Axis Systems' New FastLink Program Enables Collaboration Among Major Vendors
to Produce Industry-wide SoC Verification Environment
Ten leading verification suppliers join as initial members of FastLink
program
SUNNYVALE, Calif. - August 20, 2001 - Axis Systems, Inc. today launched
FastLink, a partner program that will integrate best-in-class
system-on-a-chip (SoC) verification tools from 10 vendors. The leading
verification suppliers have joined the program, including the worldwide
leader in electronic design automation, Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
(NYSE:CDN); and Verisity (Nasdaq: VRST), the leading provider of functional
verification automation software tools.
Aimed at reducing the time-to-market crisis in the verification cycle,
FastLink will provide customers with a fast and complete environment for the
entire verification flow by linking partner's solutions with Axis'
ReConfigurable Computing (RCC) engine.
Customers of FastLink members can select best-in-class tools for their
verification environment with confidence that the tools will work together
smoothly, not only today but also in the future as new updates and releases
become available.
"As much as 80% of the design cycle is now absorbed by verification," said
Steve Wang, vice president of marketing at Axis. 'It's a problem crying out
for a solution. This collaboration will serve the industry by enabling a
tightly integrated verification environment. And we're pleased to be central
to this collaboration."
Initial members of the FastLink program include:
Testbench: Cadence Design Systems Inc.; Co-Design
Automation Inc.; Forte Design Systems, Inc.; Verisity Ltd.
Formal Verification: 0-in Design Automation, Inc.;
Verplex Systems, Inc.
HW/SW co-verification: Innoveda, Inc.
Debugging: Novas Software, Inc.
Memory modeling and verification: Denali Software,
Inc.
Resource management: Platform Computing, Inc.
"Cadence is committed to providing highly interoperable solutions for our
customers," said Pat Dutrow, director of the Cadence Connections Program, of
which Axis is a member. "Our membership in the FastLink program helps ensure
smooth integrations between our simulation products and Axis' hardware-based
solutions. We are pleased to further our relationship with Axis - as
evidenced in its membership in the Cadence Connections Program - and to
continue to work together for the success of our mutual customers."
"Verification interoperability is absolutely vital for our customers and
Verisity is committed to developing and supporting open solutions," said
Dave Tokic, director of strategic marketing for Verisity Design, Inc.
"We're excited to partner with Axis through their FastLink program to
develop tighter integrations between Specman Elite, Xcite and Xtreme.
FastLink enables us to provide highly integrated verification solutions for
our mutual customers."
Benefits to FastLink members
As FastLink members, partners gain access to Axis' Xsim software simulator,
which has a direct connection to Axis' RCC engine. Axis provides a software
simulator that is directly linked to its hardware engines. Xsim makes it
easy to integrate, test, and enhance the interoperability of Axis tools and
verify that third party tools work properly with Axis' RCC engines.
Other key benefits of joining the FastLink program are joint marketing and
integration development efforts. FastLink formalizes these efforts with
third parties, providing them with software licenses, documentation,
support, and software updates.
Benefits to FastLink members' customers
FastLink members' customers are primarily companies designing and developing
SoCs for networking, communications, consumer, and computing applications.
Verifying these complex SoCs requires using many different tools that run
simultaneously and communicate among various processes.
Through FastLink, SoC designers gain assurance that their verification tools
will operate effectively and that they have the vendors' support behind an
integrated solution.
Axis provides fast simulation and easy to use emulation systems for SoC
verification through its patented ReConfigurable Computing technology.
Qualified joint solutions that integrate FastLink partner tools with Axis'
RCC engines are available today.
About Axis Systems
Axis Systems, Inc. offers high-performance verification platforms for the
hardware and software development of complex electronic system and
system-on-a-chip designs. Axis' products help increase confidence in new
designs, improve overall verification productivity and shorten time to
market. On a single platform and with one design database, Axis' patented
ReConfigurable Computing (RCC) technology provides software simulation,
accelerated simulation, system emulation and hardware/software
co-verification. Axis' verification products go "way beyond fast" - they not
only run fast, but also help customers identify and isolate bugs in a design
faster than any other tool on the market. Customers include the world's
leading networking and multimedia companies. Axis is headquartered at 209
Java Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94089. To learn more about Axis, visit
www.axiscorp.com.
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Contacts
Axis - Yukari Chin, (408) 588-2000 x154, yukari@axiscorp.com
Cayenne - Linda Marchant, 919-968-8198, linda.marchant@cayennecom.com
QUOTE SHEET
FastLink Program Announcement Partner Quotes & Contacts
8/20/01
0-In Design Automation
"Increasing observability and controllability in hardware accelerated
verification greatly simplifies problem detection and debug," said Emil
Girczyc, Executive Vice President, Products at 0-In Design Automation. "Via
FastLink, 0-In and Axis are cooperating to deliver white box verification at
hardware acceleration speeds."
0-In contact:
Emil Girczyc
(408) 487-3603
emil@0-in.com
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
"Cadence is committed to providing highly interoperable solutions for our
customers," said Pat Dutrow, director of the Cadence Connections Program, of
which Axis is a member. "Our membership in the FastLink program helps ensure
smooth integrations between our simulation products and Axis' hardware-based
solutions. We are pleased to further our relationship with Axis - as
evidenced in its membership in the Cadence Connections Program - and to
continue to work together for the success of our mutual customers."
Cadence contact:
K. Kimball Holland
(978) 262-6621
kholland@cadence.com
Co-Design Automation, Inc.
"Co-Design Automation is dedicated to working with the EDA industry leaders
for the good of our mutual customers, and as such we are delighted to join
the Axis FastLink Program," noted Dave Kelf, Vice President of Marketing,
Co-Design Automation, Inc. "As adoption of SUPERLOG for verification
accelerates, a tight link between our simulator and the Axis product line
enables a high performance methodology shift for leading edge design
solutions."
Co-Design contact:
David Kelf
(877) 6 CODESIGN x404
davek@co-design.com
Denali Software, Inc.
"Our company is committed to providing a complete verification environment
to our customers by integrating with best-in-class tools. We are pleased to
be an initial member of the FastLink program and to work closely with Axis
to ensure interoperability between our products." Kevin Silver, VP
Marketing, Denali Software, Inc.
Denali contact:
Kevin Silver
(512) 454-7004 x230
kevin@denali.com
Forte Design Systems
"As a leader in the functional verification market, Forte Design Systems is
pleased to work closely with Axis to ensure interoperability between our
GigsScale verification products and Axis' Xcite and Xtreme products to meet
our mutual customers' need for a complete verification solution." Brett
Cline, Director of Marketing, Forte Design Systems.
Forte contact:
Brett Cline
(978) 264-1855
brett@forteds.com
Innoveda, Inc.
Guy Moshe, Sr. Vice President System Level Design of Innoveda states "Our
relationship with Axis Systems allows us to provide a real solution for
customers looking for an effective "Virtual Prototyping" solution for
software development. By utilizing the Axis hardware our customers can now
test much more of their system firmware before committing to hardware
build."
Innoveda contact:
Steve Anderson
(651) 765-2219
sanderson@innoveda.com
Novas Software, Inc.
Scott Sandler, president and CEO of Novas said, "Our agreements with Axis
underscore our commitment to open systems that provide designers of large,
complex designs with the most powerful and efficient verification and debug
solutions available. By working closely with companies like Axis, we can
help eliminate interoperability costs and thus further reduce the cost of
verification for our mutual customers."
Novas contact:
Scott Sandler
(408) 467-7897
scott@novas.com
Platform Computing Inc.
"Platform Computing is excited to participate in Axis' new FastLink
partnership program," said Paul Hill, Platform's Vice President of Marketing
and Business Development. "As a recognized leader in simulation
acceleration and verification products, Axis is an excellent fit for
Platform's LSF suite of Distributed Resource Management tools."
Platform contact:
Alex Lynch
(781) 270-7460
alynch@platform.com
Verisity Design, Inc.
"Verification interoperability is absolutely vital for our customers and
Verisity is committed to developing and supporting open solutions," said
Dave Tokic, director of strategic marketing for Verisity Design, Inc.
"We're excited to partner with Axis through their FastLink program to
develop tighter integrations between Specman Elite, Xcite and Xtreme.
FastLink enables us to provide highly integrated verification solutions for
our mutual customers."
Verisity contact:
Dave Tokic
(650) 934-6819
davet@verisity.com
Verplex Systems, Inc.
"The FastLink program brings together best-in-class tools from leading EDA
vendors," said Tom Senna, vice president of business development at Verplex
Systems, Inc. "Verplex's advanced formal verification technology and Axis'
Xcite/Xtreme products together provide the fastest and easiest to use
solution for chip level and system level verification."
Verplex contact:
Tom Senna
(408) 586-0392
tomsenna@verplex.com
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