VaST Systems Releases Peripheral Device Builder, Next in Line of Powerful "Constructor" Tools; Peripheral Device Builder Cuts Peripheral Model Creation Time by as Much as 75%
SUNNYVALE, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Feb. 28, 2005—
VaST Systems Technology Corporation today announced the
addition of Peripheral Device Builder (PDB) to its line of powerful
virtual system prototyping tools. PDB enables VaST users to quickly
develop peripheral devices such as interrupt controllers, DMA VaST
engines, timers, clocks, memory controllers and many others.
VaST's customers use CoMET and METeor tools, virtual processor and
bus models to create virtual system prototypes in software that are
high performance and functionally- and timing-accurate. Each of these
virtual systems has many peripheral devices that need to be modeled.
PDB complements VaST's Platform Constructor Tool (PCT) and now enables
our customers to build peripheral devices and then rapidly integrate
them directly into platforms.
"Data from our early adopters indicate that the time to create a
peripheral model can be cut by as much as 75% using peripheral device
builder. PDB with PCT form a very powerful design capability," said
VaST Founder and CTO, Graham Hellestrand.
Peripheral Device Builder provides a common code base for
VaST-generated peripheral models and enables users to create models
from a high level behavioral description. The process has three main
steps. First, users specify the device in terms of its external
interfaces (ports), registers, and functions invoked by external or
internal actions. They next generate the model from the device
specification, and then contribute the behavioral code to model, if
required.
"Many of our users rely on VaST to create their entire virtual
system for them. We model the core processor, the buses and bus
bridges and the peripherals, giving the user a turnkey system that
runs at hardware speeds and is cycle accurate. However, some of our
users want to control more of the modeling themselves. In response to
this need, we have created a class of what we call 'constructor'
tools. Peripheral Device Builder is the latest in a number of tools
planned to give users this flexibility," commented Alain Labat, VaST
CEO.
Peripheral Device Builder, currently in use by early adopters, is
available for general release March 31, 2005 with one-year time-based,
node-locked pricing of $25,000.
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
