News Release from: Mentor Graphics UK
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 9 January 2003

Web-based IP library suits Faraday

Faraday Technology has selected Mentor's QuickUse Repository as its IP repository solution and knowledge management infrastructure.

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Faraday Technology has selected Mentor's QuickUse Repository as its IP repository solution and knowledge management infrastructure. Based on Mentor's proven QuickUse Development System (QDS), the QuickUse Repository provides a web-based design data management system to enable enterprise-wide design reuse for improved design efficiency and product quality. The engagement with Faraday includes Mentor Consulting services to customise the QuickUse Repository.

With headquarters in Hsinchu, Taiwan and branch offices around the world serving diverse companies from small startups to large multinational IC design and system houses, Faraday Technology recognised the need for a web-based global infrastructure for managing IP and design processes.

Faraday decided to adopt Mentor's IP repository solution after a thorough survey.

"As a global supplier of IP and SoC design services, Faraday offers diversified IPs ranging from CPU, DSP, system interface, digital and analog IPs to memory and cell libraries, and our ASIC team tapes out more than 300 customer projects a year.

We recognised the need for a superior Web-based infrastructure for managing IP", said Thomas Hsieh, Special Project Director, Faraday Technology.

"The capabilities of QuickUse Repository, along with the expertise of Mentor's consulting organisation is a combination we couldn't find anywhere else".

"The large scope of the initial implementation at Faraday demonstrates the value of the rich feature set and the scalability of the QDS system", said Bill Martin, Vice President of Mentor's Consulting Division.

"We look forward to an ongoing relationship with Faraday supporting the needs of a large and growing organisation".

The QuickUse Repository software is designed to maximise the success of enterprise-wide IP management.

To meet the needs of a wide range of users, including designers of IP-based systems, IP portal/exchange librarians and system administrators, the repository is accessible three ways: through a Web browser; through a Java-based GUI client; or through a command line interface.

To ensure the quality and reduce the risk of IP-based design, the QuickUse Repository includes unique IP qualification capabilities to measure the IP against established industry design standards such as VSIA and OpenMore, as well as custom design standards that can be entered into the system.

To support distributed design collaboration, the QuickUse Repository provides issue tracking, history and audit trail facilities integrated together using a common communication backplane.

The QuickUse Repository also includes a full-featured API (application programming interface) to allow users to integrate with existing enterprise systems and design processes.

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 Repository.

At the heart of QDS is tool-independent enterprise data and flow management software featuring an extensible core application program interface.

According to the most recent market data from Gartner's Dataquest, Mentor Graphics is the EDA leader in enterprise data management solutions.

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