IC Manage
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| Private | |
| Industry | Software Configuration Management |
| Founded | 2002 |
| Headquarters | Campbell, California |
Key people | CEO: Dean Drako VP: Shiv Sikand |
| Website | www.icmanage.com |
IC Manage is a company that provides design data management software to semiconductor companies for managing their IC design databases between design teams. IC Manage also provides enterprise software for large scale Perforce customers. IC Manage provides a structured IC design workflow for analog electronics and digital electronics.[1]
History
In 2004, IC Manage introduced the beta version of its commercial design data management software system that provided version control, configuration management and software bug tracking. The design management system included a graphical Cadence Design Framework user interface and worked with both the Cadence and the OpenAccess databases. It tracked only modified files and stored metadata about revisions and configurations in a relational database separate from the design data.[2]
In 2007, IC Manage announced its Global Design Platform (GDP) design data management system. GDP had bi-directional component tracking for IC revisions and derivatives; mixing, match, and reuse of components and semiconductor intellectual property cores across local and remote design sites; defect tracking and workspace synchronization to the same state when a designer reported, fixed, or verified a software bug.[3]
In 2007, Nvidia manufactured over 100 chips that used IC Manage software during design.[4]
In 2009, IC Manage content management software was mentioned as a technology driver enabling semiconductor companies to do design work across local and remote geographic locations, as part of a significant trend toward outsourcing design work to other countries. IC Manage's software creates a workspace that abstracts the design data from the underlying directory organization.[5]
In 2011, Deepchip.com ranked IC Manage IP Central (IP Pro) as the #1 item to see at the Design Automation conference.[6]
From 2010 through 2014, IC Manage has been included in the annual "What to See at DAC" list by the GarySmith EDA analyst firm. In 2010 for Enterprise Tools,[7] in 2011 for Design Management,[8] in 2012 and 2013 for Design Debug,[9][10] and in 2014 for Enterprise tools.[11]
In 2014, IC Manage was selected as one of Deloitte Fast 500, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and clean technology companies in North America. IC Manage grew 178 percent during the 4-year period from 2008 to 2012.[12]
Products
- Global Design Platform (GDP) - In April 2007, IC Manage announced its Global Design Platform (GDP) design data management system.[13]
- IP Central/ IP Pro - In June 2011, the company introduced its IP Central platform targeted to design and verification teams for IP reuse, including publishing, sharing and integration and revisions of internal and third party IP, and IP bug dependency tracing.[14]
- IC Manage Views – In May 2012, the company announced its IC Manage Views workspace acceleration software, a version aware file system which presents complete virtual workspace views, and transfers data on demand to a local file cache.[15]
Customer Applications
- Broadcom, AMD and Nvidia on IP Reuse. At the 2012 Design Automation Conference, three IC Manage customers presented on best practices and use of IC Manage for Design IP reuse, including: top-down mandates for frequent check-ins, following a branching methodology, putting IP into project libraries, self-contained IP blocks within a library, and specification-driven IP design.[16]
- Altera, Cambridge Silicon Radio and Xilinx on - IP-based Design and Verification Reuse. At Design Automation Conference 2013, three IC Manage customers discussed design and verification approaches utilizing IC Manage: Using one data repository for all designs, reusing simulation testbenches, linking the bug tracking system and data management system, making verification information part of the IP, designing by high-level block function rather than chips, minimizing IP modifications, and restricting IP access.[17]
See also
References
- ↑ EDN IC Manage announces new version of design-management software
- ↑ EETimes Design management tools get lift
- ↑ EETimes IC design management goes global
- ↑ Deepchip Published user reports on IC Manage
- ↑ EETimes As design goes global, tools get more critical
- ↑ DeepChip Must See List for DAC 2011
- ↑ GarySmithEDA What to see at DAC 2010
- ↑ GarySmithEDA What to see at DAC 2011
- ↑ GarySmithEDA What to see at DAC 2012
- ↑ GarySmithEDA What to see at DAC 2013
- ↑ GarySmithEDA What to see at DAC 2014
- ↑ Deloitte Technology Fast 500 2013 Ranking
- ↑ EETimes IC design management goes global
- ↑ SoCCentral IC Manage Announces IP Central to Maximize IP Reuse
- ↑ EDN Asia IC Manage unleashes storage acceleration software
- ↑ DAC Panel 2012 Conference video & transcripts
- ↑ DAC Panel 2012 Conference video & transcripts