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News Release from: Mentor Graphics UK | Subject: ModelSim 5.6
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 19 March 2002
Improved debugging for simulator
The latest version of ModelSim provides designers with features that greatly enhance productivity and reduce time to market
The latest version of ModelSim provides designers with features that greatly enhance productivity and reduce time to market, including faster performance, new debug tools and an improved regression test flow. "ModelSim 5.6 is the next step in our strategy of offering a total solution that includes enhanced performance and better debugging capabilities", John Lenyo, director of marketing for Mentor Graphics subsidiary Model Technology.
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 19 March 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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"This release includes improvements across the simulation flow, from design entry to gate-level simulation".
ModelSim 5.6 offers up to 2x faster simulation performance, ensuring designers have the most powerful mixed-language simulation tool.
ModelSim 5.6 also includes a new option that allows designers to perform the elaboration step (design loading) once.
This eliminates having to reload the design and SDF file for each simulation and is especially useful for regression testing and large gate-level simulations with timing files.
ModelSim 5.6 includes three new debug features that significantly increase productivity.
First, a new visual tracing engine enables designers to quickly traverse forward and backward through a graphical view of the design to track problems.
Second, ChaseX, a new x-tracing capability, automatically finds the source of any unknown while displaying the entire logical path.
Third, an integrated C debugging capability lets a designer view C or C++ code directly in the ModelSim source window, greatly simplifying the debug of PLI, FLI or other C programs attached to a simulation.
Extending its leading ease-of-use capabilities, ModelSim 5.6 includes a new HDL Editor that incorporates the entire Verilog and VHDL language syntax.
Experts and new users alike can benefit from the automatic entry of hard-to-remember language constructs.
New design and testbench wisards further automate many of the tasks involved in creating a simulation, helping new users get their simulations started faster.
ModelSim 5.6 will be available in early April.
Perpetual pricing starts at $4495 for ModelSim PE and $19,000 for ModelSim SE.
Term licenses are also available.
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