Verisity Introduces University Program
Academic Program Another Avenue for Open Access to the e Verification Language
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 10, 2001--Verisity,
Ltd. (Nasdaq:VRST - news), the leading provider of functional verification
automation, today announced a program designed to support universities
in their verification-related education and research. Verisity's
University Program unites Verisity with universities all over the
world in providing engineers with open access to the e verification
language. University members receive free access to Verisity's
functional verification solutions, including Specman Elite(TM) and the
e verification language, SureCov(TM) and SureLint(TM), as well as
support for their research projects. Initial members in the program
are: Chemnitz University of Technology in Chemnitz, Germany; Ecole
Polytechnique de Montreal, Canada; India Institute of Technology
Bombay, Mumbai, India; Institute of Microelectronic Circuits and
Systems, Hannover, Germany; Institute for System Level Integration in
Edinburgh, Scotland; McGill University, Montreal, Canada;
Technion--Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel; University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan; University of Tuebingen, Germany.
"It's important for academia to provide their students with access
to the latest tools and technology, while the commercial industry
finds it beneficial for the students to have experience with industry
standards," said Yaron Kashai, vice president of research and
strategic technologies, Verisity Design. "Verisity's solutions are the
most widely used for functional verification because they produce
high-quality products while increasing engineers' productivity.
Verisity is committed to working with the industry to support open
standards and this program extends this to the academia. "
"As universities work in close cooperation with commercial
companies on research projects, it's imperative that we have access to
the same tools and methodologies," said Robert Siegmund, Department of
Systems and Circuit Design at the Chemnitz University of Technology.
"Through Verisity's University Program, we have access to the e
verification language, the methodology and market-proven tools for our
research projects. This enables us to work with verification
environments that are highly compatible with those of our commercial
partners."
The universities in the program are using Verisity's solutions for
a range of projects including e-based tool research and development,
student research projects in verifying complex designs, cooperative
research with commercial companies, course laboratories and tool and
methodology instruction. Any educational institution with research
programs focusing on innovative verification techniques, formal
methods, language semantics and high-level specifications, or research
projects involving complex verification tasks may join the program.
"While universities are currently doing research on many topics in
verification -- both in theory and practice -- it is indispensable to
have a tool such as Specman Elite to show us how productive commercial
tools are," said Zeljko Zilic, professor at McGill University. "By
using Specman Elite, we have learned a lot on verification
methodology, in a very short time."
About Verisity
Verisity is the leading provider of proprietary technologies and
software products used to efficiently verify designs of electronic
systems and complex integrated circuits that are essential to the
communications and other high growth segments of the electronics
industry. Verisity's products automate the process of detecting flaws
in these designs, enabling customers to deliver higher quality
products, accelerate time-to-market and reduce overall product
development costs.
Verisity Design, Inc.'s principal executive offices are located in
Mountain View. Verisity's principal research and development offices
and the corporate headquarters of Verisity Ltd. are located in Rosh
Ha'ain, Israel. For more information, see Verisity's web site at
www.verisity.com.
Note to Editors: Verisity is a registered trademark of Verisity
Design, Inc. Specman Elite, SureCov and SureLint are trademarks of
Verisity Design, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their
respective holders.
Contact:
Verisity Design, Inc.
Jennifer Bilsey, 650/934-6823
jen@verisity.com
