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Real Intent and Novas, Formal Verification and Debug Leaders, Offer Interoperability for Electronics Designers
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 4, 2001--
Novas, the leader in debug systems for complex chip designs, and
Real Intent, a leader in the formal design verification market, today
announced that Real Intent has joined Novas' Harmony Program, and Real
Intent's formal RTL verification tool, Verix(TM), is now interoperable
with Novas' Debussy® total debug system. This integration provides
designers with the means to verify design functionality, and easily
locate bugs, isolate them and understand why they occur.
Dr. Narain, president and CEO of Real Intent commented, ``We
believe that our expertise is verification and welcome the opportunity
to partner with companies that are electronic design market leaders.
Novas is a leading company in the verification space that helps
designers tackle the debug issue by helping them understand why bugs
occur. Combining Verix and Debussy gives HDL designers access to the
best formal RTL verification and debug tools available today.''
Scott Sandler, president and CEO of Novas said, ``At Novas, we
continue to form partnerships to establish interoperability between
best-in-class verification solutions and Debussy. Real Intent makes an
excellent addition to our Harmony Partner Program, as it is a leader
in formal RTL verification. Now our customers can use Debussy and
Verix together to find and fix more design bugs faster, raising design
confidence and reducing the cost of verification.''
About Harmony
Novas established its Harmony program in 1999 to lower the cost of
EDA tool interoperability. The Harmony program provides developers of
verification and other tools with Debussy licenses, engineering
support for integration efforts, and ongoing support for mutual
customers. Debussy's open application programming interfaces (APIs)
ensure that the widest range of chip design and verification solutions
can take advantage of its industry-leading debug capabilities.
About Real Intent
Real Intent, headquartered in San Jose, California, offers
award-winning formal functional verification tools for electronic
design. These tools give users the capability of comprehensively
verifying designs early and significantly reduce the cost of verifying
integrated circuits, electronic systems and systems on a chip.
Real Intent is located at 3910 Freedom Circle, Suite 102A, Santa
Clara, CA 95054, tel.: 408/982-5444, fax: 408/982-5443, email:
info@realintent.com, web: http://www.realintent.com.
About Novas
Novas Software, Inc. is the leader in debug systems for complex
chip designs. The Company's Debussy® Total Debug system cuts the
cost of verification by 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.
Note to Editors: Debussy is a registered trademark of Novas
Software, Inc. Verix is a registered trademark of Real Intent, Inc.
Contact:
KJ Communications for Novas
Eileen Elam, 650/917-1488
KjcomE@cs.com
or
Valley PR for Real Intent
Georgia Marszalek, 650/345-7477
georgia@valleypr.com
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