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VeriBest Partners with Actel to Provide Advanced HDL Simulation and Integrated Design Management

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Actel DeskTOP FPGA Design Suite, released in February 1999, was made possible through a multi-year OEM agreement between Actel Corporation and VeriBest, Inc. This agreement granted Actel an OEM version of VeriBest's FPGA DeskTop design suite, containing Design View, schematic capture, VHDL/Verilog simulation, Wavebench, and integration with Actel's place and route tools. The initial version of FPGA Desktop was limited to Actel devices and densities of up to 50,000 gates, with Synplicity, Inc. providing synthesis.

Key Takeaways:

  • VeriBest's FPGA DeskTop design suite was chosen by Actel for its high performance, ease of use, and adherence to industry standards.
  • The tool suite, Actel DeskTOP, included schematic capture, Design View data management tools, and HDL simulation from VeriBest, synthesis from Synplicity, and Actel's place and route tools.
  • VeriBest's VHDL simulator was designed to address the needs of a broad spectrum of Actel users who use either schematic only, HDL or mixed entry, providing a completely integrated, front-to-back design process.
  • Tim Colleran, senior director of product marketing at Actel, stated that two primary considerations in choosing an OEM partner were ease of use and powerful feature set, with VeriBest's tools meeting those requirements.
  • Synplicity's Synplify-Lite was used for synthesis in the initial version of Actel's DeskTOP tool suite.
  • VeriBest, Inc. is a broad-line supplier of enterprise EDA tools that enable customers to solve their critical business issues.

Statistics:

  • The initial version of FPGA Desktop was limited to Actel devices and densities of up to 50,000 gates.
  • Synplicity, Inc. provided synthesis for Actel's DeskTOP tool suite, using its Synplify-Lite tool.
  • VeriBest's VHDL simulator was designed to provide a completely integrated, front-to-back design process for Actel users.
  • The Actel DeskTOP tool suite was released in February 1999.

Sources:

  • VeriBest Press Release, "VeriBest Provides Advanced HDL Simulation and Integrated Design Management to Actel DeskTOP FPGA Design Suite"
  • Actel Corporation Press Release, "Actel and VeriBest Partnership Continues to Deliver Industry-Leading Design Solution"

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