Cadence Delivers Major Upgrade for SoC Verification in Incisive Enterprise Family; Incisive Enterprise Specman Elite and Specman Simulator Improved with Inclusion of 64-bit Performance, Scalability and Advanced Generation Controllability
SAN JOSE, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Dec. 19, 2005—
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CDNS) today
announced a major upgrade to its market-leading system-on-chip (SoC)
verification technology with the release of the Cadence(R) Incisive(R)
Enterprise Specman Elite(R) 5.0 testbench automation solution with
tight integration to the Incisive Enterprise Specman Simulator.
Developed to serve multiple specialists, Specman Elite 5.0 provides up
to three times greater run time and 60 percent greater memory
performance than previous versions, with enhanced usability and
improved scalability of generation and coverage.
With the addition of 64-bit support for the Intel EM64T and AMD
Opteron platforms with RHEL 3 or SuSE 9 Linux, Specman 5.0 now
addresses the growing demand for larger memory footprint capabilities
that cover simulations run in full-chip and system-level verification.
It also provides the following improved functionality:
-- Enhanced full-system transaction modeling support with
advanced options for connecting the testbench and design under
test (DUT) to improve performance and code reusability.
-- Improved user interface that simplifies the debug process.
-- Convenient new generation control capabilities with enhanced
SystemC support that eases environment bring-up.
-- Improved coverage capabilities combined with multi-channel
sequence support, and TCM runtime optimization, that enhances
performance and overall "coverage-driven verification"
capabilities, critical for reducing quality risks and meeting
project schedules.
-- Advanced module to system-level techniques like reuse and
built-in metrics based on the Incisive Enterprise
plan-to-closure methodology.
"Specman has long been an essential part of our overall
verification process," said Dr. Andreas Dieckmann, verification
manager, Siemens A&D. "The combined new product adds the capabilities
we need to scale and manage our overall verification process to
address the growing complexity and complete SoC verification."
"Our Incisive Enterprise verification solutions already offer the
highest verification power in the industry," said Moshe Gavrielov,
executive vice president of the Cadence Verification Division. "With
this announcement, we have further distanced ourselves from the
competition and delivered the next level of verification power that
the most challenging next-generation SoCs will require."
Enterprise Specman Elite 5.0 enables users to improve the quality
of their end products while further shortening the entire verification
cycle. The underlying technology is at the core of Cadence's recently
announced Incisive Enterprise family, and the corresponding
plan-to-closure methodology designed to support enterprise-level
verification process automation (VPA).
Incisive Enterprise targets the exponentially increasing
complexity of the verification process associated with the integration
of multiple specialists spanning block, chip and system-level
verification of SoCs and hardware-software systems.
Availability
Incisive Enterprise Specman 5.0 and the Incisive Enterprise
Specman Simulator are currently available as standalone products as
part of the Incisive Enterprise product family.
About Cadence
Cadence enables global electronic-design innovation and plays an
essential role in the creation of today's integrated circuits and
electronics. Customers use Cadence software and hardware,
methodologies, and services to design and verify advanced
semiconductors, printed-circuit boards and systems used in consumer
electronics, networking and telecommunications equipment, and computer
systems. Cadence reported 2004 revenues of approximately $1.2 billion,
and has approximately 5,000 employees. The company is headquartered in
San Jose, Calif., with sales offices, design centers, and research
facilities around the world to serve the global electronics industry.
More information about the company, its products, and services is
available at www.cadence.com.
Cadence, the Cadence logo, Incisive and Specman Elite are
registered trademarks of Cadence Design Systems in the United States
and other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their
respective owners.
Contact:
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
Ric Chope, 408-428-5619
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