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Comments on the impact of emulators based on custom field programmable gate arrays (FPGA) technology in integrated circuits design and verification speed. Features of the custom FPGA technology; Issues addressed by the in-circuit emulation technology; Problems with the custom FPGA technology-based emulators; Structures of the custom FPGA technology.

Focuses on Quickturn's configuration of its Concurrent Broadcast Array Logic Technology (CoBALT) emulation technology after receiving $12 million in orders from a Japanese electronics company. Technologies included in the order; Significance of the third release of Quickturn's CoBALT Plus custom-processor-based emulation system; Enhancements made to CoBALT's multi-user mode.

Reports on the offering of Asyst Technologies' Interface A-compliant equipment data acquisition client emulator to the semiconductor industry under an open-source license. Purpose of the client emulator; Statement from Jim Holliday, VP of software marketing at Asyst, on the product; Stand-alone testing utility developed by Asyst that focuses on Interface A Compliance Validation.

Reports on the condition of simulation accelerators on the emulation market as of May 2004. Price of Tharas Systems' Hammer 100; Comment from Rahm Shastry, president and CEO of Tharas, on the real pressure for lower-cost alternatives to emulation; Companies that have a strong presence in the emulation market.

Focuses on the emergence of emulation solutions that can execute at a higher speed than traditional emulation systems. Features of high-speed emulation systems; Their capabilities; Benefits offered by high-speed emulation systems.

Reports on the lawsuit filed by Mentor Graphics Corp. subsidiary Ikos Systems against Cadence Design Systems Inc. in a U.S. district court for alleged patent infringement by Cadence subsidiary Quickturn. Hardware emulation system infringed by Cadence; Reason behind the proliferation of lawsuits in the emulation industry; Impact of the lawsuit on the industry; Reaction of a Cadence executive to the lawsuit.

Introduces VLE-5M, an emulation technology to address system-on-a-chip (SOC) verification needs developed by IKOS Systems Inc. Features of the system; PowerSuite emulation software from Quickturn Design Systems Inc.; Other leading vendors in the emulation market.

Opinion. Reports on the use of Quickturn's CoBALT emulation system for the design verification methodology used by the Product Development & Technology organization at Unisys to shorten development time for its next generation of Symmetrical MultiProcessing servers. Technology behind the methodology; User community; Design project requirements; System integration.

Reports on IKOS Systems' Avatar emulation system. IKOS as consultant in the verification of NVidia Corp.'s 3-D multimedia accelerator product; Avatar as a copy of the VirtuaLogic emulator; Product as IKOS' response to the market demand for virtual first silicon; Standard field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) and SRAMs as basis for the VirtuaLogic emulation system.

Announces the release of an emulation system by Virtual Machine Works (VMW) in January 1996. Priced 75 percent below the competition's model; Other features.

Asserts that Mentor Graphics may return to logic emulation in September 1995 through the reported acquisition of Meta-Systems of France; Background of Mentor Graphics' interest in the emulation market.

Informs that Nohau is developing a personal computer plug-in, in-circuit emulator (ICE) board for the Philips 80C51XA microcontroller. The device would be the first ICE for the Philips MCU.

Reports on Virtual Machine Works' plans to beta test its chip emulator product. Target market of the company; Effect of the product on the expenses of emulating a chip.

Reports on U.S. Magistrate Judge Patricia V. Trumbull's issuance of an injunction against Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) prohibiting the company from shipping any 486-compatible devices that contain Intel Corp.'s in-circuit emulation (ICE) code after January 15, 1995.