OCP-IP Unveils CoreCreator 4.0
PORTLAND, Ore.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Jan. 11, 2005—
Open Core Protocol International Partnership (OCP-IP)
today announced the availability of CoreCreator 4.0. CoreCreator
provides a single graphical or command-line-based environment for
validating Open Core Protocol (OCP) implementations. Version 4.0 is
fully compliant with, and supports OCP 2.0.
CoreCreator 4.0 streamlines generation and packaging of core
models, interfaces, timing parameters, synthesis scripts, test
vectors, and verification suites necessary for efficient IP core reuse
and SoC integration. It also provides an environment for stimulating a
core (or multiple cores) and analyzing performance and functionality
in a system environment.
The tool features a comprehensive design environment for importing
existing IP cores or creating new IP cores OCP protocol and physical
constraint compliance verification; and maximum frequency and gate
area estimation. Its automated environment provides configuration,
simulation, logic synthesis and timing analysis, as well as TCL
scripting for auto-generation of configuration files and timing
constraints. CoreCreator also contains a physical constraint extractor
and packager as well as a packager for all necessary verification
files, including scan test and functional vectors.
CoreCreator decouples core and system development, allows
multiple-core development in parallel, provides a structured core
debug and system-level design verification to reduce design time and
risk, ensuring rapid time to market. The CoreCreator design
environment gives users the freedom to choose their own EDA providers,
tools, and design methodologies.
Version 4.0 was approved for release after an extensive review and
now supports all the latest enhancements to the OCP 2.0 specification.
CoreCreator 4.0, validated by industry leading companies, is
available to OCP-IP members through the website: www.ocpip.org. Also
newly available to members through the website is the latest version
of OCP 2.0 training.
About OCP-IP
The OCP International Partnership Association, Inc. (OCP-IP),
formed in 2001, promotes and supports the Open Core Protocol (OCP) as
the complete socket standard ensuring rapid creation and integration
of interoperable virtual components. OCP-IP's Governing Steering
Committee participants are: Nokia (NYSE: NOK), Texas Instruments
(NYSE: TXN), STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), Toshiba Semiconductor
Group (including Toshiba America TAEC), and Sonics. OCP-IP is a
non-profit corporation delivering the first fully supported, openly
licensed, core-centric protocol comprehensively fulfilling
system-level integration requirements. The OCP facilitates IP core
reusability and reduces design time, risk, and manufacturing costs for
SoC designs. VSIA endorses the OCP socket, and OCP-IP is affiliated
with the VSI Alliance. For additional background and membership
information, visit www.OCPIP.org.
Contact:
OCP-IP
Ian Mackintosh, 650-938-2500 ext. 106
ian@ocpip.org
or
VitalCom
Joe Basques, 650-366-8212 ext. 202
joe@vitalcompr.com
