Concept Engineering Introduces SGvision(TM) PRO to Help System-on-Chip Designers Analyze and Debug Mixed-mode Circuits; Tool Provides Detailed Information for Both Digital and Analog or Library Components.FREIBURG, Germany -- Concept Engineering today announced the release of SGvision(TM) PRO, a mixed-mode debugging tool that allows system-on-chip (SoC) designers and verification engineers to more quickly analyze and 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. circuits that contain both digital and transistor-level components. SGvision PRO supports mixed-level debugging of SPICE and Verilog standard languages at the same time. Many SoC implementation and debugging problems can be easily understood and solved when designers get detailed information and debug support not only from their pure digital components (Verilog), but also from the analog or library components (SPICE). Existing customers of Concept's GateVision(TM) PRO (for gate-level debugging) and SpiceVision(TM) PRO (for transistor-level debugging) tools had been requesting capabilities that would allow them to analyze mixed-level descriptions with top-level structures described in Verilog and lower-level structures described via SPICE. At Credence Systems Credence Systems Corporation (NASDAQ: CMOS), is a manufacturer of test and analytical equipment for the global semiconductor industry. Founded in 1978, it is publicly traded on the Nasdaq stock market under the symbol CMOS. Corporation (Nasdaq:CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) Pronounced "c-moss." The most widely used integrated circuit design. It is found in almost every electronic product from handheld devices to mainframes. ), for instance, a customized version of SGvision PRO allowed concurrent visualization of mixed gate-level and transistor-level circuits while providing cross-probing between the schematic objects and the physical layout objects. As Mark Malinoski, vice president and general manager, diagnostics and characterization group of Credence Systems Corporation, said, "SGvision PRO helped us bridge the gap between the design engineers and the failure analysis engineers." SGvision PRO is an easy-to-use, very high performance and high capacity tool that is customizable via a tcl-based UserWare API (application programming interface), which allows designers to extend the functionality of SGvision PRO to meet the immediate needs of the project. The tool provides the debugging features known from the existing GateVision PRO and SpiceVision PRO products to help reduce the complexity of the debug process and make it easier to understand and fix mixed-mode designs. For example, SGvision PRO helps to reduce the complexity of the debug process via its interactive logic cone navigation feature, showing just the critical portion of the design in one debugging window (the Logic Cone Window) while providing links to the original SPICE or Verilog source code at the same time. As a result, engineers can easily work on the important critical fragments of their project; are not disturbed by graphics and information that is not relevant for the job at hand; and get visual feedback about the design level (gates or/and transistors) that is most important to solve the current design/verification problem. "Concept Engineering has always provided customers with an open and flexible tool architecture," said Gerhard Angst, 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. of Concept Engineering. "SGvision PRO is a powerful mixed-mode verification solution based on customer requests and our long experience with gate-level and transistor-level debugging." Pricing and Availability Free evaluation packages for SGvision PRO are available from Concept Engineering's website at www.concept.de. Initial product demonstrations will be provided in Concept Engineering's booth #720 at the Design Automation Conference (DAC See D/A converter and discretionary access control. DAC - Digital to Analog Converter ) 2006 in San Francisco's Moscone Center The Moscone Center is San Francisco, California's largest convention and exhibition complex. The complex consists of two main underground halls underneath Yerba Buena Gardens, Moscone North and Moscone South, as well the three-level Moscone West exhibition hall across 4th Street. from July 24 through 27, 2006. About Credence Credence Systems Corporation (Nasdaq:CMOS) is a leading provider of debug, characterization and ATE solutions for the global semiconductor industry. With a commitment to applying innovative technology to lower the cost-of-test, Credence delivers competitive cost and performance advantages to integrated device manufacturers (IDMs), wafer foundries, outsource assembly and test (OSAT OSAT On-Site Assessment and Training OSAT Office for the Study of Automotive Transportation OSAT One Step At a Time (outdoor activity club) OSAT One Step At a Time (George Strait album) ) suppliers and fabless chip companies worldwide. A global, ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001-certified company with a presence in 20 countries, Credence is headquartered in Milpitas, California Milpitas (IPA pronunciation: mɪlpitʌs; inhabitants are called 'Milpitans') is a city in Santa Clara County, California. It is located with San Jose to its south and Fremont to its north, at the eastern end of Highway 237 and generally between Interstate freeways 680 and . More information is available at http://www.credence.com. About Concept Engineering Concept Engineering, a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. based in Freiburg, Germany, was founded in 1990 to develop and market innovative schematic generation and viewing technology for use with logic synthesis The conversion of a high-level electronic circuit description into a list of logic gates and their interconnections, called the "netlist." Every logic synthesis program understands some subset of Verilog and VHDL. , verification, test automation and physical design tools. The company's customers are primarily original equipment 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. tool manufacturers (OEMs), in-house CAD tool developers and semiconductor companies. The company is located at Boetzinger Str. 29, D-79111 Freiburg, Germany. Telephone: +49-761-47094-0, Fax: +49-761-47094-29, http://www.concept.de. |
|
||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion