Axis Systems Reveals Design Team Emulation Strategy at DAC '03 in Anaheim.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

Design Automation Conference 2003

ANAHEIM, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 28, 2003

Axis Systems will demonstrate Design Team Emulation, a brand new class of acceleration/emulation at the Design Automation conference in Anaheim, CA, June 2-4. Design Team Emulation, is a solution not only for verification specialists, but also revolutionizes the usage of emulation to the entire development team -- system, hardware, software, and verification engineers.

Product characteristics that define Design Team Emulation include small form factor, ease of use and advanced debugging tools, the ability to bind multiple levels of design abstraction (behavioral, RTL, gates, and hardware components) and the ability to perform HW/SW co-verification. Axis leads the industry in Design Team Emulation.

Axis will be demonstrating Design Team Emulation through the following demos:

-- Revolutionize IP Model Reuse with Emulation -- Another Axis

first - IP Model reuse at the system level for accelerators

and emulators! RCC Model Compiler pre-compiles RTL blocks of

design code from legacy or 3rd party IP models and links these

individual emulation objects. Benefits include the reusability

of IP verification models and elimination of model creation

and redundant compilation time.

-- HW/SW Co-Verification of Embedded Processor Designs -- Stop by

to see Axis' latest product, XoC - an all-inclusive product

for ARM customers with a unified environment, which verifies

all nine operating modes of HW/ SW co-verification. XoC also

provides a Co-Verification Debugger, which facilitates

communication between software and hardware teams. If you are

an ARM customer, XoC is a must-have solution.

-- Advanced In-Circuit Emulation -- See the latest in-circuit

emulation (ICE) through an LCD controller chip on an Xtreme-II

system using Linux. See how Axis' Xtreme-II enables

incremental in-circuit bring-up and advanced debugging

techniques.

Other Activities

-- When is Verification Really Done? -- Breakfast panel

co-sponsored with Accellera, Wednesday June 4 from 7:30-9:00

a.m., Anaheim Marriott. This panel will examine methods,

metrics, and guidelines that produce system verification

closure. Please register on-line at

www.accellera.org/calendar.html by May 29, 2003.

-- "Electronic System Level Design - Vision, Myth and

Realization" -- This panel of industry experts will discuss

some of the visions and clear up some of the myths around

System Level Design (SLD), and will attempt to identify how

SLD can leap into realization. Please pre-register for this

event at: http://www.sd.com/ESLsymposium.htm

About Axis

Axis Systems, Inc., offers high-performance verification systems for the hardware and software development of complex electronic system and system-on-a-chip designs. Axis' products help increase confidence in new designs, improve overall verification productivity and shorten time to market. On a single system and with one design database, Axis' patented ReConfigurable Computing (RCC) technology provides software simulation, accelerated simulation, system emulation and hardware/software co-verification. Customers include the world's leading graphics, networking, multimedia, and processor companies. Axis is headquartered at 209 E. Java Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94089. To learn more about Axis, visit www.AxisSystems.com.