Flarion Technologies Selects EVE's Hardware-Assisted Verification Platform for Design of Next-Generation Wireless Internet Chipset; ZeBu Used for Regression Testing of the Flarion System
SAN JOSE, Calif., and PALAISEAU, France—(BUSINESS WIRE)—May 3, 2005—
Flarion Technologies today said that it employed
Emulation and Verification Engineering's (EVE) hardware-assisted
verification platform to deliver its latest high-speed FLASH-OFDM (R)
mobile broadband chipset. EVE's ZeBu -- or Zero Bugs -- was used for
regression testing of Flarion's latest generation Application Specific
Integrated Circuit (ASIC) that will soon be tested in silicon.
The Flarion System is an innovative technology designed for the
delivery of advanced Internet Protocol (IP) data, voice and broadcast
services in the mobile environment.
"Flarion selected ZeBu after evaluating several hardware emulation
systems and found it was best suited for the regression testing that
Flarion does throughout the design project to tapeout," remarks Frank
Lane, senior director of product architecture at Flarion Technologies.
"Our design demands are rigorous and we expect the same from our
design tools."
ZeBu in the Flarion Design Environment
Using an industry standard VDHL simulator, Flarion co-simulates
the testbench in Linux and the chip in ZeBu, achieving 20X performance
improvement using ZeBu over straight simulation. Flarion also
prototypes its ASIC in a Xilinx Virtex 2 field programmable gate array
(FPGA). ZeBu fits between the simulator and prototype, giving the
design team visibility inside the FPGA while accelerating the process.
"EVE is pleased to be working with Flarion, a company known for
its high-capacity, high-performance mobile broadband technology,"
Lauro Rizzatti, vice president of worldwide marketing and general
manager of EVE-USA. "Its design team fully utilized ZeBu and its
superior capabilities in the design of its next-generation chipset."
About Emulation and Verification Engineering
Emulation and Verification Engineering (EVE) pioneers a new
approach to hardware-assisted verification that combines the best
aspects of traditional emulation and rapid prototyping systems into a
single, unified environment for both ASIC/SoC debugging and embedded
software validation. Its headquarters in the United States is San
Jose, Calif. Telephone: (408) 881-0440. Fax: (408) 904-5800. Its
corporate headquarters is located in Palaiseau, France. Telephone:
(33) 1 64.53.27.30. Fax: (33) 1 64.53.27.40. Email: info@eve-team.com.
Website: http://www.eve-team.com.
EVE acknowledges trademarks or registered trademarks of other
organizations for their respective products and services.
Contact:
General Manager of EVE-USA
Lauro Rizzatti, 408-881-0440
lauro@eve-team.com
or
Public Relations for EVE
Nanette Collins, 617-437-1822
nanette@nvc.com
