IKOS Systems" VStation Emulator Adds Support for Verisity"s eCelerator
Integrated Methodology Combines Specman Elite and High Performance Emulation
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 2002--IKOS Systems,
Inc. (Nasdaq: IKOS - news), a leading provider of high-performance design
verification solutions, and Verisity Ltd. (Nasdaq: VRST - news), the leading
provider of functional verification automation, today announced that
IKOS Systems has created a transaction-based integration to Verisity's
eCelerator(TM). eCelerator is a testbench acceleration tool that
contains innovative new synthesis technology that enables the power of
Specman Elite(TM) to be combined with the high performance of
hardware-assisted verification (see press release dated March 4, 2002
"Verisity's Launches Breakthrough Testbench Acceleration Technology").
The combination of IKOS' VStation(TM) with testbench acceleration
provides a powerful, system-level testbench environment that enables
designers to quickly generate high-quality tests while dramatically
reducing overall verification time.
IKOS offers innovative and powerful accelerated solutions for
Specman Elite on both the NSIM(TM) accelerator and VStation emulator
platforms so that mutual customers can benefit from the immediate
increase in verification productivity. "The powerful combination of
Specman Elite and IKOS' hardware verification platforms is key to
delivering our sophisticated designs faster to market and with high
quality," said Avinash Gautam, General Manager, DSP Designs, TI-India.
"The performance boost of 15-25x over software-only simulations allows
us to quickly achieve verification completeness and higher design
confidence."
With this latest solution, eCelerator synthesizes and accelerates
testbenches written in the e verification language onto VStation,
resulting in increased verification throughput for Specman Elite
users. Using the proper methodology, highly active portions of the e
testbench can be synthesized, including bus functional models,
monitors, data checkers, protocol checkers, and error messaging. A key
benefit of this integration is the ability of users to apply emulation
with VStation earlier in the design process to perform system-level
verification and ensure that the design works in the system
environment before committing to silicon. Users are also able to
automate the verification process because they retain all of the power
of Specman Elite, including automatic generation of tests, data and
temporal checking and functional coverage analysis.
"This truly innovative approach to verification productivity using
eCelerator with VStation speeds the process by accelerating Specman
Elite testbenches and gives users more control by moving
hardware-assisted verification earlier in the design life cycle," said
Linda Prowse-Fosler, vice president of marketing for IKOS Systems.
"Improving verification performance has always been a main concern for
both IKOS and Verisity and this technology partnership enabled us to
work together to make it happen."
"Combining these two technologies enables users to take advantage
of the benefits of both approaches," said Dave Tokic, director of
strategic marketing for Verisity. "This integration provides another
dramatic step in verification technology and methodology for extremely
complex designs."
Transaction-Based Co-modeling with Specman Elite
eCelerator takes advantage of IKOS' Co-modeling technology, which
utilizes a fast interface between IKOS' high-performance VStation
emulator and Specman Elite to deliver maximum verification
productivity. The foundation for this high-performance interface is
IKOS' Transaction Interface Portal (TIP), the industry's first and
fastest, high-bandwidth, low-latency, workstation-to-emulator
connection that is specifically optimized for processing transactions.
With IKOS' breakthrough co-modeling technology, transactions, as
opposed to clocked events, are passed across the testbench interface
to reduce the I/O congestion between the software running on the
workstation and the design running in VStation, which increases e
testbench performance up to 50 times over a software-only simulation
environment.
IKOS' VStation emulator is a complete, system-on-chip (SoC)
verification platform offering a simulation-like user interface;
easy-to-use in-circuit emulation; high-performance co-modeling through
TIP; data streaming with virtually unlimited vector width; and fully
integrated RTL compile and debug capabilities. VStation verifies
highly complex designs of up to 15 million gates, and operates at
emulation speeds of up to 2 MHz. It also incorporates IKOS' patented
VirtuaLogic(TM) compiler and VirtualWires(TM) technology to enable
easy memory modeling; accurate modeling of asynchronous clocks; fast,
fully automated partitioning and compilation; 100% visibility of
internal and external signals; and scalable capacity at a lower cost
per gate with each successive generation of the emulator to stay ahead
of designers' expanding needs for hardware development and software
and system validation.
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. The Company'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, CA. The Company's principal research and development
offices are located in Rosh Ha'ain, Israel. For more information, see
Verisity's Website at http://www.verisity.com.
About IKOS Systems
IKOS Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:IKOS - news) is a technology leader in
high-performance, hardware assisted design verification. IKOS' mission
is to develop and deliver high-performance solutions that enable its
customers to verify the functional correctness of their complex
electronic system designs.
IKOS has direct sales operations in North America, the U.K.,
France, Germany, The Netherlands, Japan, and India, and a distribution
network throughout Asia-Pacific. The corporate headquarters is located
at 79 Great Oaks Blvd., San Jose, Calif., 95119, (408) 284-0400. For
more information, visit IKOS' Website at http://www.ikos.com.
Note to Editors: IKOS, NSIM, VStation, Transaction Interface
Portal (TIP), VirtuaLogic, and VirtualWires are trademarks of IKOS
Systems, Inc. Verisity is a registered trademark of Verisity Design,
Inc. eVC, eCelerator, and Specman Elite are trademarks of Verisity
Design, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respected
owners.
Contact:
Verisity Ltd.
Jennifer Bilsey, 650/934-6823
jen@verisity.com
or
IKOS Systems, Inc.
Linda Prowse-Fosler, 408/361-9667
linda@ikos.com
