New CyclopsPro Release Provides Usability Features and Thirty-One Times IP Acceleration.

NEW ORLEANS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 21, 1999--

Electronic design automation (EDA) software provider Topdown Design Solutions, Inc. today announced the release of a new version of its CyclopsPro tool for accelerating the simulation performance of intellectual property (IP) models.

Version 2.2i satisfies customer requests by incorporating numerous quality improvements and feature enhancements. Users can now, for example, generate industry-standard VCD files from multiple-model simulations for analysis with tools such as SignalScan from Design Acceleration.

Faster Simulation Shortens Product Development Time

While the degree of simulation acceleration achieved with CyclopsPro depends greatly on specific design details and the particular simulator being used--internal benchmark designs have yielded improvements as high as 177 times--Topdown has found these results in comparing the pre- and post-Cyclops simulation times of real-world customer designs:

-- range of acceleration improvement rate: 6 times to 87 times

-r's simulation models so that they execute faster with the designer's original simulator. It is carefully arlopsPro accepts designs with any type or style of logic and it works with existing simulation testbenches, deevel designs and has been in use for some time.be seen in live demonstrations at the company's booth at DAC, #127. More information is also available at wwrification and intellectual property (IP) protection requirements of system-on-chip (SoC) electronic designer The company's headquarters are near Boston at: 76 Northeastern Blvd., Suite 40, Nashua, NH 03062 Phone: [phone] -- Fax: [phone] -- [e-mail] -- www.topdown.com.

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