Sequence Intros PowerTheater-Explorer For Power Visualization and Debug.Visualization Engine Works With PowerTheater To Interactively Reduce Power SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif. -- Sequence Design today announced PowerTheater-Explorer, an innovative option to the industry's premier 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; power analysis engine, PowerTheater, that adds state-of-the-art power visualization 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. capabilities for fast, interactive power reduction. "Users will experience immediate productivity gains when using PowerTheater-Explorer," said Sequence 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. Vic Kulkarni. "It provides access to more power data that can be manipulated at both the RTL and gate levels of abstraction than any other solution." A new SmartSource Viewer allows designers to determine hot spots hot spots acute moist dermatitis. in the design, to visualize, debug and interactively determine ways to reduce a design's power. The hierarchical RTL power tree display shows hot spots that can be cross-probed to schematics, showing connectivity and indicating how activity is moving through the design and how instances impact one another. These results can be displayed and analyzed at RTL, gate, or mixed levels of abstraction. SmartSource also provides a dedicated view of the clock tree for fast isolation and optimization. The integrated waveform viewer in PowerTheater-Explorer can input qualified vectors for all modes of operation and report average modal power for package selection, or worst-case for preventing dynamic voltage drop Noun 1. voltage drop - a decrease in voltage along a conductor through which current is flowing free fall, drop, dip, fall - a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity; "a drop of 57 points on the Dow Jones index"; "there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary problems. Waveforms can be viewed simultaneously to debug power problems, including power over time, peak power, and comparisons between logic and power waveforms. Customized power analysis features in PowerTheater-Explorer allow designers to write their own power data analyzers and reporting algorithms, since the design data is stored in OpenAccess, an Si2 standard database. PowerTheater-Explorer is also useful in power regression testing In software development, testing a program that has been modified in order to ensure that additional bugs have not been introduced. When a program is enhanced, testing is often done only on the new features. , for block or full-chip analysis. The PowerTheater analysis engine can run multiple power regressions at RTL overnight, and post process data to determine power budget problems. PowerTheater-Explorer is the debug and visualization tool for power reduction. This new analysis environment lets large design groups employ PowerTheater engines for power estimation, and multiple PowerTheater-Explorers for visualization and debug for a focused team effort on power management. Price/Availability PowerTheater-Explorer is sold as an option to PowerTheater, allowing more engineers access to PowerTheater for maximum cost-effectiveness. PowerTheater-Explorer is part of the Sequence Design-For-Power flow. PowerTheater-Explorer will be available Q3 2007. North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. price begins at $30,000 for a one-year TBL Tbl - 1. A language by M.E. Lesk for formatting tables, implemented as a preprocessor to nroff. . About Sequence Sequence Design accelerates the ability of SoC designers to bring high-performance, power-aware ICs quickly to market. Sequence Design-For-Power solutions give customers the competitive advantage necessary to excel in aggressive technology markets. For more information: sequencedesign.com. All trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners. |
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