EETimes.com - Cadence segments Incisive verification platform

"Looking to borrow a page from successful enterprise software companies like Oracle Corp. and SAP AG, Cadence Design Systems Inc. Monday (Nov. 14) released the Incisive Enterprise family of products, the top tier offering in the newly segmented Incisive functional verification platform.
According to Steve Glaser, Cadence vice president of marketing, the specialization of designers and verification engineers working on leading-edge system-on-chips (SoCs) at top tier companies has created disconnect, making overall management of the process one of the biggest challenges. The Incisive Enterprise family is designed to address that, he said, providing linkages between all of the various specialists involved with a project, including project/verification managers and verification, hardware design, software, systems and systems validation engineers. "