Calypto Design Systems Acquires Mentor Catapult C Synthesis Tool
26 8월 2011 - 10:00PM
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Calypto Design Systems today announced it has acquired Catapult C
Synthesis from Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT). The
merger of two market-leading electronic system level (ESL)
products, Catapult C Synthesis and Calypto SLEC System-HLS
verification tool, will create a better integrated ESL hardware
realization flow, and enhance the company's partnership with Mentor
Graphics, a leader in ESL technology. Terms of the transaction were
not disclosed.
"ESL synthesis offers our design community the next great leap
in productivity. Much like the move to RTL years ago, the move to
higher levels of abstraction based on C and SystemC offers the
promise of better quality of results in a shorter amount of time.
By combining the market leading products in C synthesis, sequential
verification, and power optimization within Calypto, we will be the
only company capable of delivering a fully integrated flow, and
delivering on that promise of ESL," said Doug Aitelli, Chief
Executive Officer of Calypto Design Systems. "In addition, we
remain fully committed to our existing high level synthesis
partnerships and to industry-wide interoperability."
"This is a great deal for Calypto," said Gary Smith, Chief
Analyst at GSEDA. "They are clearly one of the companies on the
rise in ESL, and this gives them the chance to offer a compelling
power-optimized C to RTL flow if they can integrate all the
pieces."
ESL methods allow designers to work at a higher level of
abstraction, greatly reducing errors and allowing greater
optimization of integrated circuits (IC) in key attributes like
speed and power. To adopt ESL methods, designers need to have
confidence that tools, as they translate from the higher level of
abstraction to lower levels, don't introduce errors. Typically,
designers have used extensive RTL verification to ensure that no
errors have been introduced.
SLEC System-HLS uniquely addresses this challenge with C to RTL
formal equivalence checking using patented sequential analysis
technology to create an easy to use synthesis and verification flow
environment. Designers can perform comprehensive functional
verification using SLEC System-HLS to formally verify equivalence
between SystemC ESL models and RTL implementations. This leads to
up to 100x speed up times in RTL verification as it removes the
need for significant and time consuming RTL simulation to validate
that the RTL matches the C or SystemC source. Tight integration
between Calypto's SLEC System-HLS and Catapult C Synthesis will
give designers confidence that the IC they designed in C or SystemC
is the IC that is being delivered in RTL.
Additionally, the PowerPro SoC Power Reduction Platform can do
RTL level power optimizations. Added to the Catapult C Synthesis
and SLEC System-HLS hardware realization flow, this allows
designers to swiftly go from C and System C designs to
power-optimized RTL.
"We remain deeply committed to ESL. We view this transaction as
an innovative way to accelerate adoption of ESL methodologies, to
strengthen our partnership with Calypto, and as one that
complements our continued investment in ESL virtual prototyping
environments led by our Vista product," said Brian Derrick, vice
president of marketing at Mentor Graphics. "Calypto's Sequential
Logic Equivalency Checker is a critical and unique technology for
enabling the adoption of ESL. Its combination with the
market-leading Catapult C Synthesis product and the PowerPro SoC
Power Reduction Platform, should give designers the confidence to
adopt ESL methods and enjoy the significant benefits that designing
at higher levels of abstraction brings."
Current customers of the Mentor Graphics Catapult C Synthesis
tool will continue to be supported by Mentor Graphics. Moving
forward, any new customer sales and support will be supplied by
Calypto.
About Calypto Design Systems Calypto
Design Systems, Inc. empowers designers to create high-quality,
low-power electronic systems by providing best-in-class power
optimization and functional verification software, based on its
patented Sequential Analysis Technology. Calypto, whose customers
include Fortune 500 companies worldwide, is a member of the Cadence
Connections program, the IEEE-SA, Synopsys SystemVerilog Catalyst
Program, the Mentor Graphics OpenDoor program, Si2, ARM Connected
Community and is an active participant in the Power Forward
Initiative. Calypto has offices in Europe, India, Japan and North
America. More information can be found at: www.calypto.com.
Calypto, PowerPro and SLEC are trademarks of Calypto Design
Systems Inc. All other trademarks are property of their respective
owners.
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