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Strategic Alliance for SOC Design and Verification

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Mentor Graphics Corporation and CAE Plus have announced a strategic alliance that integrates the capabilities of the Mentor Graphics Seamless Co-Verification Environment and the CAE Plus ArchGen behavioral design automation tool. This alliance is part of a broader collaboration with Toshiba Corporation, a leading supplier of processor cores and peripherals. The partnership aims to speed up the development of system-on-chip (SOC) designs by validating the hardware and software interface before fabrication.

Key Takeaways:

  • The strategic alliance between Mentor Graphics and CAE Plus will integrate the Seamless Co-Verification Environment and the ArchGen behavioral design automation tool, enabling SOC designers to verify functionality with clock accuracy.
  • The partnership will provide a comprehensive SOC design and verification environment that combines the strengths of both companies, enhancing productivity and reducing design iterations.
  • Toshiba Corporation is a key partner in this alliance, providing processor cores and peripherals, and benefiting from the integration of the Seamless CVE and ArchGen tools.
  • The new offering will enable SOC designers to experiment with various architectures and evaluate the performance attributes of the proposed hardware architecture in conjunction with application-specific software.
  • The combined capabilities of the Seamless CVE and ArchGen tools will result in a significant improvement in SOC design and verification productivity, meeting the industry's demands and the needs of customers.
  • Dr. Kenji Yoshida, senior fellow at Toshiba Corporation, acknowledged the importance of co-verification for SOC design and the critical need to provide models for TX System RISC Processors for customers.
  • Dr. Prem Jain, president and CEO of CAE Plus, emphasized the significance of integrating the Seamless CVE product with the CAE Plus ArchGen product, resulting in a breakthrough SOC design and verification environment.

Statistics:

  • Toshiba Corporation had sales of US $41 billion in fiscal year 1997 (to March 31, 1998).
  • Toshiba has over 180,000 employees in more than 55 countries.
  • Toshiba has a long history of technological innovation, reflected in an R&D investment budget of approximately US$2.4 billion in 1997.
  • CAE Plus' ArchGen synthesizes RTL models both in C and HDL from a single behavioral source model, improving RTL design productivity.
  • Mentor Graphics Corporation reported revenues over the last 12 months of $468 million and employs approximately 2,500 people worldwide.

Sources:

  • "Toshiba Corporation", Toshiba Corporation, 1875, www.toshiba.co.jp
  • "CAE Plus", CAE Plus, Inc., 1997, http://www.cae-plus.com, info@cae-plus.com
  • "Mentor Graphics", Mentor Graphics Corporation, 1981, http://www.mentor.com.

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