WILSONVILLE, Ore., June 6, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Mentor
Graphics® Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) today announced a
collaboration with ARM to provide accessible and affordable access
to Mentor®'s Tanner™ AMS analog/mixed-signal design flow for ARM®
Cortex®-M0 processor-based implementations as part of the ARM
DesignStart™ program. The collaboration lowers the barriers to
embedded and IoT device design and verification through a
combination of an affordable, complete IC design tool suite and the
ability to evaluate the design flow on a reference design at no
cost.
The ARM DesignStart program offers SoC designers access to free
Cortex-M0 processor IP for design, simulation, and prototyping,
with the option of then purchasing a simplified fast-track license
for commercialization.
"The free evaluation environment and an affordable tool suite
from Tanner gives any vendor a fast and effective way to develop
Cortex-M0 based smart analog mixed-signal designs," stated Nandan
Nayampally, vice president of marketing and strategy, CPU Group at
ARM. "Our partnership with Mentor Graphics will streamline the path
to full production of IoT and embedded products, reducing
developers' costs and increasing their speed to market."
The Tanner design flow supports digital, analog, AMS, and MEMS
design in one complete, highly integrated, end-to-end flow.
Designers capture the schematic, perform analog and mixed-signal
simulation, and lay out and verify the physical design. This design
flow offers a complete, processor-based IoT chip environment.
Designers will be able to evaluate an ARM Cortex-M0 IoT
reference design at no cost by using a web-based Mentor Virtual Lab
to interact with the complete set of Tanner design tools. After
evaluation, customers can easily purchase the specially-priced
software from Tanner to begin creating their own IoT designs and
combine this with the free Cortex-M0 design access available on the
ARM DesignStart portal.
"The Tanner design flow is already very popular with IoT design
companies," said Greg Lebsack,
general manager of the Tanner EDA business unit at Mentor Graphics.
"By collaborating with ARM on DesignStart, we further strengthen
our design flow by making it easy for AMS designers to include an
ARM Cortex-M0 processor in their IoT designs."
For additional product information, please visit the website:
https://www.mentor.com/tannereda/
About Mentor Graphics
Mentor Graphics Corporation is a
world leader in electronic hardware and software design solutions,
providing products, consulting services and award-winning support
for the world's most successful electronic, semiconductor and
systems companies. Established in 1981, the company reported
revenues in the last fiscal year of approximately $1.18 billion. Corporate headquarters are
located at 8005 S.W. Boeckman Road, Wilsonville, Oregon 97070-7777. World Wide Web
site: http://www.mentor.com/.
For more information, please contact:
David Smith
Mentor Graphics
503.685.1135
david_smith@mentor.com
(Mentor Graphics and Mentor are registered trademarks and Tanner
is a trademark of Mentor Graphics Corporation. All other company or
product names are the registered trademarks or trademarks of their
respective owners.)
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