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TITLE: IP Integration Facilitated by SPIRIT
The SPIRIT Consortium of 54 members has released version 1.2 of
its IP-XACT specification for RTL design and verification and an
IEEE working group, P1685, has been formed to standardize it. An
IP metadata description based on an XML schema is utlized so that
IP from multiple sources can be integrated. An electronic
system-level (ESL) extension is expected to be released later
this year. Mentor Graphics said the latest release of its
Platform Express includes support for version 1.2. SPIRIT stands
for "Structure for Packaging, Integrating and Re-using IP within
Tool-flows".
For additional information, access: SPIRIT
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