Tools provide Insyte into verification

Innovative Systems and Technology Corporation is using Nassda's HSIM hierarchical full-chip simulator and analysis tool for verification of SoC integration, custom memories and analogue circuits.

Innovative Systems and Technology Corporation (Insyte) is using Nassda's HSIM hierarchical full-chip simulator and analysis tool for verification of SoC integration, custom memories and analogue circuits in CMOS and BiCMOS technologies.

After HSIM demonstrated superior accuracy and solved performance problems of other tools, Insyte purchased multiple HSIM licenses.

Insyte has integrated HSIM into its full-custom design flow, and Insyte's engineers now rely on HSIM for verification of customised embedded SRAMs and analogue circuits.

HSIM also anchors Insyte's SoC verification flow, where it provides a significant advantage for integration of intellectual property (IP) cores in SoC designs, according to the company.

"We believe there is a strategic advantage in using a full-chip transistor-level simulator for verification in an SoC flow", said Parker Robinson, Vice-President Engineering at Insyte.

"HSIM allows us to run test suites validating that all of the IP in a design actually functions together as it should.

We think HSIM is not just a better simulator but is in fact a strategic asset.

It enables our designers to try approaches they otherwise could not do, and allows them to do more engineering work in the same time frame".

"As design complexity continues to increase, product quality and on-time delivery still need to be maintained", said Sang Wang, CEO of Nassda.

"As shown by leading design companies like Insyte, HSIM's unique combination of accuracy, capacity and speed offers a strategic advantage in the design of high-quality, innovative ICs.

We are pleased to be supporting their design success".

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