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Novas' Verdi Technology Selected as Finalist for Inaugural International Engineering Consortium DesignVision Award
Automated Debug System Nominated for Advanced Innovation In
Design Verification
SAN JOSE, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Jan. 10, 2005—
Novas Software, Inc., the leader in debug systems for complex chip
designs, today announced that the Novas Verdi(TM) Automated Debug
System has been selected as a finalist in the first annual
International Engineering Consortium (IEC) DesignVision Award
program. Winners of the award, which honor achievement in electronic
design innovation, will be announced at the DesignCon Conference in
Santa Clara, Calif. on February 1, 2005.
Introduced in 2003, the Verdi Automated Debug System broke new
ground with its ability to give chip designers unprecedented levels of
insight and understanding into design behavior, and thus improve the
efficiency and speed by which they can find and correct design errors.
Verdi is particularly useful for large, complex designs where there
may be significant amounts of legacy and/or unfamiliar design elements
for a design team to debug. The system uses a combination of synthesis
and formal verification techniques to automatically extract behavior
information from design descriptions and simulation results. Verdi
works seamlessly within existing design flows, and provides a control
point for a complete set of design and analysis tasks during the
design verification stage of IC design.
"Verdi's automated tracing technology is a breakthrough innovation
that significantly accelerates the design verification process by
cutting the manual effort required to understand the causes of design
behavior," said Scott Sandler, president and CEO of Novas. "We are
honored to be included among the IEC's top choices for innovation in
this area and are confident that our technology is representative of
the ideals and qualifications which these important awards seek to
recognize."
In keeping with its 60-year mission of bringing the highest
quality and most innovative forms of education to the industry, the
IEC DesignVision Awards recognize leading-edge products and services
in the electronic design and semiconductor industries. Like previous
IEC honors, the DesignVision Awards recognize companies for recent
products and services that have added a new dimension not only to the
electronic design industry, but to society as a whole.
About International Engineering Consortium
The International Engineering Consortium (IEC) is a non-profit
organization dedicated to catalyzing progress in the electronic design
and semiconductor industries and in their university communities.
Since 1944, the Consortium has provided high quality educational
opportunities for industry professionals, academics and students. To
support a worldwide need, the IEC has developed free online, web-based
tutorials. The IEC conducts industry-university programs that have
substantial impact on curricula. It also conducts research and
develops publications, conferences and technological exhibits
addressing major opportunities and challengers of the information age.
More than 70 leading, high technology universities are currently
affiliated with the Consortium. Industry is represented through
substantial corporate support and the involvement of many thousands of
executives, managers and professionals.
About Novas
Novas Software, Inc. is the leading provider of robust,
tool-independent design debug systems to companies designing complex
ICs and SoCs. Novas' products dramatically reduce the time it takes
for engineers to locate, isolate and solve the root causes of
functional design and verification problems. Novas is ranked first in
customer satisfaction for three consecutive years in a comprehensive
EDA study published by CMP. There are more than 12,000 Novas systems
installed worldwide by over 400 companies and 35 EDA companies
utilizing Novas technology in their products today. Novas is
headquartered in San Jose, Calif. with offices in Europe, Japan and
Asia-Pacific. For more information, visit http://www.novas.com or
email info@novas.com.
Verdi is a trademark of Novas Software, Inc. All other trademarks
or registered trademarks are property of their respective owners.
Contact:
Public Relations for Novas
Wired Island, Ltd.
Laurie Stanley, 925-224-8762
laurie@wiredislandpr.com
or
Novas Software, Inc., San Jose
Rob van Blommestein, 408-467-7872
rob@novas.com
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