rules
such as synchronous design, clocking scheme, naming conventions, and
testability.
Chad Hale, senior ASIC engineer at Zaffire, a next-generation
optical networking solutions provider for metropolitan and regional
networks, has been utilizing nLint to ensure high-quality ASIC/FPGA
designs. He commented, ``Finding coding errors in HDL languages can be
a cumbersome task when using other third-party tools as a `work
around'. In fact, in the past, finding errors in a 200-400k gate block
of a design could take as long as an hour to just identify the errors.
With nLint we are able to have a list of all errors and warnings in
less than five minutes. This report was easy to use in correcting the
coding errors. As a result, Zaffire has implemented nLint for the
development of all ASIC/FPGA designs.''
Development
Novas and its partner company, Springsoft, together total over 130
employees worldwide, with R&D centers in Taiwan, China, and Silicon
Valley. nLint is developed in the Shanghai R&D center, which employs
over 20 people, making it the second largest EDA R&D center in
Shanghai. ``China and India are the two world economies growing
strongest now,'' said Kathleen Leavitt, vice president of marketing for
Novas. ``We are pleased to contribute to establishing the design
community in China.''
Pricing and Availability
nlint is available now as a Debussy option, at a U.S. list price
of $16,500.
About Novas
Novas is the leader in debug systems for complex chip designs. The
Company's Debussy® Total Debug system manages the design debug
process for system-on-chip integrated circuits, dramatically reducing
the time it takes to locate, isolate, and understand the causes of
unexpected design behavior. Debussy increases designer and design team
productivity during the time-intensive verification and debug phases.
Novas has over 7,000 systems in use at hundreds of customer sites
worldwide.
Novas is located at 2025 Gateway Place, Suite 480, San Jose, CA
95110.
Phone: 408/467-7888 or 888-NOVAS-38, Fax: 408/467-7889. For more
information visit www.novas.com or send email to info@novas.com.
Contact:
Novas
Maggie Albrecht, 408/467-7867
maggie@novas.com
or
KJ Communications
Eileen Elam, 650/917-1488
KjcomE@cs.com
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