Date: 28/10/2011

Mentor Graphics and MoreThanIP collaborate in SoC design solutions

Mentor Graphics Corp. and MoreThanIP are collaborating to deliver emulation solutions for the verification of Multi-Gigabit Ethernet Systems-on-Chips (SoCs).

The release states combination of the Mentor Veloce hardware emulation technology and the iSolve application solutions with MoreThanIP's best-in-class Ethernet 40G/100G MAC / PCS IP Cores, delivers a high-performance and productive environment for handling the verification of up to hundreds of Ethernet ports associated with switch and router SoCs.

"As the leader in the development and delivery of Multi-Gigabit Ethernet MAC IP for advanced telecom applications, MoreThanIP is committed to providing the best possible verification solutions for our customers. By combining with Mentor and their Ethernet switch solutions for emulation, customers benefit from a high-speed platform that enables them to perform hardware verification of their telecom chips many weeks or months before they are committed to real silicon, increasing their verification productivity and improving their time-to-market," said Daniel Koehler, CTO, MoreThanIP. "We are excited that our collaboration with Mentor will yield significant productivity boosts for our customers who design and develop 10, 40, 100 and next generation 400 Gigabit Ethernet switches and routers with complex system features such as IEEE 1588 and EEE (Energy Efficient Ethernet) with full KR (IEEE802.3ap Ethernet Backplane) support."

"We worked closely with MoreThanIP to implement this high-performance solution for Multi-Gigabit Ethernet applications, and to extend our ability to deliver the industry's premier emulation solutions for networking applications," said Richard Pugh, Mentor Emulation Division product marketing manager. "Our combined industry-leading technologies deliver reliable and easy-to-use Ethernet verification solutions that help customers to innovate and meet their time-to-market pressures for their network-chip designs. By teaming with MoreThanIP, we continue to improve our iSolve solutions for use with Veloce."