Model Technology and Actel Agreement Fuels Next-Generation FPGA Design.Business Editors/Technology Writers PORTLAND, Ore. & SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 2, 2001 OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and Agreement Readies ModelSim for Actel's Libero Libero can refer to:
Model Technology, a Mentor Graphics company (Nasdaq:MENT), and Actel Corp. (Nasdaq:ACTL ACTL American College of Trial Lawyers (Irvine, California) ACTL Access Carrier Terminal Location ACTL Activation Library ACTL Automated Compatibility Test Laboratory ACTL Association Cultural Turkey-Luxembourg ) today announced an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) agreement to provide Actel customers with easy access to ModelSim(R), the Electronic Design Automation (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. ) industry's leading language-neutral simulation tool. Actel will integrate ModelSim into Libero, the company's next-generation integrated design environment introduced on June 18, allowing customers to easily access the simulation tool when developing and designing field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). The ModelSim Actel version is specifically targeted to Actel's devices, which combine the flexibility and time-to-market benefits of FPGAs with the single chip and lower power benefits of application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs). ModelSim features powerful interactive debug capabilities, regression test support and superior memory utilization for simulating a broad range of designs. The ModelSim Actel version is a powerful simulation tool that offers source-level debug for VHDL (VHSIC Hardware Description Language) A hardware description language (HDL) used to design electronic systems at the component, board and system level. VHDL allows models to be developed at a very high level of abstraction. , Verilog and mixed-language as well as behavioral, structural and back-annotated dynamic simulation. "Actel is committed to offering its customers a comprehensive design environment that integrates best-in-class tools and, as a result, improves quality of results," said John East, 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. at Actel. "With the integration of ModelSim, Actel's Libero provides our customers with access to the leading 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. simulation solution for programmable devices and will enable FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) A type of gate array that is programmed in the field rather than in a semiconductor fab. Containing up to hundreds of thousands of gates, there are a variety of FPGA architectures on the market. designers to achieve their productivity and time-to-market requirements." "With this announcement Mentor Graphics expands its HDL simulation reach to approximately 90-percent of the programmable market," said Dr. Walden C. Rhines, Chairman and CEO of Mentor Graphics. "Actel's customers now have access to a powerful simulation tool for Verilog and VHDL design that produces fast, accurate simulation results that maximize the performance of their FPGA designs." About Actel Actel Corporation is a supplier of innovative programmable logic solutions, including field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) based on antifuse and flash technologies and embedded-programmable gate arrays (EPGAs) based on SRAM See static RAM. SRAM - static random-access memory technology, as well as high-performance intellectual property (IP) cores, software development tools and design services. Founded in 1985 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., Actel employs approximately 500 people worldwide. The Company is traded on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol ACTL and is located at 955 East Arques Avenue, Sunnyvale, Calif., 94086-4533. Telephone: 888/99-ACTEL (992-2835). Internet: http://www.actel.com. About Model Technology Model Technology Inc., a Mentor Graphics Company (Nasdaq:MENT), is a leading supplier of HDL simulation tools. Model Technology provides ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) Pronounced "a-sick." A chip that is custom designed for a specific application rather than a general-purpose chip such as a microprocessor. and FPGA designers with the latest in simulation technology regardless of the language (VHDL, Verilog or mixed-HDL) or platform (Unix, Windows, Linux) used. With more than 90,000 licensed units sold worldwide, ModelSim is the most popular HDL simulator in the industry. For information on the nearest Model Technology representative or Model Technology products, call 503/641-1340, e-mail sales@model.com, or visit www.model.com. Mentor Graphics, Model Technology and ModelSim are trademarks/registered trademarks of Mentor Graphics Corporation. The Actel name and logo are registered trademarks of Actel Corporation. All other company and/or product names are the trademarks and /or registered trademarks of their respective owners. |
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