| Amlogic adopts Synposys verification tool
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2011-03-22 |
| Amlogic adopts Synopsys' CustomSim solution for mixed-signal verification of multimedia SoCs reporting a fivefold improvement in verification throughput |
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| Sub-$200 tools power 'farms' for verification
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2005-09-01 |
| Stanley Hyduke sees a not-so-distant future for the semiconductor industry in which companies are running thousands of simultaneous simulations to cope with the verification bottleneck |
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| Chip designers satisfied with IC verification environments
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2006-12-21 |
| Sixty per cent of chip designers say they are satisfied with their IC verification environments according to a survey of more than 600 engineers sponsored by hardware-assisted verification provider EVE |
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| Planning the verification process with SystemVerilog
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2007-03-23 |
| The best way for the verification team to match the automatic tests with their corresponding design features is via functional coverage metrics |
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| MindTree adopts Mentor's verification platform
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2010-06-29 |
| MindTree has joined Mentor Graphics' Questa Vanguard Programme and adopted a verification flow based on Mentor's Questa functional verification platform and the Open Verification Methodology |
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| Synopsys buys CoWare to expand verification line
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2010-02-11 |
| Synopsys Inc. acquisition of CoWare Inc., is in line with expansion of its portfolio of system-level design and verification products used in wireless, consumer and automotive design |
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| Xilinx, EDA giants address 65nm FPGA verification
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2007-08-17 |
| Xilinx has collaborated with three major EDA companies to define and implement new verification flows to maximise productivity for ultrahigh-density designs targeting today's 65nm FPGAs |
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| Mentor touts instantaneous signoff verification
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2011-03-15 |
| Mentor Graphics Corp. unveils its Calibre physical verification platform offering instantaneous design rule checking (DRC) to allow signoff-quality verification in the design creation phase |
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| Verification: Key to automotive apps success
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2010-02-22 |
| Many problems occur when hardware meets software, especially in automotive applications. As per Swapnil Sapre, MindTree, hardware verification methodologies is the key to success |
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| Accellera approves open verification library standard
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2005-08-29 |
| Open Verification Library (OVL) 1.0 has been approved by EDA standards organization Accellera's board of directors |
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| Microsemi chooses Sibridge's verification IP
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2010-12-16 |
| Microsemi Corp. chooses Sibridge Technologies' verification IP (VIP) to reduce time to market for its FPGA and customisable SoC products |
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| Physical verification solutions aid 65nm transition
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2010-08-27 |
| Magma Design Automation Inc. unveils scalable physical verification solutions that offer fast turnaround time for designs at the 65nm node and below |
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| Synopsys leverages verification via cloud
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2011-04-01 |
| Synopsys Inc. plans to leverage the power of cloud computing by offering verification services using thousands of computers to run simulations on customer designs |
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| Freescale, Synopsys sign EDA verification agreement
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2006-11-22 |
| Freescale Semiconductor Inc. and Synopsys Inc. have signed an agreement for Freescale's use of the latter's electronic design automation software for the functional verification of complex semiconductor designs |
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| Hitachi steps up verification with Cadence Palladium TBA
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2010-07-22 |
| Hitachi Ltd engineers successfully implemented a new system-level verification environment for Ethernet routing/switching products using the Cadence Incisive Palladium transaction-based acceleration technology |
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| Cadence, CEVA collaborate for verification process automation
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2006-03-07 |
| Cadence has announced its collaboration with CEVA Inc. for delivering a more comprehensive verification process solution for CEVA end customers |
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| Faraday taps Silicon Frontline for ADC verification
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2011-03-02 |
| Faraday chooses Silicon Frontline's F3D verification tool to enable accurate post-layout 3D extraction of its ADCs |
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| GiQuila adopts Mentor's hardware verification system for handheld devices
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2006-08-23 |
| GiQuila Corp. has adopted Mentor Graphics Corp.'s VStation hardware verification system to verify its family of graphics and multimedia ICs for handheld devices |
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| Accellera launches UCI to define verification metrics
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2007-02-02 |
| Accellera standards organisation has launched the UCI to define standards that enable the sharing and analysis of coverage data by different tools during the verification process |
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| ARM buys processor verification firm Obsidian
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2011-06-22 |
| ARM buys Obsidian Software, a company offering processor verification products, verification consulting and training services, in an effort to maximise quality and reduce time to market of ARM-based SOCs |
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| Engineers publish book on IC verification
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2006-10-16 |
| Engineers Mike Mintz and Robert Ekendahl have partnered and published a book on IC verification with C++ and launched a website with free open-source tools that can help IC verification teams |
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| Engineers demo new verification planning process
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2008-06-18 |
| Two engineers recently demonstrated a formal verification planning process at a conference in India |
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| Photomask verification for 45nm logic masks
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2008-04-22 |
| Brion Technologies and DNP have successful demonstrated a model-based photomask verification on critical 45nm logic masks |
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| Why voltage-aware verification strategy counts
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2009-11-25 |
| Low-power designs are here to stay. A more robust verification strategy is to incorporate a voltage-aware, assertion- and coverage-based verification strategy that includes extensive power-on-reset and firmware tests |
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| Verification IP portal aids design community
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2011-03-21 |
| ChipEstimate.com's microsite gives access to the most up-to-date information and appropriate verification IP for specific project needs to aid designers with SoC and chip designs |
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| Renesas adopts Synopsys' VCS verification, VMM method
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2007-01-10 |
| Synopsys Inc. has announced that Renesas Technology Corp. has adopted the VCS functional verification solution and VMM methodology to verify its critical SuperHyway bus on-chip interconnect infrastructure |
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| Freescale, Synopsys take on verification cost
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2009-10-30 |
| With the growing complexity of devices comes increasing cost of functional verification in product development |
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| Oki adopts Synopsys' SystemVerilog for verification
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2007-10-10 |
| Oki has identified several factors contributing to the rapid adoption of their advanced verification services that include the combination of SystemVerilog, the VMM and verification IP from the VCS Verification Library |
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| VSI Alliance forms verification IP quality workgroup
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2006-10-11 |
| The VSI Alliance (VSIA) has formed a quality workgroup to create a verification IP quality worksheet that will address the challenges facing designers as they evaluate and implement standard verification IP components |
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| IP reuse needs a verification strategy
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2005-12-22 |
| The concept of reuse seems simple and easy in theory, but there are a number of obstacles that design and verification teams must address to be successful |
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