Date: 15/07/2012

Cadence add new features to its PCI Express Verification IP

Cadence Design Systems said it has added new capabilities in its PCI Express Verification IP for more in-depth verification of the most current PCI Express specification at both the block and system-on-chip (SoC) levels. The comprehensive Cadence technology includes support for the new PCIe PIPE4 specification; new performance measurement features critical for optimizing PCIe implementation; TripleCheck test suite, coverage and verification plan to shorten and ease testing for full PCIe specification compliance; and Accelerated PCIe VIP that drives the verification speed required for large SoCs.

According to A. Vasudevan, vice president, Semiconductor and Systems at Wipro, “We have been consistently enabling semiconductor companies to reduce verification time and increase coverage parameters through next generation frameworks and market proven end-to-end verification services. Our partnership with Cadence has played an instrumental role in fulfilling the IP verification needs of our customers. We chose PCIe 3.0 VIP, along with TripleCheck, to achieve a comprehensive solution that gives us the fastest path to IP verification closure.”

“The Cadence PCIe VIP is a broad, highly differentiated, and proven solution with distinct customer advantages for PCI Express verification,” said Erik Panu, vice president of R&D, SoC Realization Group at Cadence. “No other VIP solution provides users all the capabilities found in the Cadence offering including more than 40 interface protocols and over 6,000 memory models that have been deployed in thousands of designs.”

“As the industry leading organization responsible for development and management of the PCI Express specification, we are delighted that Cadence continues to advance the PCI Express 3.0 specification with its innovative verification IP products and methodologies,” said Al Yanes, president and chairman, PCI-SIG.

For more information about the Cadence PCI Express Verification IP visit: www.cadence.com/products/fv/verification_ip/Pages/pci_express.aspx