New ways to pay for emulation

IKOS Systems has launched its iSave programme to allow customers to acquire the latest in IKOS emulation technology through a capacity subscription model.

IKOS Systems has launched its iSave programme to allow customers to acquire the latest in IKOS emulation technology through a capacity subscription model.

Using the iSave programme customers subscribe for capacity ranging from three million to 15 million usable ASIC gates in a single system for six months or more and receive on site state-of-the-art emulation technology from IKOS for a low monthly subscription fee.

Pricing starts as low as $49,500 per month for 3-million-gate capacity, one compile license and two debug licenses.

Users can then increase capacity in 1.5-million-gate increments at any time for an incremental cost of $22,500 per 1.5 million gates.

The iSave capacity subscription offering is part of the IKOS iFlex programme of flexible purchase and rental options.

The iEN rental programme offers customers the opportunity to rent emulation systems with credit towards purchase.

The iSwitch2 programme allows customers to turn in their old systems from other vendors for like capacity in a new IKOS system at prices as low as nine cents per gate and the all new iSave programme provides a way for customers with tight capital budgets or fluctuating capacity needs to acquire just the right amount of emulation capacity at just the right time.

"For customers, one of the great things about the iSave programme is that they can decrease their capacity, and therefore their monthly costs, at any time to the 3 million gate minimum, thus saving money when their needs change", commented Linda Prowse Fosler, vice president of marketing.

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