Thales Group Standardizes On Innoveda Solution; Global Electronics Giant Selects Visual Elite Software For Design Flow.Business/Technology Editors MARLBORO Marlboro or Marlborough (märl`bərō), city (1990 pop. 31,813), Middlesex co., E Mass.; settled on the site of a Native American village 1657, inc. as a city 1890. , Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 31, 2002 Innoveda, Inc. (Nasdaq: INOV), a leading provider of innovative software and services for the design of advanced electronic products, today announced that Thales Group The Thales Group (Euronext: HO) is a major French electronics company delivering mission-critical information systems and services for the Aerospace, Defense, and Security markets. is standardizing on Visual Elite(TM) technology as its solution for advanced 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. and system-level design. Thales chose Innoveda's Visual Elite solution for its superior technology, high level of functionality and ease of use. Established in France more than a century ago, Thales is a global electronics company serving the aerospace, defense and information technology markets. With 65,000 employees and operations in more than 30 countries, the Thales Group generated 8.6 billion euros in revenues in 2000. Compelling Benefits According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Yves Boccon-Gibod, manager of Thales' Research and Technology Hardware Engineering Department, "We chose Visual Elite to help standardize our design flow for complex 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. design. This flow requires the most advanced software technology to handle increasing design complexity and enable design collaboration across multiple design units and sites. Innoveda has worked with us to tightly integrate Visual Elite with our group-wide ATDM ATDM Asynchronous Time-Division Multiplexing ATDM Adaptive Time Division Multiplexer ATDM Antenna Time Domain Measurement ATDM Advanced Tracking Data Module design flow, achieving a solution tailored to our needs that also leverages our previous investments." Thales first selected Innoveda solutions in 1998, to support design entry for complex FPGAs using HDL. Its Research and Technology Engineering Department is responsible for the support and development of tools and methodology throughout the group. Franz Maidl, Innoveda's vice president and general manager of European Operations, added, "Use of the Visual Elite suite will enable Thales to strengthen its ATDM design flow, increase collaboration among design teams, optimize costs on a global basis and maximize productivity group-wide. By working together to integrate the software and design flow, Thales and Innoveda are empowering the group to operate confidently in the emerging technology markets of the new millennium." About ATDM ATDM (Atelier Thales de Developpement Materiel ma·te·ri·el or ma·té·ri·el n. The equipment, apparatus, and supplies of a military force or other organization. See Synonyms at equipment. ) is an internal technical "portal" that integrates and streamlines usage of all 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. tools in Thales' design flow. Visual Elite and ATDM now are highly integrated, resulting in a tighter HDL flow. Standardizing on Visual Elite has helped the central Research and Technology Hardware Engineering Department extend the FPGA variant of the ATDM to all design groups. Visual Elite currently is installed in a majority of Thales design sites across Europe. Some groups in France have been using Visual Elite or its predecessor, Visual HDL(TM), for more than five years. Thales plans to standardize on Visual Elite globally, using the block diagram A chart that contains squares and rectangles connected with arrows to depict hardware and software interconnections. For program flow charts, information system flow charts, circuit diagrams and communications networks, more elaborate graphical representations are usually used. feature as a foundation and allowing individual groups the freedom to upgrade and use additional editors. About Visual Elite Visual Elite supports "system-level down to Register Transfer Level (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; )" design methodologies and languages, providing hardware engineers and system architects with an environment to capture, verify and analyze system-level functionality and architectures and their associated hardware implementation. Users can create high-level functional and architectural models An architectural model is a tangible representation of a structure (typically a scale model) built to communicate design ideas to clients, owners, committees, customers, and the general public. , and estimate the performance of the functional model for hardware/software partitioning. Visual Elite enables such high-level events and data flow functions as bus or network transactions, data-processing events, cause-and-effect relationships, and error conditions in the system to be defined. Users can design at various levels of abstraction encompassing system-level design through RTL implementation and verification, using mixed SystemC, C/C C/C Center to Center C/C Combustion Chamber C/C Command/Control C/C Crew Chief C/C cabin cruiser (US DoD) C/C chief complaint (medical) C/C Channel-to-Channel C/C Communication and Collaboration ++, 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. , and Verilog modeling. It accommodates both text experts and graphical designers. About Thales Headquartered in France, Thales is a proven partner for the global aerospace community, the only truly multinational player in the defense industry, and a provider of professional IT solutions and services. Across all three business areas, which follow different business models but rely on many of the same technologies and skills sets, synergy and teamwork translate into tangible benefits for customers. The Thales Group has dual technology capability in commercial and military applications. This is one of its most significant competitive advantages in today's market for total security solutions. The global scale of the Thales Group's commercial operations and the unique multi-domestic development model of its defense business bring the benefits of globalization globalization Process by which the experience of everyday life, marked by the diffusion of commodities and ideas, is becoming standardized around the world. Factors that have contributed to globalization include increasingly sophisticated communications and transportation to customers in all sectors. About Innoveda Innoveda, Inc. (Nasdaq "INOV") is a worldwide leader in electronic design automation (EDA) technology, software and services for businesses in the consumer electronics, computer, telecommunications, automotive and aerospace industries. The company's innovative solutions are intended to empower people for mission-critical areas of the design process. Headquartered in Marlboro, Mass., Innoveda has sales offices and research centers worldwide. Additional information can be found at: http://www.innoveda.com/ Forward-Looking Statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. This press release includes forward-looking statements that are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, included in this press release including, without limitation, statements regarding Innoveda's financial projections for any period, strategy, future operations, financial position, prospects, plans, goals and objectives of management are forward-looking statements. When used in this press release, the words "will", "believe", "anticipate", "intend", "estimate", "expect", "project", "plan" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. We cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements, and you should not place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements. Our forward-looking statements do not reflect the potential impact of any future transactions or strategic alliances. Our actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including the availability of financial resources, management's efforts to reduce expenses in specific business areas or across the company, recent economic uncertainty, weakness in the business of our customers, Innoveda's ability to develop new products and market acceptance of those products, the effects of business combinations and dispositions and any related financial charges, Innoveda's ability to successfully integrate its business combinations, the cyclical cyclical Of or relating to a variable, such as housing starts, car sales, or the price of a certain stock, that is subject to regular or irregular up-and-down movements. nature of the electronics industry, the failure of Innoveda's quarterly results to meet market expectations, the intense competition Innoveda faces, and the other risks described in Innoveda's annual report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the fiscal year ended December 30, 2000 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 30, 2001, Innoveda's most recent quarterly report on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. and the other public filings made by Innoveda with the SEC, which factors are incorporated herein by reference. Note to Editors: Innoveda, Visual HDL and Visual Elite are trademarks of Innoveda, Inc. |
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