Waveform Viewer And Fast-Spice Simulator Team Up

May 8, 2006

Nascentric’s Nascim fast-Spice simulator now offers interoperability with Novas Software’s Verdi nWave module. The latter is a waveform-viewing tool that provides a comprehensive and intuitive view of design activity over time. Nascim,

David Maliniak

Nascim, the first in a series of full-chip simulation and analysis tools, enables design teams to analyze larger and more complex circuits with improved speed and efficiency. Support for the nWave module is provided by means of Novas’s Fast Signal Database (FSDB), which stores the results of very large simulation runs. Using the data captured in FSDB, the nWave module gives designers a graphical view of design behavior both at the block and transistor levels.

The design insight offered by nWave, coupled with the speed and large capacity of Nascim, can drastically reduce simulation and verification times for large nanometer SoC designs. It’s expected that the interoperability between nWave/Verdi and Nascim will yield significant productivity gains for users of the two tools.

Related Links Nascentric
www.nascentric.com

Novas Software
www.novas.com

About the Author

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.