AXYS Partners With ARM to Collaborate On Cycle-Accurate Modelling Tools; ARM Expands its EDA Partnership with Addition of AXYS Design Automation Inc.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers CAMBRIDGE, UK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 5, 2001 ARM (LSE LSE - Language Sensitive Editor :ARM); (Nasdaq:ARMHY), the industry's leading provider of 16/32-bit embedded RISC processor RISC processor [Reduced Instruction Set Computer], computer arithmetic-logic unit that uses a minimal instruction set, emphasizing the instructions used most often and optimizing them for the fastest possible execution. solutions, today announced that AXYS Design Automation, has partnered with ARM to collaborate on Cycle-Callable/Cycle-Accurate 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. tools. AXYS joins the ARM EDA Partnership Program, whose other members include Mentor Graphics Mentor Graphics, Inc (NASDAQ: MENT) is a US-based multinational corporation dealing in electronic design automation (EDA) for electrical engineering and electronics, as of 2004, ranked third in the EDA industry it helped create. , Synopsys, Cadence, Innoveda, CoWare, Virtio and IKOS. AXYS' new Cycle-Accurate simulation and verification tools will support versions of both the ARM7(TM) and ARM9(TM) family of microprocessor cores. Cycle-Accurate modelling simulates processor cycles and replicates "real-world" usage of the microprocessor in-situ. These products are available from AXYS and will enable designers to quickly simulate ARM(R) and 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 models, while also providing an interface to common hardware simulators such as Verilog XL, Model Sim and IKOS Voyager. "Developers wishing to simulate complex systems will benefit from the technology that this partnership brings. Using the ARM models and AXYS supplied models, customers will be able to utilize unique functionality and speed-up the development process," said Tim Hopes, Modeling Solutions Engineering manager, ARM. Duncan Bryan, Modeling Solutions product manager, ARM, added, "ARM supports a wide range of technologies through its EDA Partnership Program and this arrangement with AXYS adds an important modelling technique to the portfolio." "By making industry-leading ARM cores available as part of our growing library of fast and accurate processor models, customers can rapidly assemble ARM-based multi-core SoC simulations using our MaxSim 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 ++ based cycle-accurate, synchronous simulation environment," said Stefan Tamme, vice president, Sales and Marketing, AXYS Design Automation. "This combination of ARM and AXYS technology will enable our joint customers to start software production long before the actual silicon of their SoC designs becomes available." About the ARM EDA Partnership Program The ARM EDA Partnership Program brings together ARM's expertise in reusable intellectual property (IP) generation and IP modelling, with the electronic design automation (EDA) design methodology expertise of leading EDA tool vendors to develop faster, more accurate, routes to system-on-chip (SoC) products. The Program establishes a framework of co-operation between engineering teams. The goal is to specify a range of core models, or IP views, that are developed by ARM as an integral component of the internal IP generation flow. About AXYS Inc. AXYS Design Automation Inc. is the leading supplier of fast, accurate, and integrated processor models and related C/C++ based SoC modelling and verification tools. The 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. toolset automatically generates cycle-accurate SuperSim processor models and software development tools from an architectural description in the LISA language. Hierarchical SoC designs can be modelled by combining several SuperSim and other C-models into one cycle-accurate, synchronous multi-core simulation using the MaxSim environment. The use of AXYS' tools and services in the pre-silicon phase substantially shortens the SoC design cycle by enabling early system integration and embedded software Instructions that permanently reside in a ROM or flash memory chip. Embedded software may be immediately available to the CPU or, for faster execution, may be transferred to RAM first and then executed. 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 the number of silicon spins. AXYS' growing SuperSim model portfolio includes processors of Conexant Systems, DSP Group, Infineon Technologies For the raceway, see . Infineon Technologies AG (ISIN: DE0006231004, FWB: IFX, NYSE: IFX) was founded in April 1999 when the semiconductor operations of parent company, Siemens AG, were spun off to form a separate legal entity. and LSI LSI: see integrated circuit. (Large Scale Integration) Between 3,000 and 100,000 transistors on a chip. See SSI, MSI, VLSI and ULSI. Logic. For more information, visit AXYS' Web site at www.AXYSdesign.com. About ARM ARM is the industry's leading provider of 16/32-bit embedded RISC RISC in full Reduced Instruction Set Computing Computer architecture that uses a limited number of instructions. RISC became popular in microprocessors in the 1980s. microprocessor solutions. The company licenses its high-performance, low-cost, power-efficient RISC processors, peripherals, and system-chip designs to leading international electronics companies. ARM also provides comprehensive support required in developing a complete system. ARM's microprocessor cores are rapidly becoming the volume RISC standard in such markets as portable communications, hand-held computing, multimedia digital consumer and embedded solutions. More information on ARM is available at www.arm.com. ARM is a registered trademark of ARM Limited. ARM7 and ARM9 are trademarks of ARM Ltd. All other brands or product names are the property of their respective holders. "ARM" is used to represent ARM Holdings plc (LSE: ARM and Nasdaq: ARMHY); its operating company operating company A business that engages in transactions with outsiders. ARM Limited; and the regional subsidiaries ARM INC.; ARM KK; ARM Korea Ltd.; ARM Taiwan. EDITORS' NOTE In most co-verification systems, the processor model advances by one complete instruction each time it is called by the Hardware Simulator. An instruction may take one or more cycles. Cycle-callable processor models advance by a single cycle each time it is called, not by a complete instruction. This allows synchronization between several models on clock boundaries not instruction boundaries, thus making the models more accurate. |
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