Panasonic Mobile Communications Adopts Catapult SL for Next-Generation Chip for Communication Infrastructure Equipment.WILSONVILLE, Ore. -- Mentor Graphics Mentor Graphics, Inc (NASDAQ: MENT) is a US-based multinational corporation dealing in electronic design automation (EDA) for electrical engineering and electronics, as of 2004, ranked third in the EDA industry it helped create. Corporation (Nasdaq:MENT) announced today that Panasonic Mobile Communications Co. Ltd. has adopted Mentor Graphics' Catapult catapult (kăt`əpŭlt'), mechanism used to throw missiles in ancient and medieval warfare. At first, catapults were specifically designed to shoot spears or other missiles at a low trajectory (see bow and arrow). [R] SL high-level synthesis tool to develop their next-generation chip for communication infrastructure equipment. Panasonic Mobile selected the Catapult Synthesis tool based on the product family's maturity and the productivity improvements it offers by synthesizing pure ANSI C (language, standard) ANSI C - (American National Standards Institute C) A revision of C, adding function prototypes, structure passing, structure assignment and standardised library functions. ANSI X3.159-1989. cgram is a grammar for ANSI C, written in Scheme. ++ descriptions. "Catapult SL allows our designers to specify interfaces and hierarchy, then automatically generate hardware descriptions without changing the original pure C++ source. This methodology frees designers from time-consuming manual tasks, providing more time to focus on the micro-architectural decisions that lead to better performance," said Mr. Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Group Manager of Panasonic Mobile Communications, Networks Division, Node B Development Group. "As a result, we are able to explore several multi-block micro-architectures rapidly and quickly find an implementation that rivals the quality of our hand-coded designs." As a leading company in the mobile communications equipment industry, Panasonic Mobile's business spans widely from communication infrastructure to cell phones, and their design includes large-scale logic used in their communication infrastructure systems. The Catapult SL tool supports complex hierarchical design, includes new technology that improves block-level performance, and offers links to power analysis tools to help reduce power consumption by up to 30 percent. Catapult SL moves beyond block-level synthesis to automatically create entire signal processing See DSP. subsystems tuned to the design's specific needs. A hierarchical design engine enables Catapult SL to coordinate the operations of multiple blocks within the subsystem A unit or device that is part of a larger system. For example, a disk subsystem is a part of a computer system. A bus is a part of the computer. A subsystem usually refers to hardware, but it may be used to describe software. and automatically synthesize To create a whole or complete unit from parts or components. See synthesis. appropriate inter-block channels and memory buffers, leading to performance levels not easily achieved with hardware C languages or block-level synthesis methodologies. Simon Bloch, general manager of Mentor Graphics' Design Creation and Synthesis Division, stated, "We are very pleased that Panasonic has decided to employ the Catapult SL tool on their next-generation signal processing design. Through extensive evaluations at Panasonic, Catapult SL has been proven to produce high-quality RTL (Register Transfer Level) A high-level hardware description language (HDL) for defining digital circuits. The circuits are described as a collection of registers, Boolean equations, control logic such as "if-then-else" statements as well as complex event sequences; designs far faster than hand-coded methods." About Mentor Graphics Mentor Graphics Corporation (Nasdaq:MENT) is a world leader in electronic hardware and software design solutions, providing products, consulting services Noun 1. consulting service - service provided by a professional advisor (e.g., a lawyer or doctor or CPA etc.) service - work done by one person or group that benefits another; "budget separately for goods and services" and award-winning support for the world's most successful electronics and semiconductor companies. Established in 1981, the company reported revenues over the last 12 months of about $800 million and employs approximately 4,250 people worldwide. Corporate headquarters are located at 8005 S.W. Boeckman Road, Wilsonville, Oregon Wilsonville is a city in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States. The population was 13,991 at the 2000 census, and as of 2005 was estimated to be 16,510.[1] Geography Wilsonville is located at (45.306805, -122. 97070-7777. World Wide Web site: http://www.mentor.com/. Mentor Graphics and Catapult are registered trademarks of Mentor Graphics Corporation. All other product names and company names are the trademarks or registered trademarks of respective owners. |
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