Over 200 VC Apps from Synopsys

NEW DELHI: US-based software firm Synopsys has more than 200 debug and analysis apps available on the VC Apps Exchange portal and in the Verdi VC Apps Toolbox.

Synopsys’ VC Apps provide direct access to the design, environment and verification information in Synopsys’ Verdiopen and extensible debug platform, which is widely used for all major simulation, emulation, formal and static verification flows, a statement said.

With debug consuming as much as 50 percent of verification time and effort due to the complexities of today’s designs, constant innovation and customization are needed. To make debug maximally efficient, VC Apps provide users with the tools to create custom applications to overcome their unique design and verification challenges, a statement said.

Through Synopsys’ collaboration with customers and partners globally, the number of available VC Apps continues to grow. Now with more than 200 apps available, customers have access to capabilities that address many design challenges including design exploration, design rule validation, etc, it added.

“To effectively address the verification challenges of complex System-on-chips (SoCs), customized debug is necessary,” said Yu-Chin Hsu, Vice President of R&D in the Synopsys Verification Group.

“Through close collaboration with industry leaders, we have made a significant investment in building the framework and assisting SoC teams in leveraging the strength of Verdi’s open and extensible platform. With VC Apps, users can create custom applications to fulfill the ever-growing and evolving needs of their design and verification environments,” Hsu added.

“As a fabless semiconductor company developing our advanced super computing on a chip technology, we need an efficient tool to manage the design and verification complexity inherent in many-core processor architectures,” said Jehan-Philippe Barbiero, Hardware Verification Manager at Kalray.