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Collaborative effort will aid delivery of ESL power exploration flow
Sequence Design has announced a collaborative effort with Mentor Graphics that has resulted in an integrated electronic system level (ESL) power exploration flow.
Sequence Design has announced a collaborative effort with Mentor Graphics that has resulted in an integrated electronic system level (ESL) power exploration flow. This project stems from Sequence's membership in the Mentor Graphics' OpenDoor partnership program. "To a large degree, ESL design is driven by the power-sensitive portable electronics market. ESL methodologies move critical design decisions to earlier in the design process, giving designers more freedom to make architectural changes that can have the greatest impact on power consumption," said Shawn McCloud, high-level synthesis product line director, Mentor Graphics Corporation."The companies have integrated Mentor Graphics' Catapult C Synthesis with Sequence's PowerTheater. "Moving to higher and higher levels of abstraction is the history of the EDA industry," said Holly Stump, Sequence vice president of marketing. "Sequence is the defacto standard in high-level power estimation, working with ESL synthesis companies such as Mentor, helps designers deliver customer satisfaction."
