When organized correctly, rapid access to this structural information is highly valuable for accelerating debug. Today's debugging tools rely on structural information alone, including the Debussy® knowledge-based debug system - Novas' current-generation product that is recognized as the debug market leader. Recent statistics on SoC design costs published by the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS) project that one million dollars is added to the design budget for every month a project schedule slips.(1)
Our goal is really to reduce the overall time spent in debug, so resources can be applied to more creative tasks in the design process."
#DEBUGGING FUNCTIONS AND CAPABILITIES IN SYSTEM SOFTWARE VERIFICATION#
It's critical that we take debug to a new level that not only maps to the most advanced design and verification approaches, but also intelligently applies knowledge to address bigger design issues and offer greater efficiencies. Sophisticated debug methods are no longer a luxury because the price tag for missing schedules is too high. Sandler added: "We are at a pivotal point in the evolution of design and verification. However, according to Novas Software's president and CEO Scott Sandler, "Too much time is spent on debug, which raises product development costs and jeopardizes product schedules by draining valuable time from the most expert designers." This process is crucial to the successful completion of IC and SoC projects. Currently in use at 10 customer beta sites, these advancements are expected to both drive the next evolution in design exploration and debug for integrated circuit (IC) designs with 10 million+ gates and expand the benefits of faster, better debugging to the functional test programs associated with complex systems on chip (SoC).ĭebug helps design and verification engineers become familiar with how complex chip designs are supposed to function, and it locates and isolates design problems so their root causes can be analyzed, understood and corrected. It also delivers major architecture advances that double the performance and capacity of debug systems. SAN JOSE, Calif.-(BUSINESS WIRE)-March 25, 2002- Novas Software, Inc., the leader in debug systems for complex chip designs, today unveiled the second generation of its market-leading debug technology platform that introduces new behavior-based debug and knowledge management capabilities. Advanced Platform Launches Next-Generation Behavior-Based Debug Capabilities Knowledge-Based Architecture Evolved to Double System Performance and Capacity
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