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Mentor Graphics Unveils Inventra IPX to Accelerate and Ease Intellectual Property Evaluation and Integration for PLD Designs
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 27, 2001-- Mentor Graphics
Corporation (Nasdaq:MENT) today announced the Inventra(TM) IPX suite
of intellectual property (IP) soft cores.
Accessed directly through the Mentor Graphics®
LeonardoSpectrum(TM) synthesis tool as a `plug-in' product option,
Inventra IPX provides programmable logic designers direct, affordable
access to a collection of proven IP cores, simplifying the IP
selection, optimization and integration processes that have previously
been barriers to rapid Field Programmable System-on-Chip (FPSoC)
design. The first release of Inventra IPX supports the Altera®
Corporation's (Nasdaq:ALTR) encrypted IP flow which enables a
protected IP flow between Mentor's LeonardoSpectrum synthesis tool and
Altera's Quartus II(TM) development software for optimized place and
route.
``Inventra IPX solves many of the business issues surrounding the
acquisition, evaluation and integration of third-party intellectual
property in PLD designs,'' said Dr. Susheel Chandra, general manager of
the Mentor Graphics Inventra Intellectual Property Division. ``With
FPSoC design becoming a reality, meeting the challenge of access and
integration of proven IP cores is critical for getting new designs to
market. Mentor Graphics has leveraged expertise company-wide and from
our partner, Altera, to create an easy-to-use, low-cost IP solution
optimized around selection, verification, and integration that allows
designers to shave months off their development schedules.''
Inventra IPX contains tool-specific representations of Inventra
IP, encrypted VHDL and Verilog RTL and compiled simulation models, for
use in simulation, synthesis and place-and-route with the ModelSim®,
LeonardoSpectrum, and Quartus II software. During the synthesis phase,
LeonardoSpectrum optimizes an encrypted Inventra IPX core upon a
single command. The resulting netlist is then imported automatically
into Quartus II software for placement into the programmable logic
device (PLD) design. This streamlined solution saves designers
valuable time and effort, which can be applied to developing features
to differentiate their products in the competitive computing, consumer
and communications markets.
Inventra IPX Simplifies Design of Multi-Million Gate Programmable
Logic Devices
Fabrication process improvements down to 0.13-micron have enabled
high-frequency, multi-million gate FPSoC devices to become a mainstay
in design. The resource demands and time-to-market pressures placed on
designers are eased by using third-party IP for standard functions.
The Mentor Graphics IPX cores are designed to preserve the
time-to-market benefits of these programmable devices as they increase
in complexity.
``Easy access to intellectual property provides our customers with
a competitive advantage in designing their next-generation
applications,'' said Craig Lytle, vice president of the Intellectual
Property business unit of Altera. ``Optimizing the performance of our
latest product offering requires a comprehensive IP solution that's
closely linked to both synthesis and place and route. Inventra IPX
combined with our Quartus II software place and route engine provides
our customers with a complete methodology that accelerates application
development.''
Pricing and Availability
Inventra IPX is now available on an annual subscription basis for
$5,500 per seat and is packaged with a set of twelve Inventra cores
that include:
- M8051 8-bit Microcontroller
- MPCMCIA1 PCMCIA Card Interface
- M82365SL PCMCIA Host Interface
- MI2C I-squared C Bus Interface
- M16550A Enhanced UART
- M16X50 Enhanced UART w/FIFO and IrDA
- M1284H IEEE 1284 Host Parallel Port
- M8237A 4-Channel DMA Controller
- M8254 3-Channel Counter/Timer
- M8255 Parallel Peripheral Interface
- M8259A 8-Channel Peripheral Interrupt Controller
- M8490 5380-compatible SCSI Interface
For more information, contact your local sales representatives at
ipx@hdlsolutions.com, call 1.877.435.4255, or visit
http://www.mentor.com/inventra/ipx.
About Mentor Graphics Corporation
Mentor Graphics Corporation (Nasdaq: MENT) is a world leader in
electronic hardware and software design solutions, providing products,
consulting services and award-winning support 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 2,975 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 and ModelSim are registered trademarks of Mentor
Graphics Corporation. LeonardoSpectrum and Inventra are trademarks of
Mentor Graphics Corporation. Quartus II software is a trademark of
Altera Corp. All other company or product names are the registered
trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners.
Contact:
Mentor Graphics
Larry Toda, 503/685-1664
larry_toda@mentor.com
OR
Benjamin Group/BSMG Worldwide
Victor Domine, 408/559-6090
vdomine@bsmg.com
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