CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
18 May 2004
Company News
ProDesign Named a Harmony Partner by Novas Software Inc.
ProDesign, a source for hardware-assisted verification platforms for ASIC and SoC development announced it has joined the Novas Harmony Program. Novas Software, Inc. is a provider of open, interoperable debug systems for complex chip designs. The addition of ProDesign as a member of the Novas Harmony Program will see the two companies offer tools that interoperate through a single unified interface to optimize the verification flow and reduce tool complexity and learning curves.
ProDesign's CHIPit prototyping and emulation platform will integrate components of the Novas debug platform to offer a complete development solution for the early debugging of SoC designs. Novas debug systems accelerate the process of understanding complex chip behavior to improve design, verification and debug productivity. The integrated ProDesign-Novas solution will provide an intuitive way to track and correct causes of errant behavior before the design is implemented in the CHIPit Prototyping/Emulation System.
"With the increased complexity and custom silicon content of today's SoC designs, designers need verification solutions that reduce their own integration efforts and provide a significant edge in the overall quality and confidence of their SoC products," said George Bakewell, director of Technical Marketing at Novas. "Novas is committed to collaborating with companies like ProDesign that are on the lead-edge of addressing these challenges with solutions for verifying SoC designs in real hardware."
Novas established the Harmony program in 1999 to lower the cost of EDA tool interoperability. The Harmony program provides developers of verification and other tools with software licenses, engineering support for integration efforts, and ongoing support for mutual customers. Novas' open application programming interfaces (APIs) ensure that the widest range of chip design and verification solutions can take advantage of its industry-leading debug capabilities.
ProDesign is creator of the CHIPit family of hardware-assisted verification platforms for the SoC and ASIC development community. CHIPit provides an integrated set of tools with debug capabilities that provide a dual solution for hardware and software verification and validation. For more information, visit ProDesign at http://www.prodesign-usa.com
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