Depending upon their design styles, ModelSim Verilog users may experience speed increases of two to five times over previous versions of ModelSim. Model Technology continues to maintain its industry-leading compile times without designers having to change their coding and design styles. ModelSim s new integrated code coverage feature enhances overall efficiency of the verification environment by measuring the percentage of a HDL model exercised by a testbench during simulation. Code coverage provides a graphical summary of executable lines hit. The results can be accumulated during a set of regression tests.
Users also can view the details of each source file.
The new ModelSim Elite simulator will include a language-neutral license enabling simulation of either VHDL or Verilog designs with one simulator and one license. Industry experts are predicting that single-language simulators will be replaced by simulators with single kernels within the next few years. Model Technology is the first company to deliver on this vision with single kernel architecture already powering its ModelSim tool. Pricing and Availability ModelSim Elite version 5.3 will be available in Q2 1999. Existing customers will be notified of upgrade pricing.