Products and Technologies
ASC works the full EDA product spectrum from fundamental research
through end-user tool delivery and support.
Our HDL translators are shipping products in use by designers around
the world. We partner with other firms to deliver technologies we
have developed such as automatic testability insertion. We also
conduct multiple advanced research projects, often in conjunction
with universities and other third-party subcontractors.
HDL Translators
ASC translators help make IP more usable by reducing
the effort required to move designs from one HDL to another:
VBIT Automatic Testability Insertion
VBIT is a high-level testability
synthesis tool that automatically inserts IEEE-standard JTAG boundary
scan logic into VHDL designs. Developed by ASC under the SBIR
research program, VBIT was until recently sold by Mentor Graphics
as their BSDArchitectT product. We are now seeking
new partners to distribute and support this exciting tool.
Advanced Research Projects
Since 1990, ASC research efforts
have yielded a variety of technologies and products valuable to
electronic designers and EDA providers. These main projects are
underway today:
- Architectural synthesis for low-power
design optimization based on ALF libraries. PACIFIC is
in beta release. Call with questions or for a news update.
- Low-power optimization
tool for compilers that include ALF Libraries.
- Applications of XML to electronic design tools and processes.
Project underway; seeking coordination with
.
- Virtual redundancy for radiation-hardened designs.
Initial project funding and technical work underway. We are seeking
research and development
.
- New applications of high-level languages to representing system
behavior.
Research initiated, project proposals submitted for SBIR funding.
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Design
in a Bi-Lingual World
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"We like the fact that we have to maintain only one source file
for our designs"
Eric Ryherd
Dir. Of Engineering
ARC Cores
"After two months evaluation process we ended up buying the
vhdl2verilog tool from ASC. The tool is fast and easy to use and the output code
is well organized and logically similar to the input VHDL code. Also the comments
are placed nicely. The customer service and technical support is skillful and
friendly and the problems are solved and answered quickly and working updates
to the tool are made fast if needed. vhdl2verilog really is a high-end tool from
quality point of view and after using it for about a year we can say that we made a good choice."
Ville Nordman, Designer
Hantro Products OY
Finland
"We ... found ASC's technical support to be
easy to work with, timely and accurate....."
"The documentation is very helpful ..."
Avi Hexter, Methods & Tools
Intel - NCGj (located in Israel)
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