Samsung India Selects Mentor Graphics

0-In Clock Domain Crossing (CDC) Adopted as Samsung's Methodology Standard

Mentor Graphics Corporation today announced that Samsung Electronics India Software Operations (SISO) has selected Mentor's 0-In suite of verification tools for hardware development. SISO Pvt. Ltd., based in Bangalore, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Company Limited, South Korea, employing over 900 employees in research and development. SISO uses Mentor Graphics 0-In verification suite, which includes the Clock Domain Crossing (CDC) verification environment, the CheckerWare® assertion and interface protocol monitor libraries, along with the ModelSim and 0-In Formal Verification products, to verify a broad range of hardware products for the telecom, wireless and multimedia/digital media markets.

"We want to use the best-in-class tools in our design methodology. Mentor Graphics 0-In fits the bill in this regard. Moreover, Mentor Graphics tools provide seamless interoperability with other tools in the EDA ecosystem. Together, it makes sound business logic to have a tool partnership with Mentor Graphics." states Jailendra Kumar, General Manager and Head, System LSI Division, SISO. "The proactive support from Mentor Graphics for engineering and applications are equally important to SISO."

"We are proud of our relationships with leading companies like Samsung Electronics. They value Mentor's best-in-class technologies and superior verification methodologies, which improve the efficiency of their design processes," stated Steven D. White, General Manager of Mentor Graphics 0-In functional verification business unit. "Our unique CDC verification solution delivers a comprehensive approach for identifying synchronization problems, data-dependent transfer protocol violations, and data reconvergence errors. Incorporating Mentor's 0-In CDC technology into their development process helps Samsung deliver leading edge products with the highest degree of confidence" - Mentor Graphics.

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0-In Clock Domain Crossing (CDC) Adopted as Samsung's Methodology Standard

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Mentor Graphics Corporation today announced that Samsung Electronics India Software Operations (SISO) has selected Mentor's 0-In suite of verification tools for hardware development. SISO Pvt. Ltd., based in Bangalore, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Company Limited, South Korea, employing over 900 employees in research and development. SISO uses Mentor Graphics 0-In verification suite, which includes the Clock Domain Crossing (CDC) verification environment, the CheckerWare® assertion and interface protocol monitor libraries, along with the ModelSim and 0-In Formal Verification products, to verify a broad range of hardware products for the telecom, wireless and multimedia/digital media markets.

"We want to use the best-in-class tools in our design methodology. Mentor Graphics 0-In fits the bill in this regard. Moreover, Mentor Graphics tools provide seamless interoperability with other tools in the EDA ecosystem. Together, it makes sound business logic to have a tool partnership with Mentor Graphics." states Jailendra Kumar, General Manager and Head, System LSI Division, SISO. "The proactive support from Mentor Graphics for engineering and applications are equally important to SISO."

"We are proud of our relationships with leading companies like Samsung Electronics. They value Mentor's best-in-class technologies and superior verification methodologies, which improve the efficiency of their design processes," stated Steven D. White, General Manager of Mentor Graphics 0-In functional verification business unit. "Our unique CDC verification solution delivers a comprehensive approach for identifying synchronization problems, data-dependent transfer protocol violations, and data reconvergence errors. Incorporating Mentor's 0-In CDC technology into their development process helps Samsung deliver leading edge products with the highest degree of confidence" - Mentor Graphics.