EVE Extends ZeBu Platform Capabilities, Adds Transaction-Level Interface to Native Testbench in Synopsys' VCS Comprehensive RTL Verification Solution, Support for SystemVerilog Assertions and Design Clustering of Up to 64 FPGAs
SAN JOSE, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—May 17, 2005—
Emulation and Verification Engineering (EVE) today
announced new capabilities to its ZeBu hardware-assisted verification
platform that include a transaction-level interface to Native
Testbench (NTB) in Synopsys, Inc.'s VCS(R) comprehensive RTL
verification solution, support for SystemVerilog assertions and
automated design clustering software for easy and fast set up. These
new capabilities within ZeBu -- or Zero Bugs -- will be demonstrated
at the 42nd Design Automation Conference (DAC) in EVE's booth number
1020 from June 13-16, at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim,
Calif.
The ZeBu platform now offers a high-performance, transaction-level
interface to Synopsys' VCS solution. The interface enables advanced
testbenches running in VCS NTB to drive and monitor designs running on
ZeBu at MHz speed. The interface can utilize a Synopsys Reference
Verification Methodology (RVM) transaction-level channel class
interface, enabling the upper layers of an RVM-based testbench to run
in VCS, while lower layers of the testbench and the design under test
(DUT) can be simulated in either the VCS solution or the ZeBu
platform. This approach enables customers of the VCS solution to apply
native technologies, such as constrained-random stimulus generation
and comprehensive functional coverage, to designs running on ZeBu.
In addition, concurrent and temporal synthesizable SystemVerilog
assertions are fully supported by ZeBu to provide coverage feedback or
to control the emulation execution. They can be used in any mode of
operation, from co-emulation with a software testbench to
In-Circuit-Emulation.
A new 64-bit clustering software eases the traditionally complex
task of mapping an ASIC or SoC design into an array of FPGA devices.
The new capability automates the entire mapping process, and includes
the breaking of a design into multiple blocks, the handling of complex
clock trees and large busses, and the routing of high connectivity
data path. In the current implementation, clustering supports up to 64
of the largest FPGAs. Based on Xilinx Virtex-II 8000 FPGAs, the
scalable ZeBu platform boasts the industry's largest capacity FPGA
prototyping system of up to 50 millions ASIC gates.
"Our ZeBu platform is the only verification solution on the market
to address hardware/software integration and embedded software
validation at more than five MHz on designs exceeding 10 million ASIC
gates," says Lauro Rizzatti, worldwide marketing vice president and
EVE-USA general manager. "ZeBu does not require specialized
prototyping technology experts to map a complex design."
Priced at pennies per gate, ZeBu sets the standard for most
execution cycles per dollar. It targets hardware debugging, hardware
and software integration, and embedded software validation prior to
silicon.
Pricing and Availability
The new clustering capability is included in the ZeBu compiler at
no extra charge. The transaction-level interface to Synopsys' VCS
solution and SystemVerilog assertions support are options priced at
$20,000 each. The Synopsys VCS solution is available from Synopsys
separately.
For more information, contact Lauro Rizzatti at (408) 881-0440 or
via email at lauro@eve-team.com. More details can be found at the EVE
website located at: http://www.eve-team.com.
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. VCS is a
registered trademark of Synopsys, Inc.
Contact:
EVE USA
Lauro Rizzatti, 408-881-0440
lauro@eve-team.com
OR
Public Relations for EVE
Nanette Collins, 617-437-1822
nanette@nvc.com
