LogicVision Partners With Prover Technology to Increase SOC Designer Productivity
SAN JOSE, Calif., March 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- LogicVision, Inc., , a leading provider of embedded test for integrated circuits and systems, announced today that it has qualified the Prover(TM) eCheck(TM) equivalence checker for use in the LogicVision design flow. Prover Technology, a leading provider of proof engines and automated formal verification products, successfully completed a series of test cases to validate interoperability with LogicVision's embedded test hardware. The combined solution enables at-speed test of multi-million gate SOCs, allowing customers to accelerate verification, reduce total development time and meet quality requirements.
"LogicVision's position in the SOC market is becoming increasingly important as companies developing multi-million gate chips with 0.13um and 90 nm process geometries must increase design efficiency to meet time-to-market goals," said Mukesh Mowji, vice president of sales and marketing for LogicVision. "Prover Technology's equivalence checker Prover eCheck, combined with LogicVision's scalable hierarchical test technology, enables designers to overcome the complexity issues and deliver to plan."
"We are pleased that LogicVision has certified Prover eCheck for their flow," said Arne Boralv, CTO of Prover Technology. "We believe that our continued work with LogicVision will ensure a comprehensive leading-edge solution to our mutual customers."
About Prover Technology
Prover Technology is the world's leading provider of proof engines for tool developers and end users in the EDA and AMD markets. Founded in 1989, Prover Technology is the most experienced company in the field of automated formal verification. Its investors include London-based MVI, and The Swedish Industrial Development Fund. Prover Technology has offices in Silicon Valley, France, and Sweden (HQ). For more information and Prover office locations, visit Prover Technology's web site at http://www.prover.com/.
About LogicVision Inc.
LogicVision (NASDAQ: LGVN) provides proprietary technologies for embedded test that enable the more efficient design and manufacture of complex semiconductors. LogicVision's embedded test solution allows integrated circuit designers to embed into a semiconductor design test functionality that can be used during semiconductor production and throughout the useful life of the chip. For more information on the company and its products, please visit the LogicVision website at www.logicvision.com.
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS:
Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters set forth in this press release, including statements as to the expected benefits of the combination of the Prover eCheck, and LogicVision's scalable hierarchical test technology and other expected benefits to mutual customers of the companies, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are subject to risk and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially, including, but not limited to, the impact of competitive products and technological advances, and other risks detailed in LogicVision's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002, and from time to time in LogicVision's SEC reports. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof. LogicVision disclaims any obligation to update these forward-looking statements.
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CONTACT: Clarisse Balistreri of LogicVision, +1-408-453-0146,
clarisse@logicvision.com; or Investors - Financial Media - David Pasquale of
The Ruth Group, +1-646-536-7006, dpasquale@theruthgroup.com for LogicVision;
or Mark Riley of Prover Technology, +1-831-818-7274, mark@prover.com
Web site: http://www.logicvision.com/
http://www.prover.com/
