Product category: Design and Development Software
News Release from: Mentor Graphics UK | Subject: HDL Designer Series 2001.5
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 23 October 2001
HTML documentation is net
gain for design suite
HDL Designer Series 2001.5 is the latest version of the design creation and management tool suite from Mentor Graphics
The new release offers features that increase team design capabilities, including support for advanced HTML export documentation and C/C++ viewing capability. Designers using HDL designer Series 2001.5 can visualise and manage complex designs more efficiently, reducing the design cycle for development of ASICs, FPGAs and SoCs.
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 23 October 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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As more global design teams collaborate over the Internet, sharing design documentation becomes a critical element in the design process.
Using HTML documentation, designers can share and publish designs on a corporate Intranet, allowing team members in multiple locations to view design data over a secure backbone.
In addition, HTML export can be viewed on any browser, allowing designers to copy and share information with customers and partners.
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HDL Designer Series 2001.5 provides an option that enables designers to control the material that is viewed over public networks.
HDL Designer Series 2001.5 also offers enhanced visibility and design management features, including new C/C++ language support.
Designers can view C/C++ and mixed HDL/C/C++ code within 2001.5, manage it as part of the design data and provide additional support for the ModelSim simulation tool, which offers C/C++ capabilities.
In addition, Mentor has added several other features to HDS 2001.5 including: expanded platform support for Linux; improved properties/attributes in design creation; new junctions and rippers for bus description; and improved block diagram place and route.
HDL Designer Series products cover all aspects of the design creation and management process: the HDL Pilot tool for design management; the HDL Detective tool for design analysis and documentation; the HDL Author tool for text and graphical editing and documentation; the HDL Designer tool for complete point tool functionality in a single solution with enhanced documentation; and the newly offered Debug Detective tool, for extending debug and design analysis capabilities to ModelSim simulation solutions.
HDL Designer Series is the EDA industry's most complete tool suite for HDL design, analysis and management.
In addition, HDL Designer Series supports all popular simulation and synthesis tools HDL Designer Series 2001.5 is available now and starts at $4000 for a node-locked perpetual licence.
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