CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
October 2004
Product News
HDL Works Presents HDL Companion 1.1
HDL Works announced the release and immediate availability of version 1.1 of HDL Companion, an environment for providing insight in IP, integrating IP with new code and keeping overview of complex HDL designs. HDL Companion automatically extracts numerous design details when a design directory is dragged into the global window of HDL Companion. The user then gets easy access to the code to quickly understand the design structure and details of the objects that are part of the design. VHDL, Verilog and mixed language designs are supported. Synthesis and simulation tool interfaces are built in, optimizing the user's code/compile/debug cycle.
What's new in HDL Companion 1.1
Next to many smaller improvements in GUI and performance, major new features include Signal Tracing through the design hierarchy, support for Verilog 2001 and Version Management with support for CVS and RCS.
In the past a designer had to use a simple text editor and UNIX like 'grep' commands to find his way through many lines of HDL code or use a costly simulator license to understand the design structure. With HDL Companion a designer can drag and drop design files or directories into the global window and a complete design decomposition is performed in seconds, offering information regarding numerous aspects of the design.
This saves many, many hours to get an understanding of any existing HDL code. Incomplete designs and design code with syntax errors is accepted by HDL Companion, so design information can be gathered without being forced to debug that unknown erroneous code first.
Availability and Pricing
HDL Companion 1.1 is now available. Prices begin at US$1,250. HDL Companion can be downloaded for a free ten day evaluation from the company's web site: http://www.hdlworks.com .
HDL Works develops and markets high-performance, intuitive tools for complex HDL design across a wide spectrum of applications. Its software products are available on the industry's most popular workstations and personal computer platforms. HDL Works currently holds EASE and HDL Companion in its product portfolio. Headquartered in Ede, The Netherlands, HDL Works is privately held.
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