OneSpin's FPGA Equivalence Checking Solution Named as Finalist in EDN Innovation...

OneSpin's FPGA Equivalence Checking Solution Named as Finalist in EDN Innovation Awards Competition

OneSpin 360(TM) EC-FPGA Verification Solution Ensures Correct
Operation of Highly Optimized FPGAs
MUNICH, Germany & SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
OneSpin Solutions, an EDA company that provides leading-edge
formal verification solutions, today announced that its 360 EC-FPGA
equivalence checking solution has been selected from hundreds of
nominations as a finalist in EDN's 18th annual Innovation Awards
competition. The awards recognize people, products, and technologies
that have shaped the semiconductor industry. According to EDN,
"Nominees must have demonstrated innovation that resulted in a
significant advance in technology and/or product development during
the past 12 months."

Chosen for the "EDA: PCB, FPGA, and custom-IC tools" category,
OneSpin's 360 EC-FPGA sequential equivalence checker is targeted and
priced specifically for the FPGA market. It efficiently detects errors
introduced by sophisticated FPGA synthesis optimizations, introduced
during place&route, and/or introduced during manual optimizations -
errors that compromise FPGA design functionality. And it does so
orders of magnitude faster than gate-level simulation. It is the only
equivalence checker to support advanced sequential optimizations
performed by FPGA synthesis tools such as pipelining, retiming,
register duplication/merging, stuck-at (constant) registers, and
others.

This means designers can verify their designs "as is," without
disabling advanced synthesis optimizations vital for achieving
performance, power and device utilization goals. Moreover, 360 EC-FPGA
does not need information from synthesis side files - information
known to be error-prone but nevertheless required by other equivalence
checking tools, resulting in false verification results and/or
additional manual effort.

Peter Feist, president and CEO of OneSpin, said, "Companies are
rapidly adopting our 360 EC-FPGA solution, confirming the market
demand for an FPGA equivalence checking solution that does not
compromise their ability to leverage advanced optimizations in FPGA
designs. After receiving the DesignVision Award in 2007, we view this
recent EDN honor as another strong endorsement of OneSpin as a
significant innovator of verification technology and of our commitment
to deliver highly competitive solutions that address our customers'
urgent verification needs."

EDN readers can help select ultimate Innovation Award winners by
voting online at www.EDN.com/innovation18.

About OneSpin Solutions

Electronic Design Automation (EDA) company OneSpin Solutions
provides award-winning, innovative formal verification solutions that
ease and speed verification, and deliver the highest achievable
functional quality for ASICs and FPGAs. Market-leading
telecommunications, automotive, computer, and embedded system
companies rely on OneSpin's verification technology. For further
information please visit www.onespin-solutions.com or email
info@onespin-solutions.com.

OneSpin Solutions and the OneSpin logo are trademarks of OneSpin
Solutions GmbH. All other brands, product names and marks are the
property of their respective owners.

For OneSpin Solutions
Sarah Miller, +1-231-264-8636
sfmiller2994@sbcglobal.net

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