Mentor Graphics delivers portfolio of 20 Inventra IP cores for Altera PLDs
14 February 2001
Programmable Logic
Mentor Graphics and Altera have announced that Mentor Graphics has joined the Altera Megafunction Partner Programme (AMPPSM). Mentor Graphics will offer 20 Inventra commodity cores to Altera customers developing next-generation signal processing, networking, bus interface and memory applications.
The Altera Megafunction Partnership Programme is comprised of Intellectual Property (IP) core providers developing optimised system-on-a-programmable-chip solutions for Altera programmable logic devices (PLDs). The cores will be available via the web as optimised netlists. The cores will be sold and supported by the Mentor Graphics' Inventra IP division and will be available for download at: www.mentor.com/inventra/netlist_program/altera_pld_program.html
"The intellectual property market for the programmable logic industry offers significant potential," said Gartner Group/Dataquest Chief Semiconductor IP Analyst, Jim Tully. "The number of programmable logic designs are 12 times greater than the number of ASIC designs. The key ingredients for success are the ability to sell to large numbers of customers at relatively low prices. That means support requirements must be extremely low. A web-based delivery mechanism is ideal, provided that the IP vendor can solve the commercial and evaluation problems of selling these kinds of products."
Cores offered by Altera AMPP partners are reusable, synthesizable megafunctions that are optimised for Altera PLDs. AMPP functions are hardware description language (HDL) design files of complex, system-level functions that are developed, pre-tested, documented and endorsed for use in Altera devices.
"Our decision to partner with Mentor Graphics is based on the company's full portfolio of commodity IP for an array of communications applications," said Luanne M. Schirrmeister, Altera's AMPP Program Manager. "The addition of Mentor Graphics to our AMPP Program allows Altera customers to benefit from both the portfolio breadth offered by Mentor Graphics and easy download and ordering procedures."
Parsec Components is the sole distributor for both Altera and Mentor Graphics. For further information contact Petrus van Heerden or Chris du Toit, Parsec Components, (012) 349 2282.
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