Verification tools support the following:
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Simulation (see Table 1)
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Timing analysis (see Table 2)
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Formal verification (see Table 3)
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In-system debugging (see Table 4)
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EDA Vendor |
Tool Name |
Description |
|---|---|---|
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Active HDL |
VHDL |
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Riviera |
High-performance VHDL |
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nVisage |
VHDL simulation |
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Protel |
Circuit simulation |
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Incisive |
Single-kernel verification tool |
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NC Desktop Family |
Verilog Desktop, VHDL Desktop, and NCSim Desktop for the Windows platform |
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Nexus PDK |
Co-verification |
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ModelSim® |
Verilog, VHDL, and Mixed-VHDL/Verilog simulator |
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Visual Elite |
High-level C/C++ |
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Silos |
Verilog HDL logic simulation |
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VeriLogger Pro |
Design and verification environment |
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VCS |
Simulator |
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VCS MX |
Mixed-HDL simulator |
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EDA Vendor |
Tool Name |
Description |
|---|---|---|
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Timing Diagrammer Pro |
Timing diagram editor |
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VeriLogger Pro |
Design and verification environment |
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TestBencher Pro |
Graphical testbench generator |
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WaveFormer Pro |
Optimal clock-speed analyzer |
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PrimeTime |
Static timing analyzer |
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EDA Vendor |
Tool Name |
Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cadence | Incisive Conformal | Formal verification equivalency checker |
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FormalPro |
Formal verification equivalency checker |
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Formality |
Equivalence checker |
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EDA Vendor |
Tool Name |
Description |
|---|---|---|
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Active HDL |
VHDL |
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Riviera |
High-performance VHDL |
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| HDL Works | HDL Companion | Syntax checking and error tracing |
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VERA |
Testbench automation |
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Telecom Workbench |
Telecom standards |
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Identify |
RTL debugging |
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DiaLite |
On-chip instrumentation tool |
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