ANAHEIM, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--At the Design Automation Conference DAC here today, Methodics LLC, a
leading developer of design data management DM tools for integrated
circuit ICs, introduced ProjectIC, the industry’s first integrated,
non-proprietary chip-centric collaboration platform to target such IC
design issues as increasingly large file-sizes and counts, management of
multiple DM repositories and multiple DM tools, multiple remote site
coordination and overall design complexities. It increases perceived
performance related to the access of design data by 1-2 orders of
magnitude.
“Today, many design organizations struggle to keep project data
organized properly and changes communicated effectively, and until now
there has been no single way to control, measure or manage the
situation”
Unlike competitive solutions, the Methodics ProjectIC design
collaboration platform is built on the latest in open-source tools, such
as Python, Django and MySQL, and is DM system agnostic with native
support for Perforce, Subversion, ClearCase and Design Sync databases.
ProjectIC also provides API access to proprietary corporate databases
and data warehouses. Developed specifically to meet the needs of
hardware and software designers working together on complex projects
across remote design centers, it provides a central collaborative
vehicle for IC design, integrating the project development organization
with the project management organization.
At the heart of the ProjectIC platform is the Collaboration Catalog,
which serves as a complete function catalog for hardware and software IP
blocks and allows for a sophisticated reporting on everything from usage
to project readiness. It contains libraries of related IP blocks,
providing the ability to define global rules that are associated with a
set of related IP, such as permissions, repository roots and
constructors used to relate best practices.
One of the unique features of the ProjectIC platform is the Client. The
Client communicates directly with the catalog, the ProjectIC Replication
Server a local broker for the system that takes requests for new design
data and makes the best decision on how to fetch the required data and
the end DM/CM system, optimizing all disk utilization, network traffic
and data fetches. This enables ProjectIC to deliver orders of magnitude
improvement in performance, even at remote data centers.
“Today, many design organizations struggle to keep project data
organized properly and changes communicated effectively, and until now
there has been no single way to control, measure or manage the
situation,” said Simon Butler, CEO of Methodics. “ProjectIC is focused
on improving the design environment from the designers’ and integrators’
point of view, while providing concise management tools for the IT
specialist and project manager. It is a top-down solution that promotes
designer best practices, and provides a collaborative platform for the
next generation of IP management solutions.”
DAC
Methodics is showing the new ProjectIC platform, as well as its VersIC
tools and modules, in its booth #1622 at the Design Automation
Conference DAC at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, Calif. For
more information on the Conference, visit www.dac.com.
About Methodics LLC
Methodics is a leading provider of design data management DM tools for
integrated circuits. Methodics’ VersIC platform integrates
industry-standard software configuration management SCM tools, such as
the Perforce® and Subversion® version control
systems with others under development, into the hardware design
environment, along with “DM-Driven” modules that leverage the platform
to provide a higher, more efficient global collaboration experience. The
privately held company has offices in the USA, Europe and Asia. For
further information, visit www.methodics-da.com
or call 415-354-5726.
