VaST Announces CoMET 5.7; Electronic System Level Environment for Creation of Virtual System Prototypes
SUNNYVALE, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Feb. 28, 2005—
VaST Systems Technology Corporation today announced the
release of CoMET 5.7, which adds substantial new functionality to
VaST's fifth generation of electronic system level (ESL) tools.
CoMET(R) is VaST's electronic system level environment for the
concurrent design and development of the hardware, software,
mechanical and DSP subsystems of complex SoCs and embedded systems.
With CoMET, developers create virtual system prototypes in
software working from high-level specifications as early as the
architectural phase. The virtual system prototype is used for
architecture design and analysis. CoMET allows designers to measure
and visualize the quantitative impact of architectural decisions to
help select the best architecture, thus enabling an
architecture-driven design methodology. The virtual system prototype
becomes the golden reference model for the concurrent development of
hardware and software. CoMET co-simulates with leading industry
simulators, and CoMET's open architecture is designed to easily
integrate into an existing tools flow.
New in CoMET 5.7:
-- Support for VaST's fastest models, built with the company's
new generation of simulation technology plus integration and
co-simulation with previous generations of VaST models.
-- Support for SystemC models, standalone and integrated into
full platforms.
-- Enhanced GUI interface and configuration capabilities in
VaST's popular Metrix tool, which captures data from the
virtual system prototype, performs quantitative assessments of
behavior and performance, and charts the results. Metrix 5.7
supports probes for VaST's powerful technologies: StdBus,
StdLogic, StdVector and StdClock nets.
-- Enhanced CoMET Platform Constructor Tool with capabilities for
rapidly constructing and automatically generating
documentation for virtual system prototypes.
-- The newly announced tool, Peripheral Device Builder, which
enables users to quickly develop peripheral devices such as
interrupt controllers, DMA engines, timers, clocks and memory
controllers and operates as plug-in to the CoMET 5.7
environment.
"The new features and functions in CoMET 5.7 were driven by our
key users," commented Alain Labat, VaST's CEO. "We have the fastest
simulation and most advanced modeling methodology available on the
market today. We are putting great emphasis on making our tools
increasingly easy to use and rich in their ability to provide
unparalleled visibility for designing and optimizing architectures,
for concurrently developing hardware and software, and for verifying
integrated systems."
CoMET 5.7 is currently being used by early adopters and is
available for general release March 31, 2005 with pricing starting at
$30,000, one year, node locked, time based license (TBL).
About VaST
VaST Systems Technology Corporation provides tools and models for
electronic system level (ESL), system-on-chip (SoC), and real-time
embedded software development. VaST's solutions enable
architectural-driven design, allowing users to create a virtual system
prototype in software that becomes the golden reference model for the
true concurrent development of hardware and software. VaST's products
deliver both high speed and cycle-accuracy under actual real-time
software loads, dramatically improving time to market and quality, and
reducing development costs and risk.
Current customers include worldwide leaders in semiconductors,
automotive electronics, wireless devices, and consumer electronics.
VaST is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California with sales and support
offices worldwide. For more information, visit www.vastsystems.com.
Contact:
Cayenne Communication
Linda Marchant, 919-683-9545
linda.marchant@cayennecom.com
