WILSONVILLE, Ore. and
CAMBRIDGE, UK, Feb. 17, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --
Highlights:
- Optimized Mentor® verification, implementation and
test tools and methodologies will help mutual customers design with
ARM® IP
- Multi-year subscription agreement gives Mentor early access to
ARMv8-A and ARMv7-A architectures, ARM Mali™ graphics processors,
ARM CoreLink™ system IP, ARM Artisan® physical IP and
ARM POP™ IP
- Agreement spans the Veloce® emulation platform,
Questa® verification platform, RealTime Designer™ and
Olympus-SoC™ Netlist-to-GDSII system, and Tessent®
product suite
Mentor Graphics Corp. (NASDAQ: MENT) has signed a multi-year
subscription agreement with ARM (LON: ARM; Nasdaq: ARMH) to enable
early access to a broad range of ARM intellectual property (IP) and
related technologies. This will enable Mentor to optimize its tools
and methodologies for ARM-based system-on-chip (SoC) designs.
Mentor will have access to ARM Cortex® processors for
the ARMv8-A and ARMv7-A architectures, ARM Mali graphics
processors, ARM CoreLink system IP, ARM Artisan physical IP and ARM
POP IP for implementation acceleration.
"Our close collaboration with Mentor Graphics has enabled some
of the world's most advanced electronics companies to create a
range of market-defining products," said Pete Hutton, executive vice president and
president of product groups, ARM. "This agreement expands our
commitment to provide our mutual customers with comprehensive tools
to design, implement and verify their SoCs."
Through this agreement, Mentor can optimize its flows and tools
for ARM IP before it is available on general release. This will
enable Mentor's customers to add the latest ARM IP to their designs
and trust their verification, implementation and test environments
are fully optimized. This will allow them to achieve the highest
levels of performance and functionality in their newest ASIC and
FPGA designs.
ARM, in common with many companies in the ARM ecosystem, uses
the Mentor Enterprise Verification Platform™ (EVP), including the
Veloce and Questa platforms, to verify new processor IP and system
IP designs. For digital design implementation, the agreement will
help Mentor optimize RealTime Designer physical RTL synthesis and
Olympus-SoC Place & Route solutions for ARM-based designs. For
IC test generation, processor-specific optimizations to the Tessent
MemoryBIST, LogicBIST and TestKompress® flows will also
be available and validated.
"Mentor and ARM have collaborated for years to help top
semiconductor companies in bringing ARM-based products to market,"
said Brian Derrick, Mentor vice
president of marketing. "This agreement moves us to a higher level
of cooperation and optimization, so we give our customers even
higher confidence of success as they move to next generation
products for IoT, mobile and other markets demanding low power and
high performance."
About Mentor Graphics
Mentor Graphics Corporation is a
world leader in electronic hardware and software design solutions,
providing products, consulting services and award-winning support
for the world's most successful electronic, semiconductor and
systems companies. Established in 1981, the company reported
revenues in the last fiscal year in excess of $1.24 billion. Corporate headquarters are located
at 8005 S.W. Boeckman Road, Wilsonville,
Oregon 97070-7777. World Wide Web site:
http://www.mentor.com/.
For more information, please contact:
David Smith
Mentor Graphics
503.685.1135
david_smith@mentor.com
Mentor Graphics, Mentor, Questa, Veloce, Tessent and
TestKompress are registered trademarks and Enterprise Verification
Platform, RealTime Designer, and Olympus-SoC are trademarks of
Mentor Graphics Corporation.
ARM, Artisan and Cortex are registered trademarks of ARM Limited
(or its subsidiaries) in the EU and/or elsewhere. CoreLink,
Mali and POP are trademarks of ARM
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