Avant! Certifies VeriCheck for Full Compatibility and Support on HAL Computer Systems' 64-Bit Workstations.CAMPBELL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 13, 1996--HAL Computer Systems, a Fujitsu company, today announced that Avant! Corporation of Sunnyvale, Calif. has completed certification testing of its VeriCheck(R) software on the Fujitsu HALstation(TM) 300 Series workstations. Completion of the compatibility certification testing marks the beginning of Avant!'s support of their current 32-bit SPARC (Scalable Performance ARChitecture) A family of RISC CPUs from Sun that runs mostly under Sun's Solaris, but also under Linux and BSD operating systems. After development began in the mid-1980s by David Patterson of the University of California at Berkeley and Bill (TM)/Solaris(R) version of VeriCheck, a leading physical IC design verification and rule checking software solution, on HAL's 64-bit hardware platform and 64-bit Solaris operating system. Avant!'s VeriCheck offers complete capabilities for physical design verification with hierarchical design rule checking (DRC DRC Democratic Republic of Congo DRC Down (Stage) Right Center DRC Director(ate) of Reserve Components DRC Disability Rights Commission (United Kingdom) ), layout versus schematic The Layout Versus Schematic (LVS) is the class of electronic design automation (EDA) verification software that determines whether a particular integrated circuit layout corresponds to the original schematic or circuit diagram of the design. (LVS LVS Linux Virtual Server LVS Live Vaccine Strain LVS Las Vegas, New Mexico (Airport Code) LVS Low Voltage Switchgear LVS Logistical Vehicle System LVS Laser Vibration Sensor LVS Logistics Vehicle System ), and electrical rule checking (ERC (database) ERC - An extended entity-relationship model. ). The VeriCheck family of tools takes advantage of a design's hierarchy allowing a user to save compute time and efficiently report all design errors. Design errors are localized within the hierarchy, resulting in reduced debug To correct a problem in hardware or software. Debugging software means locating the errors in the source code (the program logic). Debugging hardware means finding errors in the circuit design (logical circuits) or in the physical interconnections of the circuits. times thereby delivering faster time to market for the user's end product. "Avant!'s support of the HALstation platform enables customers to accelerate their time to market by using the VeriCheck tool they already know, while benefiting from the HALstation's 64-bit performance," according to Chi-Ping Hsu, vice president of product management at Avant!. The Fujitsu HALstations are the industry's first 64-bit SPARC workstations based on HAL's own 64-bit microprocessor, SPARC64(TM) and SPARC64/0S(TM) -- the first Solaris 2.4-based operating system with 64-bit extensions -- which exploits the 64-bit hardware while providing compatibility with 32-bit SPARC/Solaris applications. HAL's SPARC64 microprocessor is the first implementation of the next-generation industry-standard SPARC V9 architecture -- the same standard used in Sun Microsystems' UltraSPARC(TM) systems. Software tools that migrate to the full 64-bit addressing allow users to access up to 18 billion GB of address space. "The HALstation provides designers using Avant!'s VeriCheck with shorter design times through a combination of large system memories and exceptional system throughput," stated Bruce Clarke, vice president of market development at HAL Computer Systems HAL Computer Systems was a Campbell, CA-based computer manufacturer. It was started in 1990 by Andrew Heller, a principal designer of the original IBM POWER architecture. His idea was to build computers based on a RISC architecture for the commercial market. . Avant! Corporation (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 :AVNT) develops, markets, and supports integrated circuit design automation (ICDA ICDA abbr. International Classification of Diseases, Adapted for Use in the United States ) software for the layout, verification, and analysis of deep submicron ICs, microprocessors, microcontrollers, application-specific standard products (ASSPs), and complex application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs). Avant!'s products help lower IC development costs, reduce time to market, and produce more competitive high-performance IC designs. HAL Computer Systems, Inc., a Fujitsu company, serves as Fujitsu's principal development center for advanced 64-bit open systems hardware and operating systems products. HAL Computer Systems designs, manufactures and markets the first 64-bit SPARC, Solaris-compatible systems on the market, which are geared to meet the needs of SPARC-based technical workstation users for extended 64-bit addressing and computational performance. -0- Note to Editors: VeriCheck is a registered trademark of Avant! Corporation. All other product and company names are the property of their respective holders and should be treated as such. The company name is pronounced "ah-VAHN-tee." Fujitsu is a trademark of Fujitsu, Limited. HAL Hal: see Halle, Belgium. hal In Sufism, a state of mind reached from time to time by mystics during their journey toward God. The ahwal (plural of hal) are God-given graces that appear when a soul is purified of its attachments to the material world. , HAL Computer Systems, and HALstation, are trademarks, registered trademarks, or service marks of HAL Computer Systems, Inc. Solaris is a registered trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. All SPARC trademarks are trademarks or registered trademarks of SPARC International, Inc. CONTACT: HAL Computer Systems Kristi Furrer, 408/341-6732 or kfurrer@hal.com |
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