WILSONVILLE, Ore., Nov. 16, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Mentor
Graphics® Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) has signed a
multiyear license agreement with ARM to gain early access to a
broad range of ARM® Fast Models, Cycle Models and
related technologies. Mentor® will have access to all
ARM Fast Models for the ARMv7 and ARMv8 architectures across all
ARM Cortex®-A, Cortex-R, Cortex-M cores, GPUs and System
IP, in addition to engineering collaboration on further
optimizations. This builds on agreements already in place to ensure
that the validation of ARM models is completed ahead of mutual
customer demand.
"Our collaboration with Mentor has resulted in one of ARM's
broadest modeling partnerships," said Javier Orensanz, general manager, development
solutions group, ARM. "With this agreement, our mutual customers
can utilize ARM's entire model portfolio to speed system execution
and debug issues with complete accuracy."
As a result of this agreement, ARM Fast Models can be combined
with the Veloce® emulation platform, for example, to
enable faster verification and earlier software
development. Moving the modeling of the CPU and GPU out of the
emulator and into the ARM Fast Models allows software execution
performance orders of magnitude faster than a traditional approach
that relies on a complete RTL description to be ready. This
enables software tasks to be executed quickly, such as Android
boots and application execution. Verification teams can now
validate more than just boot code and drivers. They can also run
complete software stacks to exercise the system in a realistic
manner and flush out hard-to-find bugs, which would otherwise have
gone undetected until physical prototypes were available.
"This second agreement with ARM clearly indicates our strategic
alignment toward providing a complete hardware/software
development platform," said Brian
Derrick, vice president of marketing, Mentor Graphics. "Our
mutual customers benefit from early access and validation of
state-of-the-art Mentor technology working with the most current
ARM models."
About Mentor Graphics
Mentor Graphics Corporation is a world leader in electronic
hardware and software design solutions, providing products,
consulting services and award-winning support for the world's most
successful electronic, semiconductor and systems companies.
Established in 1981, the company reported revenues in the last
fiscal year of approximately $1.18
billion. Corporate headquarters are located at 8005 S.W.
Boeckman Road, Wilsonville, Oregon
97070-7777. http://www.mentor.com.
Mentor Graphics, Mentor, and Veloce are registered trademarks of
Mentor Graphics Corporation. All other company or product names are
the registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective
owners.
For more information, please contact:
Suzanne Graham
Mentor Graphics
503.685.7789
Suzanne_graham@mentor.com
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