Freescale donates tag reader/writer to VSIA November 9, 2006; 05:00 AM 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 [email protected].
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