Mentor Graphics" Celaro Hardware Emulator Adds Support for Verisity"s eCelerator
Integrated Methodology Combines Testbench Automation and Emulation
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 2002--Verisity
Ltd. (Nasdaq: VRST - news), the leading provider of functional verification
automation, and Mentor Graphics® Corporation today announced that
Meta Systems, the emulation division of Mentor Graphics, is
integrating Verisity's eCelerator(TM) to the Celaro(TM) hardware
emulator and has joined Verisity's VIP(TM) Program. eCelerator is
innovative new synthesis technology that enables the power of Specman
Elite(TM) with the high performance of hardware-assisted verification
(see press release dated March 4, 2002 "Verisity's Launches
Breakthrough Testbench Acceleration Technology"). An integrated
solution between eCelerator and the Celaro hardware emulator provides
users with a significant increase in verification performance while
maintaining a high degree of visibility, flexibility, and control over
the verification process.
"We will benefit, both in terms of design time and design quality,
by being able to re-use the same Specman Elite testbench environment
on the hardware emulator, that we've already developed for simulation
on a workstation. Using Verisity's eCelerator, this can be done and
provide much greater verification performance," said Philippe
Magarshack, Central R&D Group Vice-President, Design Automation at
STMicroelectronics. "This new methodology will allow us to quickly
move our verification environment from simulation to emulation,
thereby allowing us to save weeks or possibly months on the critical
path of our complex SoC designs.
eCelerator synthesizes and accelerates testbenches written in the
e verification language onto the Celaro system, resulting in a
dramatic increase in performance for Specman Elite users. Using the
proper methodology, a significant subset of the e testbenches can be
synthesized and mapped onto the hardware emulator, including bus
functional models, monitors, data checkers, protocol checkers, and
error messaging. A key benefit of this integration is the ability of
designers to use the Celaro emulator earlier in the verification
process, improving productivity in the validation of today's complex
SoC (System-on-Chip) designs. Users are able to control the
verification progress because they retain all of the power of Specman
Elite, including automatic generation of tests, data and temporal
checking and functional coverage analysis while taking advantage of
the Celaro emulator performance, capacity and flexibility.
"The integration of emulation and testbench automation is a
critical next-step in verification methodologies that enables users to
dramatically speed up their verification process and easily move
emulation earlier into the flow," said Gabriele Pulini, marketing
director at Meta Systems, the emulation division of Mentor Graphics.
"Mentor Graphics and Verisity have a long-standing, successful
partnership and this new technology partnership extends our
relationship and customer offerings one step further."
eCelerator Integration with Celaro Hardware Emulator
eCelerator synthesizes e code for acceleration to enable Specman
Elite to interact directly with the Celaro system, enabling the user
to perform more comprehensive test runs. Specman Elite interacts with
the hardware system through Mentor Graphics Celaro Transaction-based
Interface (CTI). This interface removes the bottleneck of using a
software simulator to connect Specman Elite to the Celaro system.
Providing a direct connection fully customized to the Celaro emulator
enables it to optimize the verification environment. CTI offers
several levels of communication layers, from events or signals to
higher abstraction level such as bus protocol or packet and frame
transactions.
"Leveraging the Celaro hardware emulator's high performance with
Specman Elite's powerful verification automation dramatically improves
the users' ability to verify their designs," said Dave Tokic, director
of strategic marketing for Verisity. "Customers can now take full
advantage of the benefits that both technologies offer."
About Celaro Hardware Emulator
The Celaro emulator is the world leader in custom emulation
technology using Mentor's unique 'Custom Emulator on Silicon' (CEOS)
architecture. The patented Celaro design debug features give design
visibility, which is comparable to a software simulator, but orders of
magnitude faster. The Celaro systems also have design compilation
times which are far better than commercial FPGA-based emulators, and
design capacity which compares favorably with any competitor. The
Celaro emulator is the only system which has sufficient performance
for today's complex SoC designs. It excels in the field of
hardware/software co-verification, a critical factor in the design of
modern SoCs with their high software content. World Wide Web site:
www.celaro.com
Availability
eCelerator support through Celaro Transaction-based Interface will
be available in limited release in the third quarter of 2002.
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 web site at www.verisity.com.
About Mentor Graphics
Mentor Graphics Corporation (Nasdaq: MENT - news) 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 3,100 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.
Note to Editors: 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.
Mentor Graphics currently does not sell or market Meta Systems
products in the United States.
Contact:
Verisity Ltd.
Jennifer Bilsey, 650/934-6823
jen@verisity.com
