CoWare and Lucent Technologies Collaborate on Advanced System-Level Design

Strategic Insights -

Lucent Technologies, a leading provider of public and private networks, communications systems, and software, is using CoWare's N2C design software to significantly reduce system-on-a-chip (SOC) design time. In addition to using CoWare N2C, Lucent plans to integrate its processor cores into the CoWare N2C system, enabling customers to complete SOC designs more quickly. The CoWare system design methodology helps designers explore alternatives, reducing the potential for costly re-spins and re-designs due to problems identified too late in the design cycle.

Key Takeaways:

  • Lucent Technologies is utilizing CoWare's N2C design software to cut SOC design time.
  • Lucent plans to integrate some of its processor cores into the CoWare N2C system to further accelerate SOC design completion.
  • The CoWare system design methodology helps designers avoid expensive re-spins and re-designs by exploring alternatives and reducing the risk of problems identified too late in the design cycle.
  • CoWare N2C lets engineering teams take their concepts from "napkin-to-chip" in half the time required using traditional design methodologies by starting with a system-level executable specification.
  • CoWare N2C's interface synthesis capabilities enable the creation of "intelligent models" of processor cores, automating tasks and reducing the design cycle by weeks.
  • Lucent's Silicon Suite program aims to reduce risk by providing harmonious products and technology, with the company taking a lead in developing one of the most advanced design flows in the industry.
  • CoWare has partnered with major systems companies, including Alcatel, Fujitsu, Lucent, Motorola, Nokia, Sony, and ST Microelectronics, to provide its N2C software.

Statistics:

  • Lucent plans to integrate some of its processor cores into the CoWare N2C system, enabling rapid SOC design completion.
  • CoWare N2C lets engineering teams capture, analyze, implement, and re-use a system specification, with parallel development by hardware and software teams.
  • CoWare N2C's interface synthesis capabilities reduce the design cycle by weeks, and its use enables "intelligent models" of processor cores.
  • Lucent's Silicon Suite program aims to reduce risk by providing harmonious products and technology, with the company taking a lead in developing one of the most advanced design flows in the industry.
  • CoWare has been in operation since 1996, helping engineering teams cut system-on-a-chip design times in half.

Sources:

  • CoWare, Inc. press release, "Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) is Using CoWare N2C Design Software to Cut System-on-a-Chip (SOC) Design Time," June 22, 2001.
  • Lucent Technologies Web site, www.lucent.com.
  • CoWare, Inc. Web site, www.CoWare.com.
  • CoWare, Inc. press release, "CoWare, Inc. Founded in 1996 to Help Engineering Teams Cut System-on-a-Chip Design Times in Half," (no date).
  • Lucent Technologies press release, "Lucent Technologies Introduces Silicon Suite Program to Reduce Risk," (no date).