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Innoveda to Help IBM Customers be First to Market With PowerPC 440-Based Systems On Chip
MARLBORO, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 28, 2001--
Innoveda, Inc. (Nasdaq:INOV), a leading provider of innovative
software and services for the design of advanced electronic products,
today announced it will enhance its V-CPU(TM) hardware/software
co-verification tool with a processor support package for the IBM®
PowerPC® 440 core. This processor support package will be linked
with VxSim(TM), a complete prototyping and simulation tool from Wind
River Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:WIND) that is currently available with
V-CPU for early deployment of a System-on-Chip (SoC) HW/SW
co-verification solution.
Through an agreement with Endeavor Intertech, Hillsboro, Ore.,
Innoveda will integrate Endeavor's PowerPC 440 bus interface models
with V-CPU. The agreement also applies to the IBM PowerPC 405 core.
The processor support package is scheduled to be available this month,
priced at $10,000 in the United States.
The PowerPC 440 is IBM's latest high-performance CPU core for SoC
applications, providing up to 1000 DMIPS with a superscalar design,
while dissipating less than 2 Watts of power.
Puts Innoveda in Forefront
According to Steven D. Anderson, product marketing manager at
Innoveda, ``Availability of this support package will position Innoveda
as the first company to offer a solution for IBM 440 co-verification.
IBM customers developing embedded SoCs using the IBM PowerPC 440 core
will be able get a head start on HW/SW design and integration using
the V-CPU tool, and deliver their end-products faster.''
Early Solution
``We have been working closely with Innoveda to provide developers
with an integrated set of tools to develop and test embedded
applications,'' said Caroline Yao, group manager of partner solutions
for Wind River. ``Wind River's VxSim is a comprehensive prototyping and
simulation tool for Tornado®/VxWorks® applications. By combining
this technology with Innoveda's V-CPU tool, customers have an
excellent early system prototyper to quickly develop reliable
applications.''
Ideal Tool
According to David N. Glass, president of Endeavor Intertech, ``We
partnered with Innoveda because V-CPU is uniquely suited to serve
PowerPC 440 system-level designers and the software development
community interested in validating their applications prior to
silicon. The resulting co-design and hardware/software co-verification
tool establishes a level of performance and flexibility that PowerPC
440 core developers will appreciate.''
Innoveda's V-CPU is a high-performance co-verification tool for a
variety of applications including PowerPC-based SoCs. It offers a
complete environment for co-verification of hardware and software, and
can be configured for most standard or custom processors or buses. It
includes a software execution environment that runs embedded system
software as if it were running on the target CPU. A logic simulation
environment runs the representation of the embedded system hardware,
responding to bus cycles initiated by the software. V-CPU is part of
Innoveda's comprehensive set of system-level design tools including
Visual Elite(TM), Regent(TM), eArchitect(TM) and E-SIM(TM). The
addition of the IBM 440 PowerPC processor support package will extend
V-CPU capabilities to IBM customers.
Unique Solution
In February, Wind River Systems and IBM announced support for the
VxWorks RTOS on the IBM PowerPC 440 processor. V-CPU also supports the
VxWorks RTOS through integration with the VxSim ``Virtual Target''
provided by Wind River Systems. V-CPU enables software engineers to
use actual Register Transfer Level (RTL) code for hardware instead of
stubs, to develop applications that run on VxSim.
Anderson added, ``Customers using the IBM PowerPC 440 core and the
VxWorks RTOS will be able to start their co-design work using the
VxSim Virtual Target. The new 440 processor support package will link
VxSim to a hardware simulator for true co-development of 440
PowerPC-based SoCs. Since V-CPU has the implicit access capability,
these applications will need minimal porting to move to the final
target SoC.''
About Endeavor Intertech Corporation
Endeavor Intertech specializes in high-performance processor
models, co-simulation interfaces and tools for hardware and software
verification. Endeavor Intertech has been in the business of
developing EDA tools and models since 1997, and has quietly
established itself as an innovative solution provider for its EDA and
processor design customers. Endeavor creates models for DSP, VLIW,
RISC, and other embedded cores and processors. For more information on
Endeavor Intertech's Precyse(TM) and CoOperate(TM) models and other
hardware/software verification tools, please contact your Endeavor
Intertech representative at info@endeav.com, or 1-503-628-6200 x100.
Additional information is available on the web at
http://www.endeav.com
About Wind River
Wind River, www.windriver.com, is a worldwide leader in embedded
software and services for creating connected smart devices. Wind River
provides software development tools, real-time operating systems, and
advanced connectivity for use in products throughout the Internet,
telecommunications and data communications, digital imaging, digital
consumer electronics, networking, medical, computer peripherals,
automotive, industrial automation and control, and aerospace/defense
markets. Wind River is How Smart Things Think(TM). Founded in 1983,
Wind River is headquartered in Alameda, California, with operations in
sixteen countries worldwide.
About Innoveda
Innoveda, Inc. (Nasdaq:INOV) is a leading provider of innovative
software and services that help engineers visualize, design and build
advanced electronic systems for companies participating in the
telecommunications, transportation, computers and consumer electronics
markets. The company enjoys a rich heritage of technical innovation
from the merger of Viewlogic Systems, Inc. and Summit Design, Inc.
that formed Innoveda, and the subsequent merger of Innoveda and PADS
Software, Inc. These unions form the foundation of Innoveda's
comprehensive electronic product solutions for system-level design,
design capture, board design and electromechanical design.
Headquartered in Marlboro, Mass., Innoveda has offices worldwide.
Additional information can be found at: http://www.innoveda.com/
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes forward-looking statements that are
subject to a number of risks and uncertainties. All statements, other
than statements of historical facts, included in this press release
including, without limitation, statements regarding Innoveda's
financial projections for any period, strategy, future operations,
financial position, prospects, plans, goals and objectives of
management are forward-looking statements. When used in this press
release, the words ``will'', ``believe'', ``anticipate'', ``intend'',
``estimate'', ``expect'', ``project'', ``plan'' and similar expressions are
intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all
forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. We cannot
guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or
achievements, and you should not place undue reliance on our
forward-looking statements. Our forward-looking statements do not
reflect the potential impact of any future transactions or strategic
alliances. Our actual results could differ materially from those
anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of various
factors, including the ability of Innoveda to successfully integrate
its business combinations, recent economic uncertainty, weakness in
the business of our customers, the cyclical nature of the electronics
industry, the failure of Innoveda's quarterly results to meet market
expectations, the impact of financial charges related to business
combinations, the intense competition Innoveda faces, Innoveda's
ability to develop new products, and the other risks described in
Innoveda's annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 30, 2000 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on March 30, 2001 and the other public filings made by Innoveda with
the SEC, which factors are incorporated herein by reference.
Note to Editors: Innoveda, V-CPU, Visual Elite, Regent, eArchitect
and E-SIM are trademarks of Innoveda, Inc. IBM and PowerPC are
registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation.
Precyse and CoOperate are trademarks of Endeavor Intertech
Corporation. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the
property of their respective owners.
Contact:
Innoveda (North America)
Ed Canty
508.303.5291
ecanty@innoveda.com
or
Innoveda (North America)
Sarah Miller
508.303.5254
smiller@innoveda.com
or
Innoveda (Europe/Middle East)
Peter van der Sluijs
+44 1442 879222
peterv@neesham.co.uk
or
Innoveda (Asia Pacific)
Junko Kaneko
03(3364)5531
junko@e-e.co.jp
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