Axis Systems Ships 4-Million Gate Version of Its Design Verification Solution; New Version of Xcite-1000 Uses Altera's BGA Technology.SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 5, 1999-Axis Systems, an 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. company focused on improving the verification process for system-on-a-chip designs, today announced that it is now shipping a new version its first product: Xcite-1000. The new version uses ball-grid array (BGA (Ball Grid Array) A popular surface mount chip package that uses a grid of solder balls as its connectors. Available in plastic and ceramic varieties, BGA is noted for its compact size, high lead count and low inductance, which allows lower voltages to be used. ) technology from Altera 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 : ALTR) to increase its gate capacity and simulates designs up to 4-million gates. Xcite-100 is representative of a new class of design verification tools that take advantage of ReConfigurable Computing (RCC RCC - An extensible language. ) hardware coupled with functional verification and debugging software to improve design verification throughput up to 1000 times over software-only simulators. Xcite-1000 addresses behavioral, RTL and gate-level simulation and verification of million-gate plus designs. A 2-million gate version of Xcite-1000 was introduced and shipped last year (10/12/98). "Our strength is RTL simulation and verification. Xcite-1000 addresses the design productivity gap that exists today between silicon capabilities and existing verification solutions-simulation, emulation and acceleration," noted Dr. Mike Tsai, Axis co-founder, 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. . The Xcite-1000 family of products uses the highest density Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) available from Altera. With its patented RCC architecture, Xcite-1000 delivers performance orders of magnitude over traditional compiled simulator while preserving the native debugging interface. "To bridge the gap between what can be designed verses what can be verified, Axis Systems is dedicated in offering the highest capacity system internal to the workstation. With chip density doubling every 18 months, we are committed to keep pace with such advances as demonstrated in our capacity expansion to 4 Million gates, " noted, Steven Wang, Axis' vice-president of marketing. Price and Availability: Xcite-1000 for designs of up to 4-million gates is shipping now. Xcite-1000 with 1 million-gate capacity with a software simulator and RCC compiler is $295,000 (USD USD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the U.S. Dollar. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. ). An RCC hardware upgrade to 4-million gates is priced at less than 10 cents per gate (USD). The Xcite-1000 RCC hardware fits inside a Sun(TM) Ultra(TM) 30 or Ultra 60 workstation and connects directly to its PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). backplane. Xcite-1000 supports the 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. 1364 Verilog hardware description language (language) Hardware Description Language - (HDL) A kind of language used for the conceptual design of integrated circuits. Examples are VHDL and Verilog. (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. ) standard and the Verilog HDL Programmable Language Interface (PLI). About Xcite-1000: Software simulators typically operate under 100 cycles per second. Xcite-1000's RCC engine speeds up simulation 1000 times compared to software simulation Xcite-1000 is a complete logic verification system operating at 10,000 to 100,000 cycles per second with full simulation interaction. It targets software and hardware designers who need to fully verify their design before committing to silicon. Xcite-1000 fits directly into current verification and design flows without modification. Whether the design is described at the Verilog behavioral level, register-transfer level (RTL) or gate level, the Xcite-1000 RCC compiler transparently maps the design onto RCC computing elements and is integrated with the Xcite-1000 software simulator for interactive debugging. About Axis: Axis Systems, Inc. is a technology leader in the logic design verification market. Founded in 1996, the company offers breakthrough technologies and high-speed products to verify electronic systems and systems-on-a-chip. Contact information: Axis Systems, Inc., 209 Java Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94089, 408/588-2000, FAX: 408/588-1662, xcite@axiscorp.com, www.axiscorp.com. Acronyms: BGA: Ball Grid Array “BGA” redirects here. For other uses, see BGA (disambiguation). A ball grid array (BGA) is a type of surface-mount packaging used for integrated circuits. EDA: Electronic Design Automation HDL: Hardware Description Language IEEE: Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers IEEE 1364: Verilog HDL standard PLI: Programming Language Interface RCC: ReConfigurable Computing RTL: Register-Transfer Level or RT level Notes to Editors: Quotes: Mike Tsai 408-588-2000 x108, Steve Wang x111; A photo or electronic image of the 4-million gate board is available on request. Contact for reader service inquiries: Axis Systems, Inc., 209 Java Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94089, 408/588-2000, FAX: 408/588-1662, xcite@axiscorp.com Attn.: Steve Wang or www.axiscorp.com Xcite-1000 is a trademark of Axis Systems, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their owners. |
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