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Posts tagged with 'Deepchip'

Catapult C and the 7 Samuraïs

Posted Apr 1, 2011, by Thomas Bollaert

You may have already encountered the expression “Full-Chip High-Level Synthesis” on this blog. I typically define it as the ability to model, verify and synthesize complete IP subsystems starting from C++/SystemC. This obviously encompasses core processing functionality, but also control-logic, memories, hierarchy, complex interfaces and interconnects. In other words, being able to do the … Read More

Tags: SystemC, Full-Chip, User Testimonial, Catapult C, control, C++, High-Level Synthesis, Deepchip, ESNUG, Control-Logic Synthesis, Cooley

Apples to Apples Benchmark? I Don't Think So!

Posted Dec 15, 2009, by John Ferguson

I don’t normally take the time to respond to any of the various competitive claims out there. But recently in ESNUG 483, item #2, there was a posting entitled “We recently dumped Mentor Calibre for Magma Quartz DRC/LVS” (http://www.deepchip.com/items/0483-02.html) that I feel needs to be addressed because it is misleading. So let me lay out the facts to set the record straight. Tezzaron Semiconductor … Read More

Tags: Deepchip, DRC, Calibre, Quartz, Tezzaron, LVS, Physical Verification