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PDTi SpectaReg Web2.0 Application Simplifies Icron's ExtremeUSB Chip Development for Addressable Registers
SpectaReg Formalises Collaborative Register Workflows for Icron, Improving Cohesion Across the Development Teams, Reducing Manual Work
| Source: PDTi
VANCOUVER, BC--(Marketwire - September 16, 2008) - PDTi™, the pioneer in providing innovative
electronic design automation (EDA) web applications for the collaborative
development of on-chip register interfaces and auto-generation of critical
development deliverables, today announced that PDTi SpectaReg™ has
dramatically simplified Icron's ITC 2001 ExtremeUSB 2.0 Bridging ASIC
development for addressable registers.
"SpectaReg has exceeded our expectations by reducing error-prone
development work and improving consistency across all aspects of
development," said Bill De Vries, Product Marketing Manager at Icron
Technologies. "SpectaReg has enhanced firmware configurability on the ITC
2001 platform, widening the market space and improving our ability to
quickly and cost-effectively address unique customer applications and
feature enhancements."
"SpectaReg makes our workflow more robust and dependable," said Aaron
Hall, ASIC Architect / Senior IC Design Engineer at Icron Technologies.
"With SpectaReg there is confidence of consistency across all register
implementations, so everyone is on the same page. By formalizing
collaborative workflows using a web application, SpectaReg eliminates the
pain of mis-synchronisations between RTL, verification, firmware and
system-validation. It eliminates the pain of tracking people down at their
desks and manually managing the register workflows."
"It's incredibly rewarding to have Icron easily pick up SpectaReg and
simplify their development process," said PDTi President Jeremy Ralph. "In
the marketplace, we are seeing more and more companies like Icron designing
complex chips that would be impossible without a register solution like
SpectaReg. Engineering managers are realising that the economics of the
in-house solution no longer make sense. As a WebApp, SpectaReg is
different from the alternatives -- it is deployable both onsite and online,
and easily scales across teams and locations."
About PDTi SpectaReg
PDTi SpectaReg is a Web2.0 application for the collaborative development of
addressable register interfaces. Register management and workflows are
simplified by SpectaReg which provides a single source for all
auto-generated deliverables including RTL, verification, firmware,
software, documentation, and testing. With a rich and intuitive web-browser
interface SpectaReg is easy for the whole team to use and learn. Online
and onsite deployment options make SpectaReg easy to scale across teams and
location.
Designs can be imported and exported in the IEEE P1685, IP-XACT IP metadata
standard from the SPIRIT Consortium. Legacy documents in FrameMaker and
other formats can be imported into SpectaReg. Generated outputs include C,
C++, SystemVerilog, Verilog, VHDL, VMM RALF, DITA XML, HTML and more. The
targeted protocol can be configured for industry standard on-chip
interfaces including IBM CoreConnect PLB and OPB, ARM AMBA AHB and APB,
Altera Avalon and more. Try SpectaReg for yourself at
http://SpectaReg.com.
About PDTi
PDTi provides Web2.0 tools that simplify essential workflows to reduce
chip-development costs by making workflows more automated, scalable and
repeatable. Chip developers collaborate to manage single-source design
specifications through a rich and intuitive web-browser interface. Critical
deliverables for software, verification, hardware and documentation are
auto-generated in industry-standard formats for fixed and FPGA SoC designs.
PDTi products are available online, at lower cost, as a
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and onsite as an intranet application for
complete control and user customisation. For more information on PDTi
visit http://www.productive-eda.com.
About Icron Technologies Corp
Icron Technologies new "TV2.0" PC-to-TV solutions transmit PC Video plus
USB over any media (Cat 5, Coax, Wireless, Powerline) to deliver complete
PC functionality anywhere in the home. TV2.0 allows consumers to watch TV
and perform PC tasks such as email, web surfing, online gaming, working
with Word/Excel/PowerPoint, and running any PC application, all from the
comfort of their couch. TV2.0 is built upon Icron's patented ExtremeUSB®
technology that extends the range of USB 1.1/2.0 in any wired or wireless
environment, at distances of up to 10km. Icron's products are deployed
globally in a wide range of applications including: digital home
connectivity, industrial automation, medical imaging, aerospace, and KVM
extension.
Icron is a publicly traded corporation and trades under the symbol "IT" on
the TSX Venture Exchange. For more information on the company and its
products, please visit www.icron.com.
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