( ESNUG 467 Item 12 ) ------------------------------------------- [07/26/07]

Subject: Anyone compare Atrenta Spyglass CDC vs. Cadence Conformal CDC?

> We are going to start using Atrenta Periscope (or Spyglass CDC).  I
> evaluated this tool for a bug we had in our design that took us a few
> man-months to locate.  It was due to a pulse stretch that resulted in
> a small time for de-assertion.  We were able to locate the problem
> once we set up the tool correctly.  We had to do a little tweaking,
> but Atrenta has promised us an enhancement that will not need this
> tweaking.  Given the types of CDC issues I have seen, I think using
> a tool like this is not a waste of time.
>
>     - from http://www.deepchip.com/items/dvcon07-14.html


From: Paul Min <pmin=user domain=sirf bot calm>

Hi John,

I was wondering if anyone out there has done a comparison between Atrenta
Spyglass CDC (Clock Domain Crossing) vs. Cadence's Conformal CDC check,
and what their thoughts are?

Also, if you had market share data on each tool, that would be great.

    - Paul Min
      SiRF Technology, Inc.                      San Jose, CA