Novas and Altera Collaborate on Bringing Benefits of New Visibility Enhancement Technology to FPGAS
New Siloti Products to Integrate with Altera's Quartus II
Development Software to Enhance Design Comprehension
and Debug of Programmable Chips
SAN JOSE, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—March 6, 2006—
Novas Software, Inc., the leader in design comprehension solutions
for complex chips, today announced that it has joined the Altera
ACCESS Program for integrating and supporting complementary design
technology. The companies are collaborating to increase signal
visibility for easier debugging of complex systems on a programmable
chip (SOPC) and FPGA-based product prototypes.
The two companies will initially work together on the
interoperability between the Quartus II development software's
SignalTap II embedded logic analyzer and the new Siloti(TM) Visibility
Enhancement (VE) products introduced separately today by Novas. The
SignalTap II embedded logic analyzer is a system-level debugging tool
that allows designers to observe signal data via gate-level probes.
The Novas Siloti SilVE(TM) product optimizes the visibility of the
signal data by determining the essential set of probe points required,
and then expands and correlates the data to provide full visibility of
all internal signals at the register transfer level (RTL) for debug.
The combination of these capabilities will replace guesswork and
multiple analysis-debug iterations with a predictable, high visibility
debug methodology.
"Given the increasingly sophisticated capabilities of FPGAs, which
are used as platforms for both prototype and volume production,
designers must be able to quickly gain insight into how a device is
functioning," said James Smith, Altera's director of EDA vendor
relations. "Novas' Siloti product enhances the Altera in-system debug
solution through its ability to expand the number of viewable signals
and enables designers to debug in their familiar RTL environments. We
welcome the addition of Novas' expertise and innovative technology for
the benefit of our mutual customers."
"Limited visibility into design behavior during prototyping and
validation of FPGA-based systems makes silicon debug time-consuming,
costly and very unpredictable," said Scott Sandler, president and CEO
at Novas. "We are very excited to be working with Altera to address
this critical challenge. By utilizing the synergy of our respective
technologies, we can put FPGA designers and verification engineers on
the fast track to understanding and fixing design problems."
About Altera ACCESS Program
Altera Corporation (NASDAQ:ALTR) is the world's pioneer in
system-on-a-programmable-chip (SOPC) solutions. Combining programmable
logic technology with software tools, intellectual property and
technical services, Altera provides high-value programmable solutions
to approximately 14,000 customers worldwide. More information is
available at http://www.altera.com.
The Altera(R) Commitment to Cooperative Engineering Solutions
(ACCESS) Program(TM) ensures that Altera customers have a solid design
methodology to develop their FPGA and structured ASIC designs. ACCESS
Program partners are highly committed to continual product support
aligned with Altera's product roadmap.
About Novas
Novas Software, Inc. is the leading provider of design
comprehension solutions for engineers designing complex ICs, embedded
systems and SoCs. Novas' Verdi automated debug and Siloti visibility
enhancement products dramatically accelerate the process for
understanding and correcting design problems starting from
system-level specification through silicon implementation. Novas is
headquartered in San Jose, Calif. with offices in Europe, Japan and
Asia-Pacific. For more information, visit http://www.novas.com or
email info@novas.com.
Verdi, Siloti and SilVE are trademarks of Novas Software, Inc. All
other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their
respective owners.
Contact:
Novas Software, Inc., San Jose
Rob van Blommestein, 408-467-7872
Email Contact
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Public Relations for Novas
Wired Island, Ltd.
Laurie Stanley, 925-224-8762
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