September 20, 2004 -- Wolfson Microelectronics, a supplier of mixed-signal semiconductors for the digital consumer electronics market, is using software from Verific Design Automation, Inc. as part of its internal design environment.
The increasing digital complexity of Wolfson's advanced mixed-signal products has motivated a transition of its digital design flow from a partly schematic, partly Verilog hardware description language (HDL), flow to a fully Verilog HDL based flow. Verific's HDL Component Software provides a ready-made field-proven Verilog parser and analyzer, which Wolfson is incorporating into its proprietary mixed signal design software. This enables control and manipulation of digital HDL modules in a common framework together with the analogue aspects of the circuit designs.
"Verific's tool does exactly what we need to improve our design flow for mixed-signal chips," says Jim Reid, Wolfson Microelectronics' Chief Technical Officer. "As a result, Verific has become an important design tool partner, helping us to construct an integrated tool set for mixed-signal design."
"Many semiconductor companies have developed internal design systems and/or flows," adds Michiel Ligthart, Verific's vice president of operations. "Quite often, you find those patched together with TCL or PERL scripts providing some kind of Verilog support. Wolfson Microelectronics realized its designers' need for a professional solution, and integrated Verific's Verilog parser/analyzer instead."
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