AXYS Design and Adelante Technologies Partner in the Development, Integration and Proliferation of Cycle-Accurate Simulation Models of DSP Platforms.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers LEUVEN, Belgium, PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 19, 2001 Adelante Technologies and AXYS(R) Design Automation, Inc. today announced an agreement to jointly develop fast, cycle-accurate models of Adelante's recently announced reconfigurable, extensible DSP (1) (Digital Signal Processor) A special-purpose CPU used for digital signal processing applications (see definition #2 below). It provides ultra-fast instruction sequences, such as shift and add, and multiply and add, which are commonly used in math-intensive cores. These models will enable the early development and integration of embedded software for Adelante's DSP SoC (System-on-Chip) platforms and thus help Adelante's licensees to shorten the time to market for their SoC designs. The agreement includes support for Adelante's existing and future DSP core families, application-specific co-processors and platforms, including memory and interfaces. The model development will be done using AXYS Design's MaxCore(TM) Developer Suite, which Adelante has licensed as part of the agreement. MaxCore automatically generates the models and software development tools from architectural descriptions. The resulting models will become a part of MaxLib(TM), AXYS Design's library of models for SoC components and will be distributed to Adelante's licensees by AXYS Design. The models can easily be deployed and combined with other models in AXYS Design's MaxSim(TM) Developer Suite, a tool for synchronous simulation and debugging of multi-core SoCs, as well as with other leading third party simulation tools, including the XRAY(TM) and Seamless(TM) tools from Mentor Graphics, with whom Adelante announced a partnership in early October. Vojin Zivojnovic, AXYS Design's president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. explains "We are pleased that Adelante has chosen our MaxCore and MaxSim tools, as well as our technical expertise to help make their DSP platforms an essential factor in the DSP space. Adelante is poised to become the leading supplier of flexible DSP cores that can be extended with hardware accelerator IP and application-specific co-processors to provide designers with complete DSP-subsystem platforms. We are impressed with their strategy to combine the DSP IP and EDA (1) (Electronic Design Automation) Using the computer to design, lay out, verify and simulate the performance of electronic circuits on a chip or printed circuit board. expertise into a single company. The strong synergies between our complementary technologies will benefit our mutual customers and help shorten the product development cycles." According to Karsten Popp, Adelante's CEO, "AXYS Design's tools have proven to produce the fastest and most accurate processor and subsystem models on the market. Our alliance with AXYS Design is an invaluable part of our strategy to become the leading vendor of reconfigurable, extensible DSP cores and SoC platforms. The telecommunications, infotainment and wireless applications we are targeting execute billions of operations per second and have multiple millions of transistors. There is no practical way to verify the functionality of these designs using conventional HDL-based simulation because it takes too long." AXYS Design's tools enable the generation of models that simulate 10,000 times faster than event-driven HDL (Hardware Description Language) A language used to describe the functions of an electronic circuit for documentation, simulation or logic synthesis (or all three). Although many proprietary HDLs have been developed, Verilog and VHDL are the major standards. models (i.e. running at 100,000s of cycles per second (cps) instead of about 10 cps). In practical terms this means that three seconds of MP3 audio, which take about a day to simulate using RT-level models, take less than one minute to simulate using AXYS Design's cycle-accurate simulation tools and models. "This type of speed is mandatory if DSP Systems-on-Chips are to become a reality," Popp concluded. Models supporting Adelante's first family of DSP cores and platforms will be available in the first quarter of 2002 and will be included in AXYS Design's MaxLib library. Additional models of Adelante DSP cores, DSP accelerators, and application specific co-processors will be announced as the cores become available. About AXYS Design Automation, Inc. AXYS Design Automation, Inc. is a provider of fast, accurate, and integrated processor and SoC (System-on-Chip) C/C C/C Center to Center C/C Combustion Chamber C/C Command/Control C/C Crew Chief C/C cabin cruiser (US DoD) C/C chief complaint (medical) C/C Channel-to-Channel C/C Communication and Collaboration ++ modeling and simulation solutions for the development of high software content SoC devices. The MaxSimz(TM) Developer Suite enables fast, cycle-accurate, synchronous simulation of complex SoC designs incorporating multiple processor cores. The MaxCore(TM) Developer Suite automatically generates cycle-accurate processor models and software development tools from an architectural description in the C-like LISA The first personal computer to include integrated software and use a graphical interface. Modeled after the Xerox Star and introduced in 1983 by Apple, it was ahead of its time, but never caught on due to its $10,000 price and slow speed. language. The use of AXYS Design's solutions in the pre-silicon phase substantially shortens the SoC design cycle by enabling early system integration and embedded software development, thus reducing NRE (Non-Recurring Engineering) Refers to the cost of creating a new product, which is paid up front. Contrast with "production cost," which is ongoing and based on the quantity of material produced. cost and time to market. AXYS Design's growing MaxLib(TM) model library includes processors from Conexant Systems (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :CNXT), DSP Group (NASDAQ:DSPG DSPG Defense Special Projects Group ), Infineon Technologies (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :IFX IFX - ["Type Reconstruction with First-Class Polymorphic Values", J. O'Toole et al, SIGPLAN Notices 24(7):207-217 (Jul 1989)]. , FSE FSE 1. feline spongiform encephalopathy. 2. focal symmetrical encephalomalacia. :IFX) and LSI Logic (NYSE:LSI). AXYS Design also offers cycle-callable/cycle-accurate models of the ARM (LSE LSE - Language Sensitive Editor :ARM, NASDAQ:ARMHY) ARM 7 and ARM 9 architectures and MIPS' MIPS (Million Instructions Per Second) The execution speed of a computer. For example, .5 MIPS is 500,000 instructions per second; 100 MIPS is a hundred million instructions per second. 32 and MIPS64 cores. For more information, visit the AXYS Design web site at www.AXYSdesign.com. About Adelante Technologies Adelante Technologies was founded in June 2001 as a result of a merger between the DSP division of Philips Semiconductors and Frontier Design and offers complete solutions for SoC embedded signal processing enabling the implementation of high-performance, low-cost and feature rich consumer devices. Solutions are based on offering a family of licensable and open DSP cores, application specific coprocessors, software tools and design methodologies plus extensive SoC and application design services. More information can be found on our website: http://www.adelantetech.com AXYS(R) is a registered trademark of AXYS Design Automation, Inc. MaxSim, MaxCore and MaxLib are trademarks of AXYS Design Automation, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owner. |
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