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Portal to a new verification paradigm

Portal to a new verification paradigm

Hyper Analytix is developing a next-generation verification solution that fundamentally alters the resource and schedule model that underlies a typical verification project. Our approach is to apply state-of-the-art technology in the context of commonly accepted verification methodologies in a way that is easily deployable and scalable from the smallest blocks all the way to full-chip. Our mission is to reduce the cost of functional verification by a factor of between 2 and 5X.

Today, the efforts of established EDA vendors tend to focus on a few areas:

  • Incremental improvements to existing verification technology, such as pre-packaged "methodologies" like VMM and OVM.
  • Improved simulation run time through improved simulation algorithms, parallel computing hardware, or hardware acceleration.
  • Niche solutions, such as formal verification.

While these areas are certainly important, they do not radically alter the overall cost and schedule for a typical verification project. Incremental improvements are just that − incremental. Improved run times are helpful, but they often exacerbate the human resource cost. And niche solutions have limited scope and uncertain return-on-investment.

What's really required is a new approach that allows verification and design engineers to work at much higher levels of abstraction while letting the tools do the grunt work. This will radically reducing the amount of effort and schedule required to achieve verification closure.

Our story is still unfolding and we will expand the information on this website as it makes sense. Until then, you may be interested in the following additional information:

If you would like more information about our verification solution you can register with our site and subscribing to our newsletter. Alternatively, you can subscribe to our announcements RSS feed

Of course you can always contact us directly.

Software as a Service in EDA?

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In a recent blog post titled A revolution in EDA?, I talked about how small EDA companies might be able to use modern web technologies and trends to help them reduce the high cost of sales so pervasive in EDA right now. In that post, I mentioned that EDA users are looking for better solutions, with good ROI, and flexible licensing terms. I talked about a number of things related to this, but one thing I didn't cover was the licensing and distribution model.

A revolution in EDA?

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Recently, I read a blog by Harry...the ASIC guy that really resonated with me. It was titled Birth of an EDA Revolution. Harry's thesis in this blog was:

The pieces are coming together for a revolution in EDA. Like most revolutions, it is starting small, hardly noticed by the big guys on the block. In the next 5 years, it will change our industry forever by levelling the playing field, allowing smaller EDA companies to compete with larger ones, giving customers greater flexibility on how and when they access tools and which vendor’s tools they use.

The reason this resonated with me is that we here at Hyper Analytix are banking on the premise that it is more possible than ever before for smaller EDA players to compete with the bigger players.

First time to our site?

Take a moment to explore our website. One of our long-term goals is to provide engineers with a resource for Declarative Verification whether or not they use our tools. To that end, we will, over time, be posting articles, tutorials, and reference material related to declarative verification as well as other subjects.

Things to Note

As you browse our site, take notice of the following:

  • Resource pages (right now, there isn't much there, but look for that to change)
  • Forums where you can get or give help on topics related to declarative verification.
  • A contact page to simplify getting in touch with us
  • Hyper Analytix blog postings
  • An aggregate of several verification related blogs from other websites.
  • RSS feeds for announcements and our own blogs
  • Polls
  • A listing of upcoming verification-related industry events

Note that for some of the resources pages and the forums, you will need to register with our site. Once registered, you can also sign up for our newsletter. Registration is easy. Go to Create new account. and enter your email and company affiliation. We'll send you a follow-up email to ensure that you're not a spam-bot (or an EDA marketing droid ). Click on the link contained in that email and you're good to go.