Denali Software and Agilent Technologies announce collaboration

Agilent Technologies Inc. and Denali Software Inc. have announced a collaboration to develop a comprehensive design validation process for chip designs incorporating the PCI Express interconnect standard. The resulting solution is expected to speed PCI Express system development by enabling designers to co-ordinate pre-silicon verification tests with post-silicon test and analysis efforts. The first milestone in the effort, demonstrated by the companies at the Intel Developer Forum, provides a common PCI Express packet viewing capability for the pre-silicon simulation and post-silicon hardware debug. This joint offering gives PCI Express designers the ability to view simulated PCI Express traffic data from Denali's PureSpec verification tool in the Agilent E2960A protocol analyzer's graphical user interface. For the first time, designers can seamlessly track potential errors captured during hardware debugging back into the pre-silicon simulation environment to help identify the source of the problem."Agilent is committed to continuous innovations on the Agilent serial protocol tester XC in order to foster the PCI Express technology and the move from parallel to serial buses for all computer interconnects," said Siegfried Gross, vice president and general manager for Agilent's Digital Verification Solutions Division. "Our collaboration with Denali is one of the steps linking pre-silicon design verification and post-silicon analysis that will help our customers focus on what's most important to them -- creating great new next-generation computing and communication platforms."Source: PCBnewsline