Sanjiv Kaul is New CEO of Calypto

Sanjiv Kaul is New CEO of Calypto
by Paul McLellan on 02-04-2013 at 11:15 am

Calypto announced that Sanjiv Kaul is the new CEO. I first met Sanjiv many years ago when he was still at Synopsys when I interviewed for a position there around the time I transitioned out of Compass and went back to the parent company VLSI. I forget what the position was. Then about three or four years ago when I did some work for Oasys… Read More


Catch Jasper at SemiIsrael Verification Day and at DVCon 2013

Catch Jasper at SemiIsrael Verification Day and at DVCon 2013
by Paul McLellan on 01-30-2013 at 4:08 pm

Jasper is presenting at both ends of the world at both ends of February.

First in Israel, it is SemiIsrael Verification Day 2013 on February 5th (next Tuesday) at Green House in Tel Aviv.

  • Zihad Hanna, VP of Research and Chief Architect and General Manager of Jasper Israel will be talking about Security Formal Verification of Hardware
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Formal Verification at ARM

Formal Verification at ARM
by Paul McLellan on 12-20-2012 at 4:34 pm

There are two primary microprocessor companies in the world these days: Intel and ARM. Of course there are many others but Intel is dominant on the PC desktop (including Macs) and ARM is dominant in mobile (including tablets).

One of the keynotes at last month’s Jasper User Group (JUG, not the greatest of acronyms) was by Bob… Read More


Jasper Apps White Paper

Jasper Apps White Paper
by Paul McLellan on 11-01-2012 at 7:30 pm

Just in time for the Jasper User Group meeting, Jasper have a new white paper explaining the concept of JasperGold Apps.

First the User Group Meeting. It is in Cupertino at the Cypress Hotel November 12-13th. For more details and to register, go here. The meeting is free for qualified attendees (aka users). One thing I noticed at the… Read More


Jasper User Group

Jasper User Group
by Paul McLellan on 09-25-2012 at 1:19 pm

The Jasper User Group meeting has been announced. It will take place on November 12th and 13th. As last year, it will be at the Cypress Hotel at 10050 De Anza Boulevard in Cupertino. The user group meeting is free for qualified Jasper customers.

Topics to be covered are, of course, all things verification:

  • SoC subsystems verification
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Jasper Customer Videos

Jasper Customer Videos
by Paul McLellan on 07-25-2012 at 2:28 pm

Increasingly at DAC and other shows, EDA companies such as Jasper are having their customers present their experiences with the products. Everyone has seen marketing people present wonderful visions of the future that turn out not to materialize. But a customer speaking about their own experiences has a credibility that an EDA… Read More


Formal Going Mainstream

Formal Going Mainstream
by Paul McLellan on 07-10-2012 at 7:29 pm

In Mike Muller’s keynote at DAC he wanted to make formal approaches an integral part of writing RTL. After all, formal captures design intent and then, at least much of the time, can verify whether the RTL written actually matches that intent. Today, formal is not used that way and is typically something served “on the side” by specialist… Read More


Jasper at DAC: ARM, Broadcom, Nvidia, ST

Jasper at DAC: ARM, Broadcom, Nvidia, ST
by Paul McLellan on 05-28-2012 at 7:01 pm

At DAC (next week, in case you have been under a rock for the last few months) Jasper has four of their customers presenting. Of course they are also presenting themselves making a total of 5 seminars.

nVidia is presenting on Sequential Equivalency Checking for Power Optimization with JasperGold Apps. It is on Monday at 11am, Tuesday… Read More


Formal Verification, there’s an App for that

Formal Verification, there’s an App for that
by Paul McLellan on 05-06-2012 at 6:00 pm

The success of Apple’s AppStore has made people aware that software doesn’t have to be delivered in a big monolithic lump. Indeed, going back a bit earlier, Apple’s iTunes store made people aware that you didn’t have to buy a whole album if you only wanted a track or two.

EDA applications in today’s… Read More


Jasper Asian Seminars

Jasper Asian Seminars
by Paul McLellan on 04-04-2012 at 1:38 am

Jasper has three seminars coming up in May in Hsinchu (Taiwan), Beijing and Shanghai. These are full-day seminars on how to solve critical verification challenges using state-of-the-art formal technology. Breakfast and lunch will be served.

This full-day tutorial will be given by technical experts for verification experts… Read More