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Synopsys — 14th EDA Interoperability Developers' Forum (October 2004)

11 slides from Synopsys's conference presentation, Oct 21, 2004

  1. Slide 1: OpenMAST - Synopsys TAP-in Program

    OpenMAST™ Synopsys TAP-in Program 14th EDA Interoperability Developers’ Forum Chuck McIntyre October 21 , 2004 © 2004 Synopsys, Inc. (1) CONFIDENTIAL

  2. Slide 2: OpenMAST Agenda

    OpenMAST Agenda • Landscape • Standards • Initiative • Opportunity © 2004 Synopsys, Inc. (2) CONFIDENTIAL

  3. Slide 3: Landscape

    Landscape • MAST® – A defacto standard Mixed-Signal, Mixed- Technology, Mixed-Level HDL • Interpreted by Saber® Product Applications • In production use by major Automotive and Aerospace Companies • Estimated 100,000 MAST models in use today • Requirement for MAST models passed down from OEMs to sup

  4. Slide 4: MAST: A Standard for Model Exchange

    MAST A Standard for Model Exchange Institutes: Engineering: MIT Bertrandt FKA / IKA P&Z Berata © 2004 Synopsys, Inc. (4) CONFIDENTIAL

  5. Slide 5: Goals of Opening MAST

    Goals of Opening MAST • Enable model interoperability between MAST and other standard languages like VHDL-AMS and Verilog-AMS • Enable the exchange of existing models between multiple vendors • Facilitate the creation of new tools supporting the MAST language © 2004 Synopsys, Inc. (5) CONFIDENTIAL

  6. Slide 6: Standards

    Standards • OpenMAST – The open source, public form of MAST • VHDL-AMS ƒ IEEE 1076.1 Analog, Mixed Signal VHDL standard ƒ Emerging standard being adopted by major OEMs in the Automotive/Aerospace industries • Verilog-AMS ƒ Accellera Standard ƒ Limited use in Auto/Aero industries, mostly for supplied

  7. Slide 7: Modeling Languages: MAST and VHDL-AMS

    Modeling Languages: MAST and VHDL-AMS Mixed-Signal, Mixed-Technology Capability • Industry Standard languages for creating Saber models ƒ MAST: OpenMAST Standard www.openmast.org ƒ VHDL-AMS: IEEE Standard 1076.1 • Supports conserved and signal-flow modeling • Supports Analog & Digital behavior • Mod

  8. Slide 8: OpenMAST Initiative

    OpenMAST Initiative • Respond to automotive/aerospace market’s demand • Protect customers’ significant investment in models • Enable third-party libraries and tools • Available at www.openmast.org ƒ Open Source Agreement ƒ LRM ƒ Open-source parser ƒ MAST Portability guide ƒ Designers Guide (MAST & V

  9. Slide 9: OpenMAST: Quote from General Motors

    OpenMAST • Quote from General Motors: ƒ "To facilitate electrical analysis, open model exchange between GM and its suppliers has long been a goal. To support this effort, there is a tremendous need for modeling standards and the OpenMAST is a step in the right direction,” said David Smith, electrica

  10. Slide 10: OpenMAST Opportunity

    OpenMAST Opportunity • Vendors can develop applications based upon OpenMAST ƒ EDA Tool Vendors • Lynguent -- provider of high-performance software products focused on accelerating and managing 9 HDL model development 9 Virtual test bench development. • Coventor -- Coventor provides industry-leading

  11. Slide 11: www.openmast.org

    www.openmast.org © 2004 Synopsys, Inc. (11) CONFIDENTIAL

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