Atrenta's SpyGlass Constraints Selected as Finalist for 2003 EDN Innovation of the Year Award
SAN JOSE, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Feb. 10, 2004—
Atrenta(R) Inc., the Predictive Analysis Company,
announced that its SpyGlass(R) Constraints product, a design
constraints validation solution, has been selected from a field of
hundreds as a finalist for this year's EDN Innovation of the Year
Award. This exclusive awards program, sponsored by EDN Magazine, is
dedicated to honoring truly outstanding engineering products in the
electronics industry. A panel of EDN's technical editors selected
SpyGlass Constraints in the EDA Design Exploration category.
SpyGlass Constraints is the industry's first design tool that
validates the complete design: RTL + SDC Constraints + technology
libraries. SpyGlass uses a unique "predictive analysis" technology to
analyze constraints at RTL to ensure that consistent and complete
constraints are used to drive downstream tools, thus reducing wasted
effort in complex timing closure flows. The tool analyzes both block
and full-chip-level constraints and verifies mutual consistency among
these multiple levels of constraints. It also automatically generates
template constraint files from an RTL description to help designers
quickly create correct constraints files -- a necessity for downstream
tools such as synthesis, timing and physical design tools. This
reduces late stage iterations and accelerates back-end debugging by
removing inconsistencies between constraints and design data.
In the next few weeks, EDN's worldwide audience of electronics
engineers and engineering managers will use an online ballot to select
the ultimate winner from among the finalists. To vote for SpyGlass
Constraints to be the EDN Innovation of the Year, please visit the EDN
Access Web site at www.edn.com/innovation, and cast your vote. Winners
will be announced at a ceremony on March 29, 2004 in San Francisco.
"We always get an outstanding set of entries to our Innovation
program," said EDN Editor-in-Chief Maury Wright. "The chosen finalists
should be proud of their selection because many worthy products barely
missed the cut. I look forward to meeting with all of the participants
at the awards banquet."
"This recognition from EDN Magazine is continued validation of
Atrenta's innovation in solving complex chip design problems through
our unique and pioneering 'predictive analysis' technology," said Dr.
Ajoy Bose, chairman, president and CEO of Atrenta Inc. "Constraints
are the critical bridge between RTL and implementation and incorrect
constraint files can delay implementation schedules by as much as 50%.
Atrenta's SpyGlass Constraints product automates the analysis of these
constraints files and ensures their consistency and completeness."
About Atrenta
Atrenta delivers predictive analysis solutions to the world's
leading electronics companies, including eight of the top ten
semiconductor companies. Its pioneering and award-winning SpyGlass
Predictive Analysis tools accelerate the design of SoCs, ASICs, and
FPGAs by detecting complex chip design problems that are not easily
identified with conventional verification methods. SpyGlass has been
recognized with several distinguishing awards, including EDN
magazine's Top 100 products and "LSI Design of the Year" award by
Japan's Semiconductor Industry News. Most recently, SpyGlass
Constraints was named as an EDN Innovation Awards finalist for 2004.
Atrenta was also chosen by Venture Reporter as one of the top 100
venture-backed companies, and named by AlwaysOn as one of the Top 100
private companies.
Atrenta, with headquarters in San Jose, California, employs over
140 personnel worldwide. It has European offices in England and
France, a research and development center in India, and sales and
support distributors in Europe, India, Israel, Japan, Korea,
Singapore, Taiwan, and United Kingdom. For further information, visit
the Atrenta website at www.atrenta.com, email moreinfo@atrenta.com, or
call 408-453-3333.
Atrenta, SpyGlass, and Atrenta the Predictive Analysis Company are
registered trademarks of Atrenta Inc. All other trademarks belong to
their respective owners.
Contact:
Atrenta
Mona Singh, 408-467-4248
mona@atrenta.com
or
Newiic
Paula Jones, 650-967-3711
paula@newiic.com
