Axis Systems' Xtreme Verification System Increases Chip Quality for Matsushita's Newest Digital Video Camera
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 12, 2002--
Axis Systems, Inc. today announced that AVC Company, Matsushita
Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Osaka, Japan)(NYSE:MC; PCX:MC) used the
Xtreme(TM) verification system from Axis to increase the quality and
reduce verification time of an image processing chip for Matsushita's
DIGICAM NV-MX5000 digital video camera.
The new chip is a system large-scale integration (LSI) chip that
contains more than 1.3 million logic gates and more than 20 Mb of
embedded dynamic random access memory (DRAM). The chip, which uses the
Advanced Pixel Interpolation System (AXIS) technology that Matsushita
developed, is the first to enable a digital video camera to record
three-million pixel still images with extremely high resolution and
outstanding image quality. In addition to the AXIS technology, the
camera system also uses three charge-coupled devices (CCDs), giving it
the quality of a professional broadcast video camera.
Xtreme, which integrates software simulation, accelerated
simulation, and emulation in one system, enabled Matsushita designers
to run long tests on the chip, vastly improving verification results
over their previous software simulation solution. Because the chip was
thoroughly verified, Matsushita achieved first silicon success.
"Matsushita has been a loyal customer of Axis for a long time,"
said Mike Tsai, president and CEO of Axis. "We're pleased to know that
our products and services have reduced Matsushita's verification costs
and virtually eliminated silicon respins, which is essential for a
worldwide leader in the development and manufacture of electronic
products."
"We could not have done such thorough chip verification with our
previous software simulation solution," said Mr. Koichi Toyomura,
Staff Engineer in the AVC Network Business Group, AVC Company,
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. "Xtreme was very easy to
adopt. We incorporated it into our current methodology with very
little effort, and it came up in acceleration mode in half a day."
Mr. Koichi Toyomura added that Xtreme makes it very easy to debug
a design, using features like VCD on demand and hot swapping. Because
the design team reduced their verification time by two-thirds, they
had more time to verify the chip, using longer image vectors and more
kinds of vectors than ever before.
About Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Panasonic)
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., best known for its
Panasonic, National, and Technics and Quasar brand names, is a
worldwide leader in the development and manufacture of electronics
products for a wide range of consumer, business, and industrial needs.
Based in Osaka, Japan, the company recorded consolidated sales of
US$51.7 billion for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2002. In addition
to the Tokyo and other Japanese stock exchanges (6752), Matsushita
Electric is also listed on the Amsterdam, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, New
York, Pacific (NYSE/PCX: MC), and Paris stock exchanges. For more
information, visit Panasonic's web site at:
http://www.panasonic.co.jp/global/top.html
About Axis
Axis Systems, Inc. offers high-performance verification systems
for the hardware and software development of complex electronic system
and system-on-a-chip designs. Axis' products help increase confidence
in new designs, improve overall verification productivity and shorten
time to market. On a single system and with one design database, Axis'
patented ReConfigurable Computing (RCC) technology provides software
simulation, accelerated simulation, system emulation and
hardware/software co-verification. Customers include the world's
leading graphics, networking, multimedia, and processor companies.
Axis is headquartered at 209 Java Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94089. To learn
more about Axis, visit www.axiscorp.com.
Contact:
Axis Systems
Lori Kate Calise, 408/716-1554
LK@axiscorp.com
or
VitalCom
Lou Covey, 650/637-8212 x 202
lou@vitalcompr.com
Source:
Axis Systems
