Novas Software, Inc., the leader in debug and visibility enhancement solutions for complex chip designs, today announced that the Alps Electric Co., Ltd. (Japan) has adopted the Novas Verdi?Automated Debug System. Alps Electric is a leading global manufacturer of electronic devices, supplying some 40,000 different components to around 2,000 companies all over the world.
Alps Electric produces highly evolved devices with advanced functions by fusing a wide range of core and proprietary technologies. The company has been engaged in the development of sensors for more than 20 years, and now offers a wide variety of sensors including the most up-to-date non-contact highly reliable magnetic sensors, capacitance type pressure sensors, and also traditional resistive sensors.
Alps Electric has initially deployed Novas?Verdi debug for their sensor IC product line, an array of mixed-signal devices used in many every day electronics applications to amplify the analog signal and convert to digital signal for output.
揑ntellectual property and RTL code reuse is critical for today抯 large-scale LSI designs. But, it means that we spend a lot of time determining whether a bug is in our own RTL, the third-party IP, or in the interface, before we can even begin to analyze the root cause,?said Mr. Kazuhiro Hirane, chief engineer at Alps Electric. 揤erdi definitely minimizes this time with its auto trace and graphical schematic visualization capabilities. Verdi has also played an effective role in introducing assertion verification into our flow with its ability to both improve simulation run time and execute post-simulation assertion checks to further reduce overhead.?/P>
The Novas Verdi Debug Automation System is a complete mixed-language debug system that automates the process of comprehending how complex IC and SoC designs work or why they do not. It provides a universal debug platform and common interface for accessing all the design knowledge and analysis engines needed throughout the verification tool and methodology flow. Engineers can analyze cause-and-effect relationships and visualize design behavior over time to better understand and accelerate debug of third-party intellectual property, legacy design code and new or unfamiliar components.
揂lps Electric strives to 憄erfect the art of electronics?with its broad device portfolio serving a diverse set of markets. This aligns with our own vision and strategy for delivering to the global design community a world-class suite of automation technologies that enhance verification for even the most complex designs,?said Scott Sandler, president and CEO of Novas. 揥e welcome this opportunity to work with Alps Electric, and greatly appreciate their confidence in Verdi and our Japan-based organization to address their verification challenges.?