Verdi debug solution passes 100 app milestone

5th January 2015

Synopsys Inc

Nat Bowers

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Synopsys has revealed that more than 100 debug and analysis apps have been developed through the VC Apps open interfaces. Offering access to additional debug and analysis capabilities for all Verdi users, the apps are available through the Verdi VC Apps ToolBox and the VC Apps Exchange website.

Yu-Chin Hsu, Vice President, R&D, Verification Group, Synopsys, comments: "We have been collaborating closely with many SoC leaders to develop VC Apps that fit their design and verification environment, which is essential to effectively address the verification challenges of complex SoCs. We have made a significant investment in building the framework and opening the APIs to allow users to leverage the strength of Verdi. With VC Apps, users can customise applications to fulfill the many needs of their design and verification environments."

With the increasing complexity of today's designs, debug now consumes as much as 50% of verification time and effort. To make design and verification more efficient, VC Apps provide users with capabilities to create custom applications to overcome complex design and verification challenges. Through Synopsys' collaboration with customers and partners globally, the number of VC Apps continues to grow and now exceeds 100, addressing many design challenges including design exploration, design rule validation, debug automation, debug waveform investigation, technology integration and design manipulation. These customisations and automated work flows boost productivity and in many cases eliminate manual methods.

"As a leading automotive MCU provider delivering highly reliable and high-safety products, we place special priority on design and verification quality. Our verification environment includes several sophisticated methodologies, and we have used VC Apps to enhance these flows with several capabilities including efficient connectivity checks, fault coverage analysis and automated documentation. VC Apps have greatly helped us to proficiently drive improvement of design and verification quality," said Tatsuji Kagatani, Department Manager, Design Automation Department, Renesas System Design.

VC Apps are available today at VC Apps Exchange, as well as through the VC Apps Toolbox in the general availability release of Verdi today. These technologies are also included as part of Synopsys' Verification Compiler product.