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News Release from: ARM
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Team on 18 August 2004
Acquisition expands electronic system
level design
ARM Holdings is to acquire Axys Design Automation, a provider of fast, accurate, integrated, processor and system modelling and simulation solutions.
ARM Holdings is to acquire Axys Design Automation, a provider of fast, accurate, integrated, processor and system modelling and simulation solutions Axys, a 26-person company, is based in Irvine, California, with a design centre in Aachen, Germany, and has assets valued at $1.9 million
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Axys' ESL (electronic system level) products reduce overall system costs by allowing designs to be modelled early in the development cycle (before silicon), reducing time-to-market and minimising design errors.
With this acquisition, ARM will expand its existing RealView design tools portfolio and further enable its silicon and systems partners to reliably and efficiently develop advanced digital products.
"The industry trend toward greater complexity of systems has created a demand for tools that bridge the gap between software development environments and the hardware design tools from our EDA partners", said Warren East, CEO, ARM.
"Axys' ESL products offer a high degree of integration with our existing RealView Developer Suite software design tools; when combined into an integrated offering, these will enable highly optimised, cost-effective, system designs".
"Axys' support for the SystemC modelling standard, along with their proven commercial success within a number of key customers made them a natural fit with ARM".
"Axys and ARM have a successful, long-standing relationship", said Vojin Zivojnovic, cofounder and CEO, Axys.
"Our technology and expertise in ESL, which helps to link embedded software and EDA solutions in the design flow, complements existing ARM tools and modelling capabilities.
We will continue to support our existing customers and partners, bringing together ARM processors, OptimoDE data engines, Amba interconnect and the software development process, with industry-leading third-party IP in a single, unified design environment".
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