WILSONVILLE, Ore., Feb. 25, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Mentor
Graphics Corp. (Nasdaq: MENT), today ushered in a new era of
emulation by announcing new applications for the Veloce®
emulation platform. The new Veloce Apps—Veloce Deterministic ICE,
Veloce DFT and Veloce FastPath—overcome critical system-level
verification challenges in complex SoC and system designs. They run
on an upgraded Veloce OS3 operating system that significantly
accelerates design compile cycles, gate-level flows, and the time
it takes to review results ("time to visibility"). The combination
of Veloce Apps on Veloce OS3 puts more capabilities into the hands
of more engineers more quickly than hardware-centric
strategies.
Each of the new Veloce Apps addresses a specific verification
issue:
- Veloce Deterministic ICE overcomes unpredictability in
ICE environments by adding 100 percent visibility and repeatability
for debug, and provides access to other 'virtual-based' use
models;
- Veloce DFT accelerates Design for Test (DFT)
verification prior to tape-out to minimize the risk of catastrophic
failure, and significantly reduces run times when verifying designs
after DFT insertion; and
- Veloce FastPath optimizes emulation performance when
verifying large multi-clock SoC designs by enabling faster model
execution speed.
These new Veloce Apps join Veloce Power, Veloce Enterprise
Server and other apps in an expanding arsenal of software
innovations for the Veloce emulation platform. Mentor will continue
to expand the library of Veloce Apps to introduce new ways to
ensure designs meet their functional and performance specifications
on schedule.
The Veloce OS operating system adds software
programmability and resource management to the Veloce platform,
making it easier to add new use models that increase the ROI of the
emulator. The recent upgrade of Veloce OS3 covers several
innovations:
- Integration of new High Performance Computing platforms cuts
compile time by 50 percent.
- A faster gate-level flow operates as "plug-and-play"—able to
accept flat or hierarchical designs. This flow reduces the amount
of memory needed for compilation, which improves performance. By
making it easier to load and verify gate-level designs, the new
flow improves confidence in silicon fidelity.
- The combination of software and hardware improvements spanning
the run time and debug cycles achieves 200 percent faster
time-to-visibility.
These new Veloce emulation capabilities demonstrate how
innovative software, running on powerful, qualified hardware and an
extensible operating system, can target design risks faster than
hardware-centric strategies. As emulation enters its fourth decade
and expands across mainstream markets, the Veloce
emulation platform has become a powerful resource across a range of
hardware, software and system verification flows.
"Mentor continues to demonstrate its technology leadership
through its application-based strategy for the Veloce emulation
platform," said Eric Selosse, vice
president and general manager of the Mentor Emulation Division.
"These latest innovations accelerate overall verification
throughput performance for our customers. The focus on software
apps for specific SoC and system-level challenges is driving the
future of emulation."
About the Veloce emulation platform
The Veloce emulation platform is a core technology in the
Mentor® Enterprise Verification Platform™ (EVP) – a
platform that boosts productivity in ASIC and SoC functional
verification by combining advanced verification technologies in a
comprehensive platform.
Now considered among the most versatile and powerful of
verification tools, project teams use emulation for hardware
debugging, hardware/software co-verification or integration,
system-level prototyping, low-power verification and power
estimation and performance characterization.
About Mentor Graphics
Mentor Graphics Corporation is a world leader in electronic
hardware and software design solutions, providing products,
consulting services and award-winning support for the world's most
successful electronic, semiconductor and systems companies.
Established in 1981, the company reported revenues for the fiscal
year ending January 31, 2015, of
approximately $1.2 billion. Corporate
headquarters are located at 8005 S.W. Boeckman Road, Wilsonville, Oregon 97070-7777.
For more information, please
contact:
David
Smith
Mentor
Graphics
503.685.1135
david_smith@mentor.com
Mentor Graphics, Mentor and Veloce are registered trademarks,
and Enterprise Verification Platform is a trademark, of Mentor
Graphics Corporation. All other company or product names are the
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