New VHDL Simulator Expands Support for System Design and Verification

<%=company1%> (Mountain View, CA), a provider for complex integrated circuit (IC) design, today extended its system design and verification solution with the announcement of the Scirocco VHDL simulator. Scirocco's new technology unites the performance potential of cycle technology with the flexibility of event-driven simulation.

Advance access to Scirocco provides design teams with a typical 5X performance acceleration compared to other VHDL simulators. Simulation run time performance gains of more than 20X have been achieved for designs containing mostly synchronous, synthesizable RTL.

Scirocco applies the company's cycle-based optimization techniques for synthesis-based RTL designs while supporting the full VHDL93 language for test benches, behavioral models and legacy gate-level designs. It delivers cycle-based simulation performance without the language and design style restrictions typically required by cycle-based simulators.

Scirocco leverages VCS to enable integration of Verilog intellectual property without sacrificing performance. It provides this capability without requiring the design team to learn the nuances of the Verilog language or become familiar with a separate mixed-language simulator.

The Scirocco simulator forms the basis of a complete verification environment that can include application-specific tools from both Synopsys and third-party tool providers. It also supports the open-standard VHPI interface.

Scirocco is integrated with the company's suite of verification products including: the VERA testbench automation and analysis system; the Synopsys Eaglei hardware/software co-verification tools; Logic Modeling simulation models and the company's system-level design environment. In addition, Scirocco offers integration through VHPI to third-party tools including those from Aptix, Chronology, Denali, IKOS, Novas, Summit and TransEDA.

Scirocco is available today. A variety of configurations are available, with pricing starting at US $15,000 on Sun Solaris and Hewlett-Packard HP-UX workstations.

Synopsys, is a supplier of electronic design automation (EDA) solutions to the global electronics market. The company provides design technologies to creators of advanced integrated circuits, electronic systems and systems on a chip. Synopsys also provides consulting services and support to its customers to streamline the overall design process and accelerate time-to-market.

Synopsys, Inc., Phone: 800-346-6335 or 503-748-2252.