Linter Is First To Support SystemVerilog Standard

Sept. 20, 2004
Basic rule-checking capabilities for all SystemVerilog 3.0 design constructs are now available in the nLint tool. Continuing to drive support for the Accellera SystemVerilog standard, nLint enables early detection of design problems in IC development...

Basic rule-checking capabilities for all SystemVerilog 3.0 design constructs are now available in the nLint tool. Continuing to drive support for the Accellera SystemVerilog standard, nLint enables early detection of design problems in IC development methodologies.

The nLint tool, developed by Novas Software, works with the company's Debussy and Verdi debug systems. It's an easy to use HDL design-rule checker that analyzes SystemVerilog, Verilog, and VHDL source code for syntax and semantic errors. Support for System-Verilog 3.0 design constructs includes a comprehensive set of standard and parametrized rules. These include checks to ensure proper SystemVerilog modeling with specialized procedure statement blocks. Tool users can implement custom rules as well.

Also, nLint operates on the same underlying knowledge database used by the Debussy and Verdi debuggers for access to full connectivity information. As a result, designers can check all types of data and visualize design-rule violations in their debug environments.

Now available in limited production, the general product release of nLint for SystemVerilog 3.0 is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2004. Purchased as an option to the Debussy and Verdi debug suites, nLint starts at $5000 for a one-year subscription license.

Novas Software Inc. www.novas.com/Products/nLint

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David Maliniak | MWRF Executive Editor

In his long career in the B2B electronics-industry media, David Maliniak has held editorial roles as both generalist and specialist. As Components Editor and, later, as Editor in Chief of EE Product News, David gained breadth of experience in covering the industry at large. In serving as EDA/Test and Measurement Technology Editor at Electronic Design, he developed deep insight into those complex areas of technology. Most recently, David worked in technical marketing communications at Teledyne LeCroy. David earned a B.A. in journalism at New York University.

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