Strategic partnership between Si2 and The SPIRIT Consortium
"We are discovering excellent synergy between the various projects on which both organizations are currently working," says Steve Schulz, president and CEO of Si2. "OpenAccess enables interoperable design tool flows, the IP-XACT specifications capture important data about designed blocks for reusable models, and the Open Modeling architecture supports generation of models for IP represented in OpenAccess."
A major initial focus of the partnership will be the definition and specification of synthesis and other associated physical design constraints for IP components which are used in the development of SoCs and SiPs (systems-in-package). Si2 will define constraint requirements that The SPIRIT Consortium will incorporate into the IP-XACT schema. This will result in tighter integration between front end design platforms operating at the RTL level and above, and physical implementation tools flows.
"Our complementary technical achievements and goals have been recognized by our common membership, so it makes sense for Si2 and The SPIRIT Consortium to start working together," said Ralph von Vignau, chair of The SPIRIT Consortium. "We see some areas for alignment that will bring immediate technical benefits to the industry."
