Polaris Now Available on Red Hat's Linux Operating System for Intel-Based Servers

Avant!, a leading provider of electronic design automation (EDA) software, has announced the availability of its high-performance Verilog simulator, Polaris, on Red Hat's Linux operating system running on Intel-based servers. This move makes Avant! the only major EDA vendor to provide the highest performance Verilog simulator on Intel-based servers with the proven reliability of UNIX. By offering Polaris on Linux, Avant! aims to provide customers with a cost-effective and high-performance solution for their verification environment.

Key Takeaways:

• Polaris, Avant!'s high-performance Verilog simulator, is now available on Red Hat's Linux operating system running on Intel-based servers.
• This combination offers the highest performance simulation possible, augmenting the verification environment with high-performance, low-cost Intel-based servers.
• Avant! has chosen to support both Linux and Windows NT for its Polaris simulation products, with benchmarks demonstrating superior simulation performance on Intel-based servers running Linux.
• Linux appeals to designers due to its stability, UNIX compatibility, and ability to implement server farms with lower-cost, higher-performance Intel-based servers.
• Avant!'s decision to work closely with Red Hat, the leading commercial Linux vendor, provides support for the de-facto standard of the UNIX-compatible operating system.
• Polaris offers the best combination of interactivity, performance, and capacity for each phase of the design cycle, making it the most productive Verilog simulation environment in the marketplace.
• Pricing for Polaris on Red Hat Linux operating system starts at $15,000 and is available now.
• Polaris supports Red Hat Linux Version 5.1.

Statistics:

• Polaris offers the highest performance Verilog simulator on Intel-based servers with the proven reliability of UNIX.
• Avant! has achieved superior simulation performance on Intel-based servers running Linux, according to published benchmarks.
• Polaris supports both interpreted, compiled, and cycle-based algorithms, running independently or in mixed-mode.
• The ability to migrate the design through phases without rewriting scripts, simulation models, libraries, and vectors makes Polaris the most productive Verilog simulation environment.

Sources:

• Avant! Corporation: "Polaris Now Available on Red Hat's Linux Operating System Running On Intel-Based Servers"
• Red Hat Software: "Red Hat Delighted Avant! Is Offering Polaris Support of Linux"
• Intel Corporation: "Intel Applauds Avant!'s Support of Red Hat Linux"
• Avant! Corporation: "About Avant!"