Atrenta Announces SpyGlass for VCS
New Option Analyzes Verilog RTL to Optimize Synopsys' VCS Simulator Runtime Performance
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 3, 2002--Atrenta Inc.,
the Predictive Analysis company, today announced the release of
SpyGlass(TM) for VCS(TM), an option for SpyGlass 3.0 that improves RTL
descriptions, which speeds up VCS simulation performance. Electronics
companies look for every opportunity to increase simulation runtime
performance for their complex designs. The new SpyGlass for VCS option
takes advantage of Atrenta's unique expertise in predictive analysis
to provide customers with a powerful and comprehensive rule set to
identify areas in their Verilog RTL that can be improved for faster
runtimes while avoiding race conditions.
To ensure an optimized flow between SpyGlass and VCS, Atrenta
participates as a member of Synopsys' in-Sync program for electronic
design automation (EDA) interoperability. "Through Atrenta's
participation in Synopsys' in-Sync program, mutual customers will
benefit from a smoother, more interoperable flow between Atrenta and
Synopsys tools to help meet their design needs," said Karen Bartleson,
director of Quality and Interoperability, Synopsys, Inc.
"We are happy to work with Synopsys to bring products to market
that increase productivity for our common customers," said Ghulam
Nurie, senior vice president of Marketing and Business Development at
Atrenta. "We believe SpyGlass for VCS will provide VCS users with an
easy-to-use approach to avoid race conditions and time consuming
iterations. The ability to increase VCS runtime performance will play
a critical role in meeting engineering schedules and improving time to
market."
SpyGlass for VCS employs an innovative "look-ahead" engine, based
on fast-synthesis and a logic evaluator, to create a structural
representation of the Verilog RTL so it can perform detailed
structural analysis and pinpoint exactly what areas of the RTL should
be modified to improve VCS runtime performance.
Support for Verilog 2000
The additional constructs in Verilog 2000 are also supported in
SpyGlass 3.0.
Pricing and Availability
SpyGlass for VCS costs $10K per year as an option to SpyGlass 3.0.
It runs on Sun/Solaris 2.5 - 2.8, HP-UX 10.2 and RedHat Linux 7 and
above.
About Atrenta
Atrenta offers a new approach in accelerating the design of
complex ASICs, FPGAs, SoPCs and SoCs through predictive analysis. Its
SpyGlass is the first tool that performs detailed structural analysis
on register-transfer-level Verilog and VHDL code in order to check for
complex problems, which include coding styles, RTL-handoff, design
re-use, clock/reset requirements, and much more. Its breakthrough and
innovative "look-ahead" capability incorporates a fast-synthesis
engine, logic evaluator, and testability technologies. Atrenta has
over forty customers, such as Agere, Agilent, Apple, ARM, Canon,
Compaq, Fujitsu, Hitachi, LSI Logic, Motorola, National Semiconductor,
NCR, Nortel and Olympus, who are using SpyGlass to achieve shorter
overall design cycles, increased design productivity and lower costs.
Atrenta is headquartered in San Jose, California, with European
headquarters in Swindon, England, a research and development center in
India, and a sales and support distributor in Japan. For further
information, visit the Atrenta website at http://www.atrenta.com or
call 866/ATRENTA.
Note to Editors: Synopsys is a registered trademark and VCS is a
trademark of Synopsys Inc. Atrenta and SpyGlass are trademarks of
Atrenta Inc.
Contact:
Atrenta
Mona Singh, 408/467-4248
Marketing Communications Manager
mona@atrenta.com
or
for Atrenta
Paula Jones, 650/967-3711 (Editorial)
PR Counsel
paula@newiic.com
