power intent

Mentor Graphics has released a programming interface to its Veloce emulators intended to support faster and more accurate power estimation.

Sonics is moving into power management with an approach intended to substantially automate much of the job of building finely grained power-gated SoCs.

Deal creates methodologies and tools to help deliver IP and SoC assemblies verified using formal methods. Low-power verification strategy also launched.

Atrenta is updating existing tools and planning new ones to help designers get the most bang for their joule.