The VersIC 2.0 Platform is a new approach to the management of IC Design data. It provides a comprehensive, unified and reliable Design Data Management (DM) experience in the Cadence design environment.
With VersIC a truly collaborative design environment across multiple design locations is possible. Cadence libraries, Verilog, Ocean scripts, software, documentation and other design assets can be versioned, congured and released on one platform with a single point of release.
The VersIC 2.0 Platform has a flexible architecture that allows you to use your Configuration Management (CM) tool of choice. Subversion and Perforce are supported today but it's possible to integrate any backend CM tool with minimal effort.
The VersIC platform also provides optional "DM-Driven" plugin-modules which extend the DM integration to other important parts of your methodology. Available modules include ReviewIC for design reviews in a multisite environment, MergeIC to enable visual Diff/Merge on a schematic or layout and BuildIC which implements continuous integration tools in an IC design environment.
VersIC 2.0 includes the following benefits:
Global Availability
VersIC enables a globally scalable architecture through the use of remote/slave repositories that are automatically synchronized with the master repository. Read operations (version history, locks etc) on the repository are always local operations for remote users and write operations are sent atomically over TCP/IP to the master.
Disaster Recovery
VersIC allows the creation of mirrored repositories across multiple regions that can act as a second source of metadata and other read-operation activity in high load environments, and can be used as roll-over commit repositories in case of failure.
Best-in-class Performance
VersIC's inherent scalability takes advantage of: a well tuned relational database to ensure rapid response times: an efficient streaming network protocol to minimize the effects of latency: an intelligent, server-centric data model which is network friendly and keeps the database performing at top speed.
Industry Standard CM repositories and meta-data, no "lock-in"
VersIC is the only DM tool that works with industry standard repositories and meta-data with no proprietary component to lock you in. You can use VersIC with your existing Subversion or Perforce databases, no need for custom hardware or "special" (read proprietary and locked) depots for your IC data.
Access to 3rd Party Project Management Tools
VersIC works with completely standard repositories and meta-data. This means that native tools and the many 3rd party applications are available to your project planning and IP management methodologies. Track changes and manage IP variants across different projects using branches. Take adantage of the tools millions of software developers use for release and IP Management in your IC design methodologies.
Configuration Management
VersIC includes powerful configuration management tools enabling users to mix different branches, tags, shared workspaces and custom IP in the same local workspace. Libraries can contain a mixture of managed and un-managed cells and unused libraries can be "hidden" and depopulated from the workspace.
Defect Tracking
VersIC includes a native defect tracking UI that interfaces to popular defect tracking tools such as Bugzilla, Trac, TeamForge, Jira
