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PSL/Sugar

Formal Verification

PSL/Sugar-based Verification Tools

The following table lists the companies which currently support or announced plans to support PSL/Sugar, or otherwise released information about supporting Sugar in their forthcoming products. The table includes the best available information compiled by March 2006.


Source Tool Function Comment
@HDL @Verifier/@Designer Formal Property Checker Production
Aldec Inc. Riviera-2005.04 Assertion Checking Integrated in Mixed HDL Simulation Kernel Production
Assertive Design DesignPSL PSL-based verification tool suite  
Atrenta, Inc. PeriScope® Predictive Analysis, Assertion-Based Analysis and Functional Verification for RTL designs Production
Averant Solidify Formal Property Checker Production
Avery Design TestWizard Assertion Checking Integrated in Testbench Automation Tool Production
Axis System Assertion Processor Assertion Checking Integrated in Emulation Engine  
Cadence Incisive Unified Simulator Simulator with Integrated Static and Dynamic Assertion Checking Capabilities Production
Denali Software MMAV, PureSpec Interface Verification IP Production
Dolphin Integration SMASH Assertion Checking Packaged with Mixed-Signal Simulator Production
Doulos Ltd. PSL Training Courses   Production
Esperan PSL Training Courses   Production
Esterel Technologies Esterel Studio Assertion Checking Integrated in System Modeling Platform  
Fintronics FinSim Assertion Checking Integrated in Simulation Engine  
FTL Systems Auriga Assertion Checking Integrated in Parallel, Mixed-Signal Simulator Production
FTL Systems Merlin Asynchronous Behavioral Synthesis (Sugar extended for capturing properties of asynchronous design)  
IBM RuleBase PE Formal Property Checker Production
IBM FoCs Assertion Checker for Simulation/Emulation (vendor independent) Production
IBM Sugar1to2 Translate Sugar 1.0 Assertions to PSL/Sugar Production
Interra Systems Beacon-PSL PSL Test Suite Beta
Interra Systems Cheetah/Jaguar PSL Analysis/Parsing Beta
Jasper Design Automation JasperGold® Verification System Formal Property Checker Production
Jeda Technologies, Inc. JEDAX Assertion Checking Integrated in HVL  
Mentor Graphics CheckerWare Library of Protocol Checkers Production
Mentor Graphics ModelSim 5.8 Assertion Checking Integrated in Simulation Engine Production
Nobug Consulting Specification Compiler Sugar-to-'e' Translator Production
Novas Debussi/Verdi Assertion-Based Debug Systems Production
Real Intent Verix Formal Assertion-Based Verification System Production
Structured Design Verification TransactorWizard Protocol Verification Tool Production
Summit Design Visual Elite,
also see article
Assertion Checking Integrated in SystemC Modeling and Verification Environment Beta
Synapticad TestBencher Pro Generation of Protocol Checkers Production
Synapticad Transaction Tracker Specify Transaction Patterns Production
Syntest Technologies TurboCheck-RTL Design-for-Test Rule Checking  
Temento Systems Dialite Dynamic assertion checking  
Tharas Systems Hammer Assertion Checking Integrated in Emulation Engine  
TransEDA imPROVE-HDL Formal Property Checker Production
Verific Design Automation   PSL Parser/Analyzer Production
Verisity (A Division of Cadence) Specman Elite Assertion Checking Integrated in Testbench Automation Tool Production
Veritable Verity-Check Formal Property Checker Production
Veritools Undertow Suite Integrated Debugging Environment Production