Novas Software To Host Seminars At Dac
Software Leader to Debut its Breakthrough Verdi Behavior-based Debug System
SAN JOSE, Calif., June 3, 2002 — Novas Software, Inc., the leader in debug systems for complex chip designs, is hosting free seminars on Advanced Debug Methodologies at the 39th annual Design Automation Conference (DAC) in New Orleans from June 10 to June 14, 2002. Also at DAC this year, the Company is featuring its recently announced Verdi Behavior-Based Debug System with product demonstrations and hourly stage presentations in the Novas Exhibit Booth #3252.
Verdi’s DAC debut is the first public showing to the general design community following the worldwide webcast launch on May 13, 2002. Verdi fundamentally transforms the debugging and design exploration process for leading-edge integrated circuit and system-on-chip applications. Using ground breaking behavior-based techniques, Verdi radically reduces the time and effort required to comprehend how a design works or why it does not work as expected. A complete replay of the broadcast is available at http://seminar2.techonline.com/~novas22/may1302a/.
The market-leading Debussy Knowledge-Based Debug System will also be demonstrated in the Novas DAC booth and featured by a number of Novas partners. DAC attendees will see the latest release of Debussy with up to 2x faster performance during key interactive operations and a variety of new ease-of-use and design navigation enhancements.
Private suite demonstrations of Novas products are available by appointment and can be pre-arranged by contacting the local Novas sales representative.
Debug Seminar Details
Today’s highly complex designs bring unprecedented challenges to the human element of the design process. Large, geographically dispersed design teams, the extensive use of legacy code and external IP, and the relentless march to pack more and more functions onto a single chip all combine to greatly increase the time it takes engineers to understand and integrate design components, debug and isolate design problems, and ensure that designs can effectively be reused in future projects.
Seminars attendees will learn about a methodology and suite of advanced products designed to meet design challenges head on. Novas will also show how the company is applying its expertise to solve the real problems designers are facing today. Technical experts will address the full spectrum of issues including design debug and exploration, knowledge management for design reuse and sharing, and integrated design and test bench debug at the system-level.
The 90-minute seminar is open to DAC attendees and the media on Monday, June 10 through Wednesday, June 12 at 10:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. each day, and again on Thursday, June 13 at 10:00 a.m. All seminars will be held in Novas demo suite #4660 in the DAC main suite hall. Online registration is available prior to DAC at http://www.novas.com/dac2002/.
About Novas
Novas is the pioneer of knowledge-based debug systems that reduce the functional verification costs for complex IC designs. Building upon the strength of its market-leading Debussy product, Novas’ second-generation Verdi system improves the efficiency of designers in the system-on-chip era with advanced design exploration and behavior-based debug capabilities. These allow design teams to better understand and analyze complex or unfamiliar design behavior, and cuts by half or more the time it takes to locate, isolate and understand the root causes of design problems. There are more than 7,000 Novas systems in use today at customer sites worldwide. Novas is headquartered in San Jose, Calif. with offices in Europe, Japan and Asia-Pacific. For more information, visit www.novas.com, send email to info@novas.com, or call Novas at 408-467-7888.
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