ROHM Standardizes on CoWare ConvergenSC System-on-Chip Design Environment for Electronic System Level Design.SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Corporate Purchase Agreement Gives ROHM Worldwide Access to CoWare Technology and Training CoWare(R) Inc., the leading supplier of system-level 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. ) software and services, announced that ROHM Co., LTD LTD 1 Laron-type dwarfism 2 Leukotriene D 3 Long-term depression, see there 4. Long-term disability ., the leading provider of system LSI LSI: see integrated circuit. (Large Scale Integration) Between 3,000 and 100,000 transistors on a chip. See SSI, MSI, VLSI and ULSI. with the latest semiconductor technology, has standardized on CoWare's SystemC-based ConvergenSC(TM) system-on-chip (SoC) design environment for electronic system-level (ESL (1) An earlier family of client/server development tools for Windows and OS/2 from Ardent Software (formerly VMARK). It was originally developed by Easel Corporation, which was acquired by VMARK. ) design. The multi-million dollar corporate purchase agreement gives ROHM broad access to CoWare technology and training for its engineers worldwide. "As system LSI chips are increasingly combined into SoCs with multiple processors, ESL design is key to addressing the challenges associated with the rising amount of embedded software that must be designed and verified with the hardware in these designs," said Mr. Hiroo Mochida, director, LSI Development Systems Headquarters, ROHM. "We selected CoWare's ESL design solutions based on the company's great track record, strong tool capabilities, large offering of IP models, and excellent services and support. Through this purchase agreement, ROHM will work closely with CoWare to accelerate development of an ESL methodology to address rising design complexity, and help our customers differentiate their products and accelerate time-to-market." ROHM will use the ConvergenSC products worldwide for the design of multiple applications including image processing, mobile phones, and storage applications. The hardware/software co-design, early software development, and fast simulation capabilities in ConvergenSC -- along with its open SystemC-based flow -- will enable ROHM's 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. customers to accelerate their time-to-market and differentiate their end products with optimized architectures and memory subsystems, bus design, and hardware/software partitioning. "Recognized as one of the most visionary and profitable semiconductor companies for more than 50 years, ROHM is known for its technological and strategic innovation," said Alan Naumann, 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. , CoWare. "By adopting an ESL design methodology to offer further value to its ASIC customers, ROHM continues its long history of innovation." About CoWare ConvergenSC CoWare ConvergenSC speeds the concurrent design of SoCs with embedded software. The ConvergenSC product family combines hardware/software partitioning and platform assembly together with simulation, debug and analysis capabilities. Together with the ConvergenSC Model Library, the largest IP model library for SystemC, customers can rapidly create and validate SoC designs at the transaction level in SystemC. For pricing information, contact your local sales office. For more information on ConvergenSC and CoWare's other products, visit www.coware.com. About CoWare CoWare is the leading supplier of system-level electronic design automation (EDA) software tools and services. CoWare offers a comprehensive set of electronic system-level (ESL) tools that enable SoC developers to "differentiate by design" through the creation of system-IP including embedded processors, on-chip buses, and DSP algorithms; the architecture of optimized SoC platforms; and hardware/software co-design. The company's solutions are based on open industry standards including SystemC. CoWare's customers are major systems, semiconductor, and IP companies in the market where consumer electronics, computing, and communications converge. CoWare's corporate investors include ARM Ltd. ((LSE LSE - Language Sensitive Editor :ARM); (Nasdaq:ARMHY)), Cadence Design Systems (company) Cadence Design Systems - A company that sells electronic design automation software and services. http://cadence.com/. See also Verilog. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CDN (Content Delivery Network) A system of distributed content on a large intranet or the public Internet in which copies of content are replicated and cached throughout the network. ), ST Microelectronics (NYSE:STM (Scanning Tunneling Microscope) A microscope that can image down to the atomic level. An STM uses a piezoelectric tube with a tiny sharp tip at the end that is moved within nanometers of the object being sampled. ), and Sony Corporation (NYSE:SNE). CoWare is headquartered in San Jose, Calif., and has offices around the world. For more information about CoWare and its products and services, visit http://www.coware.com. ConvergenSC is a trademark of CoWare, Inc. CoWare is a registered trademark of CoWare, Inc. in the United States. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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