Alternative System Concepts Previews Power Optimizing Behavioral Synthesizer at Design Automation Conference.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers Design Automation Conference WINDHAM, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 21, 2003 New product will extend battery life, increase reliability, reduce time to tapeout for electronic designs Alternative System Concepts (ASC ASC Ambulatory surgery center, see there ) announced today that it has initiated a Preview Edition program for its upcoming power aware behavioral synthesis product code-named PACIFIC(TM). PACIFIC will be demonstrated at the Design Automation Conference (DAC See D/A converter and discretionary access control. DAC - Digital to Analog Converter ) (www.dac.com), booth number 2324 next month. To schedule a demonstration, please email info@ascinc.com. PACIFIC is used at the beginning of the design process. It optimizes designs simultaneously for power, timing and area. New Technology ASC has exclusive license to patented Princeton optimization algorithms. PACIFIC exploits the Advanced Library Format (ALF ALF - Algebraic Logic Functional language ), the impending im·pend intr.v. im·pend·ed, im·pend·ing, im·pends 1. To be about to occur: Her retirement is impending. 2. IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. standard 1603. PACIFIC automatically explores the design space and obtains optimal RTL (Register Transfer Level) A high-level hardware description language (HDL) for defining digital circuits. The circuits are described as a collection of registers, Boolean equations, control logic such as "if-then-else" statements as well as complex event sequences; architectures. What's unique and different -- optimization at the behavioral level Up to now, the focus of low-power design has been primarily on power estimation, relying on smart engineers to explore the design space manually and to create power efficient circuits using clever design. PACIFIC eliminates these runs and optimizes the design early in the cycle at the behavioral level. About ASC ASC develops best-in-class electronic system design software for 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. translation, low-power synthesis and test insertion. ASC also offers OEM compiler components to read and parse ALF library data, behavioral CDFGs and hardware description languages (HDLs). ASC is located at 22 Haverhill Rd., Windham NH 03087, Tel: 603/437-2234, Fax: 603/437-2722, info@ascinc.com. For more information, please visit www.ascinc.com or email info@ascinc.com Acronyms ALF Advanced Library Format CDFG Control Data Flow Graph EDA Electronic Design Automation HDL Hardware Description Language PACIFIC Power Aware Computing Improvement for ICs |
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