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VSIA Publicly Releases Updated Hard and Soft IP Tagging Standards
Freescale Donates Tag Reader/Writer to VSIA
| Source: VSIA
WAKEFIELD, MA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- November 8, 2006 -- The VSI Alliance (VSIA), the leading IP
standards body for the electronics industry, today announced that the
organization has updated the Hard IP Tagging Standard (IPP 1 3.0) and Soft
IP Tagging Standard (IPP 4 2.0) and will release both documents to the
public. In addition, VSIA has received a tag reader/writer donation from
Freescale Semiconductor that enables users to quickly find and interpret
tags within a design. Both standards and the tag reader/writer are
available for download from the VSIA website, www.vsi.org.
The VSIA Hard IP and Soft IP Tagging standards are products of the
organizations' IP Protection (IPP) Pillar. These standards allow for
designers to retain IP core information throughout the entire design
process and ensure proper versions of the core have been integrated into
the design.
Updates to the Hard IP Tagging Standard include: Additional required key
words for IP_Owner, Techno, Spec Version, Date and Time, and others. The
Soft IP Tagging Standard was updated to reflect the Hard IP Tagging
updates.
"Freescale developed the tag reader/writer for internal use and have found
it extremely useful for version control and tracking an IP core throughout
the design process," said Renny Eisele, Director of IP Management at
Freescale Semiconductor. "We decided to donate it to VSIA to encourage
industry wide adoption of the hard and soft IP tags."
The Tag IP Software (TIPS) donated to VSIA by Freescale enables users to
utilize a common user interface to read and write tags into physical
designs independent of the EDA tool used. The text tag information is
maintained using an XML schema, easing the user interface and ensures that
the tags are correct by construct. TIPS is composed of key components
tagengine, gdstag, gift-lite and tips.il. The software is implemented in
perl and the complete perl implementation for Linux® kernel and
Solaris™ operating system is provided. The Tips.pm perl module is a key
building block of the system.
About VSIA
The VSI Alliance (VSIA) is an open, international organization that
includes representatives from all segments of the SoC industry: System
houses, Semiconductor vendors, Electronic Design Automation (EDA)
companies, and Intellectual Property (IP) providers. VSIA's mission is to
dramatically enhance the productivity of the SoC design community by
providing leading edge commercial and technical solutions and insight into
the development, integration and reuse of IP. VSIA has wide industry
participation with more than 70 member companies from around the world.
Membership is open to any company with an interest in the development and
promotion of business solutions and open standards used in the design of
System-on-Chip. For more information, visit the VSIA web site at
www.vsi.org, or e-mail to info@vsi.org.