Product category: Design and Development Software
News Release from: Mentor Graphics UK | Subject: QuickUse-IQ
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 18 June 2001
System verifies effective use of IP
Mentor Graphics QuickUse IP qualification system (QuickUse-IQ) is designed to automate the intellectual property (IP) qualification process
The QuickUse-IQ system enables designers to determine at the beginning of the design cycle the relative quality of, and potential risks associated with, the IP they're using. Understanding the limitations of an IP core is critical to design schedules and, even more importantly, to chip quality and performance making IP qualification a crucial step in the design reuse process.
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The QuickUse-IQ system qualifies internal and third-party IP against industry design standards, including Virtual Socket Interface Alliance (VSIA) and OpenMORE, or it can be configured to support customised design standards.
The QuickUse-IQ System also includes an automated qualification flow using Mentor's 'QuickUse' design standards.
Guiding the IP through an objective qualification process, this web-based system automates routine functions to determine the qualification levels of the sample IP.
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Functional verification expands in scope
Platform addresses low-power verification and incorporates verification management capabilities that enable closed-loop management reporting, analysis and documentation
These functions include checks on database consistency, tool compatibility, and design standards conformance for RTL coding, synthesis, verification, design-for-test, documentation and more.
The system communicates qualification status to the design team through customisable reports, clearly identifying any problem areas "The QuickUse-IQ system expands on our expertise in infrastructure knowledge management solutions", said Phil Bishop, vice president, worldwide consulting, Mentor Graphics.
"Our mission is to equip our customers with the solutions they need for design productivity and quality and this new product helps to ensure these things at the beginning of their design cycles".
The QuickUse development system (QDS) is a complete internet-based knowledge management solution that automates IP management and SoC design processes and serves as the foundation for the QuickUse-IQ system.
At the heart of QDS is tool-independent enterprise data and flow management software featuring an extensible core application program interface.
This software core provides the base functionality for the QuickUse-IQ system.
The QDS solution enhances design productivity by improving team communication and collaboration and provides automation for standardised procedures such as IP qualification and data integration and user guidance for complex processes such as functional verification.
This highly scalable solution also serves as the basis for customised SoC and IP design and verification environments which are developed in conjunction with Mentor Consulting.
Pricing for the QuickUse-IQ system, configured with a common set of design standards on delivery, is based on an initial license fee of US $250,000.
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