For Release: June 5, 2000
Altera and Axis Systems Partner to Speed Chip Verification Process
- Axis Systems' Xtreme™ to Leverage Altera's APEX™ PLDs to Deliver the Ultimate Verification System
DESIGN AUTOMATION CONFERENCE, Los Angeles, June 5, 2000--Altera Corporation (Nasdaq: ALTR) and Axis Systems, Inc. today announced an exclusive agreement to provide Altera APEX™ programmable logic devices (PLDs) for the next-generation Axis Xtreme™ product line. This partnership combines the industry's first re-configurable computing-based simulation and emulation engine with the industry's largest PLDs to deliver unmatched performance and functionality. The flexibility of Altera's PLD architectures combined with the simulation and emulation of Xtreme enables designers to reduce total system verification times by more than 50 percent.
Axis Systems and Altera have worked together since 1997. The collaboration on Axis' Xcite™, a new class of accelerated design verification tools announced in October 1998, succeeded in producing advanced verification technology for programmable logic solutions and resulted in time-to-market improvements of three to four months for many customers.
"We carefully evaluated both the devices and the software of the leaders in programmable logic technology," said Steve Wang, vice president of marketing at Axis Systems. "We chose Altera because their solutions deliver unmatched performance. The APEX™ 20KE architecture will provide Axis Systems with the most efficient means of delivering emulation solutions for twenty million gate designs and beyond."
"The emulation market also offers Altera an important opportunity for further growth," said Erik Cleage, senior vice president of marketing at Altera. "Our relationship with Axis reinforces our commitment to helping our customers meet their design requirements by addressing the verification bottleneck that so often hampers their ability to get product to market quickly."
About Xtreme™
Xtreme is the world's most versatile verification system combing accelerated simulation and emulation within a single platform. Using Axis' patented SEmulation technology, Xtreme enables user to effortlessly transition either compiled or accelerated simulation into in-circuit emulator. Additionally, users can switch from emulation to simulation and debug the design within their simulation environment. Thus, Xtreme eliminates the need for logic analyzers, provides high-performance verification throughput and offers fast design turnaround time with the same ease of use as software simulators.
About APEX™ 20KE PLDs
Altera's APEX 20KE family consists of 10 devices spanning from 30,000 to 1.5 million gate densities (113,000 to 2.5 million maximum system gates). APEX 20KE devices are 64-bit, 66-MHz PCI and PCI-X compliant and support Altera's new True-LVDS™ solution capable of 840 Mbit/sec I/O data rates. APEX 20KE devices are supported by the Quartus™ development software, Altera's fourth-generation design environment. Quartus software meets the challenges of designing for multi-million gate devices and focuses on minimizing design compile times while maximizing system performance.
About Altera
Altera Corporation, The Programmable Solutions Company™, was founded in 1983 and is a leading supplier of programmable logic devices and associated logic development software tools. Programmable logic devices are semiconductor chips that can be programmed on-site, using software tools that run on personal computers or engineering workstations. User benefits include ease of use, lower risk, and fast time-to-market. Altera's CMOS-based programmable logic devices address high-speed, high-density and low-power applications in the telecommunications, data communications, computer peripheral, and industrial markets. Altera common stock is traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol ALTR. More information on Altera can be obtained on the Internet at http://www.altera.com.
About Axis Systems, Inc.
Axis Systems, Inc. is a technology leader in the verification acceleration market. Founded in 1996, the company offers breakthrough technologies for verifying electronic systems and systems-on-a-chip designs. Customers include the world's leading networking and multimedia companies. Axis is headquartered at 209 Java Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94089, 408-588-2000, Faxes: 408-588-1662. More information on Axis Systems, Inc. can be obtained on the Internet at http://www.axiscorp.com.
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