News: Matrox adotta il PCI-Express

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<br>NetSys Software annuncia che Matrox Graphics Inc. ha acquistato la licenza d'uso per i suoi software di verifica PCI-Express nVS che permettono di controllare il corretto funzionamento delll'interfaccia. Secondo NetSis, Matrox sta lavorando ad un nuovo chip grafico che dovrebbe vedere la luce questo anno.<p>
<blockquote><i>Fremont, Calif., January 9, 2004. Netsys Software Pvt. Ltd.(nSys), a solution provider for emerging standards, today announced that Matrox Graphics Inc. has signed an agreement to license nSys PCI Express nVS verification tools for use in its chip design efforts. Matrox engineers are now using PCI Express nVS product to verify the correct operation of the PCI Express interface in its chip designs. The tool helps Matrox engineers catch potential bugs during pre-silicon verification. <p>

The PCI Express architecture is a fast emerging as the serial interconnect technology of future that will replace the AGP standard in motherboards for the next generation of graphics applications. PCI Express provides high-bandwidth, low pin-count implementations for optimized performance.<p>

"PCI Express is a key technology for our next-generation Graphics offering and we've developed a very sophisticated verification environment to ensure the quality of this new interface," said David Chiappini, ASIC Project Director at Matrox. "We were impressed by the very strong feature set of the PCI Express nVS. Our team found the nVS to be very intuitive to use & it had good programmable parameters providing the desired flexibility, concise and clear documentation backed by very responsive & supportive engineering team. nSys team understood our requirement and ensured that the nVS integrated very well with our verification environment”<p>

"Matrox has taken its place as leader and innovator in today’s hottest, most state-of-the-art technologies in the fields of Graphics," said nSys Director Atul Bhatia. "They have built a robust verification technology to meet time-to-market pressures. With PCI Express nVS, nSys is providing Matrox with a complete verification solution integrated to work with their verification environment."<p>

About PCI Express nVS:
The PCI Express nVS (nSys Verification Solution) is a complete verification solution consisting of Bus Function Model (BFM), Monitor & Test Suites for functional verification of PCI Express components. The nVS allows design and verification engineers to quickly & extensively test the entire functionality of their PCI Express compliant devices. Availability of Test Suites enables the designer to focus on features unique to his design. The nVS leverages advanced verification techniques in creating a versatile testbench environment.</i></blockquote><p>