Product category: Design and Development Software
News Release from: Mentor Graphics UK
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 12 May 2003
Silicon Graphics takes
shortcut to emulation
Silicon Graphics is the first customer for Mentor's new high-performance verification solution package
Consisting of access to Mentor's premier VStation emulation system and best-in-class consulting services with proven expertise in advanced emulation methodologies, this verification solution lowers the barriers to entry associated with emulation, providing a low-risk, cost-effective solution and ease-of-adoption approach.
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 12 May 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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SGI will use this solution to accelerate their development schedules and mitigate the risk of silicon respins giving them an additional competitive edge in the development of their next-generation systems.
Mentor Consulting will work with SGI to develop a customised emulation environment and emulation infrastructure, and will provide dedicated, on-site support during the project.
"We selected Mentor Graphics based on its unique, collaborative verification solution approach to hardware-based design verification and methodology", said Dave Parry, Sr VP, General Manager Servers and Platforms SGI.
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"Mentor Graphics offers high performance with a proven track record of successes, including multiple asynchronous clock support and a leading-edge comodelling technology.
The knowledge and support provided by Mentor Consulting for this comprehensive accelerated verification solution reduces our risks and eases our adoption of system verification in a timely, cost-effective manner".
The high performance VStation emulation system provides a complete and powerful verification environment for highly complex designs with multiple-use modes in a single platform including the ability to model multiple asynchronous clocks.
The VStation emulator's unique comodelling technology also offers high performance simulation acceleration in the range of several hundred kilohertz, delivering up to a 10,000 times performance increase over software simulation.
"This joint effort represents a unique opportunity to provide the industry with a comprehensive verification services offering tailored specifically for our customer", said Eric Selosse, Vice President and General Manager, Mentor Graphics Emulation Division.
"The complexities of today's hardware and software verification requirements make the need for emulation technology compelling.
By forging this relationship, we're seeking to increase market opportunities and improve our customers' success by enabling their early market penetration with the highest quality products which are critical in today's marketplace".
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