STARC Selects Verisity's e Verification Language for IP Reuse
Semiconductor Technology Academic Research Center -STARC- Selects Market-Proven Verification Language
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 3, 2001--Verisity,
Ltd. (Nasdaq:VRST - news), the leading provider of functional verification
automation tools, and the Semiconductor Technology Academic Research
Center (STARC), today announced that STARC has selected Verisity's e
verification language for IP reuse. STARC is a semiconductor industry
association in Japan that is developing new semiconductor technologies
through cooperation between the industry and academia. The IP Reuse
Technology Committee selected e for protocol definition and
verification of IP compliance to these protocols. STARC member
companies include Fujitsu, Hitachi, Matsushita, Mitsubishi, NEC, OKI,
Rohm, Sanyo, Sharp, Sony and Toshiba.
"We have chosen Verisity's e verification language for the
verification language on which next generation IP will be based," said
Tadahiko Nakamura, Senior Manager, IP Reuse Group, for STARC. "We
chose e after careful evaluation of several offerings, and e was the
best fit for STARC's requirements. We are pleased to have Verisity and
the e language be an important part of our development."
STARC will use the temporal portion of the e language as the
Interface Specification Description Language for IP reuse. STARC will
also promote e to be an open industry standard, and is planning to
build an open library, which contains general property descriptions
such as PCI bus protocol monitor using the Interface Specification
Description Language to make IP integration easier.
"STARC fosters the standardization of advanced methodologies,
which has significant impact not just in Japan, but worldwide," said
Yaron Kashai, vice president of research and strategic technologies
for Verisity Design. "Our verification methodologies uniquely enable
verification reuse and STARC's endorsement of the e language is a
strong validation."
About Verisity
Verisity is the leading provider of proprietary technologies and
software products used to efficiently verify designs of electronic
systems and complex integrated circuits that are essential to the
communications and other high growth segments of the electronics
industry. Verisity's products automate the process of detecting flaws
in these designs, enabling customers to deliver higher quality
products, accelerate time-to-market and reduce overall product
development costs.
Verisity Design, Inc.'s principal executive offices are located in
Mountain View, CA. Verisity's principal research and development
offices and the corporate headquarters of Verisity Ltd. are located in
Rosh Ha'ain, Israel. For more information, see Verisity's web site at
www.verisity.com.
About STARC
STARC was founded by Japan's leading eleven semiconductor
manufacturers in December 1995 to foster collaboration between the
semiconductor industry and the academic world in Japan. The founders
are Fujitsu , Hitachi, Matsushita Electrical Industrial, Mitsubishi
Electric, NEC, Oki Electric Industry, Rohm, Sanyo Electric, Sharp,
Sony and Toshiba Corp.
By establishing a close working relationship among the members,
STARC aims to strengthen Japan's fundamental R&D power for
semiconductors, thus enabling the Japanese semiconductor industry to
increase its competitive edge worldwide.
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Verisity Design, Inc.
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