Rapid
Industry Support Continues as The SPIRIT Consortium
Roster Surpasses Fifty Members
SAN JOSE, Calif., July 12, 2006 - The SPIRIT Consortium™, a global non-profit organization focused on establishing multi-faceted IP/tool integration standards that drive sustainable growth in electronic design, today announced the addition of 16 new companies to its membership roster. The Consortium attributes this significant growth in its membership over the past few months to increased industry recognition of the benefits The SPIRIT Consortium is bringing to re-use of design IP in multi-vendor flows.
The SPIRIT Consortium is attracting new members from a full spectrum of EDA, IP, and system integration companies, ranging from start-ups to industry giants. New additions include the following:
- Actel
- Esterel Technologies
- EvatronixSA
- Globetech Solutions
- GreenSocs
- GroupeSilicomp
- HDL Design House
- MataiTech
- Mercury Computer Systems
- MIPS Technologies Inc.
- Moxon Design
- NewLogic Technologies AG, a Wipro Company
- Rightec Ltd.
- Scarlet Code Ltd.
- SpiraTech Ltd.
- SyoSil ApS
The SPIRIT Consortium provides the high quality IP-XACT™ specification for documenting IP using XML meta-data and interfacing tools using APIs that access design meta-data descriptions of complete system designs. The Consortium tunes the specifications it delivers to the requirements of the industry, and it is focused on enabling technologies for the efficient design of electronic systems from concept to production. It is actively engaged with other standards organizations, building general industry alignment and providing a route to IEEE standardization for the specifications that it produces.
Consortium members are committed to automating the integration of their IP and enabling verifiably consistent design-flows through use of The SPIRIT Consortium specifications.
Strengthened with the addition of these new member companies, The Consortium is providing the multi-vendor integration requirements that help ensure efficiency and rapid adoption of its specifications. As The SPIRIT Consortium specifications are adopted, integrated device manufacturers will benefit from faster time-to-market and IP integration by incorporating the IPXACT standard into their flows.
About the Consortium
The SPIRIT Consortium is a global organization focused on establishing multi-faceted IP/tool integration standards that drive sustainable growth in electronic design. It is comprised of leading EDA, IP, system integration, and semiconductor companies dedicated to the adoption of a unified set of specifications for configuring, integrating, and verifying IP in advanced SoC design tool sets. For more information on The SPIRIT Consortium and its goals, please visit www.spiritconsortium.org.
For more information regarding this announcement, please contact Jayne Scheckla at 503-685- 4833 or jayne_scheckla@mentor.com.