Forte Design Systems' Perspective Results Analysis Product Adds Support For
OpenVera Extends Functional Coverage, Temporal Analysis, and Assertion
Checking Capabilities to VERA Users SAN JOSE, Calif. - April 8th, 2002 -
Forte Design Systems today announced VERA® support for its popular
verification results analysis product, <A HREF="http://www.forteds.com/products/perspective.html">Perspective</A><A HREF="http://www.forteds.com/products/perspective.html">™</A>. This tight integration
builds upon the capabilities of VERA, Synopsys' testbench tool, and provides
access to Forte's powerful functional-verification technologies, including
functional coverage, temporal analysis, and assertion checking. The
combination of Perspective and VERA coupled with the OpenVera™ hardware
verification language will give users the unique ability to measurably know
when they are done with verification.
Verification typically consumes between 60-70 percent of the overall design
process. The integration of Perspective's advanced verification capabilities
with VERA enables users to get coverage on simple as well as hard-to-reach
corner cases thus giving users more visibility into quality and completeness
of their verification environment. The measurable statistical and numerical
results provided by Forte's Perspective product can significantly reduce the
time spent in verification.
"We looked at a number of different technologies and chose Forte's
Perspective results analysis environment for its significant capabilities in
functional verification," said Kaushik Sheth, chief engineer at Tensilica.
"Forte was able to integrate Perspective with our VERA-based verification
environment quickly and seamlessly, providing us access to the
state-of-the-art verification technologies while protecting our investment in
our current environment."
"The OpenVera community is growing rapidly and offers users complementary
verification technologies and solutions built around an open source hardware
verification language," said James Watts, OpenVera program manager at
Synopsys, Inc. "Forte has integrated Perspective with VERA to provide a
valuable and tightly integrated solution for OpenVera users."
Universal Application
With Perspective, verification teams have access to a complete set of
measurable functional verification features, regardless of their verification
language or environment - including <A HREF="http://www.open-vera.com/">OpenVera</A>, <A HREF="http://www.forteds.com/products/qb_overview.html">QuickBench</A>, <A HREF="http://www.forteds.com/products/esc_overview.html">C/C++</A>, and HDLs,
among others. Because of its integration with a popular hardware verification
language, such as OpenVera, Perspective is the only product that provides
reusable functional verification results analysis at all levels of
abstraction with all design and verification languages.
"Advanced hardware verification languages, like OpenVera, have given users
the ability to generate content-rich simulation data," said Brett Cline, vice
president of marketing at Forte. "Perspective provides significant value to
VERA users by providing unique and innovative technologies to intelligently
analyze this data and extract functional coverage and temporal event related
information, while speeding up the overall verification environment.
Perspective's analysis is reusable since it is independent of design language
and works at different levels of abstraction, from architecture modeling down
to RTL."
Unique Features and Benefits of Perspective
Perspective offers many benefits for RTL and high-level verification
including:
Measurable, objective results -- minimizes risk and increases confidence in
verification
Open, easy-to-use API -- integrates seamlessly into existing verification
flows
Advanced verification features -- includes functional coverage, temporal
analysis, and assertion checking for signal and transaction level data
Multiple operation modes -- allows post-processing and run-time results
analysis for maximum flexibility and performance Pricing and Availability
Perspective is in production now and is available on Unix, Linux, and
Microsoft NT-based workstations starting at US$15,600 for a one-year
time-based license. For more information, please contact Forte Sales at
800-585-4120 x434 or send us email at <A HREF="mailto:PowerToKnow@ForteDS.com">PowerToKnow@ForteDS.com</A>.
About Forte Design Systems, Inc.
Forte Design Systems combines verification expertise with design ingenuity to
produce leading edge, high-quality products poised to move the entire design
and verification process to a higher level. Forte's headquarters are located
at 100 Century Center Court, San Jose, California 95112. To find out more
about this exiting new company and the expansive array of products produced
by Forte, call 800-585-4120 x434 or visit <A HREF="http://www.forteds.com/">www.ForteDS.com</A>.
Learn more about <A HREF="http://www.forteds.com/products/perspective.html">Perspective</A> and The Power to Know!
Synopsys and VERA are registered trademarks of Synopsys, Inc. OpenVera is a
trademark of Synopsys, Inc. Perspective is a trademark of Forte Design
Systems, Inc.
For More Information:
Brett Cline
Forte Design Systems, Inc.
978-264-1855
<A HREF="mailto:brett@ForteDS.com">brett@ForteDS.com</A>
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