Axys’ Electronic System Level (ESL) products are designed to reduce overall system costs by allowing designs to be modeled early in the development cycle to cut time-to-market and reduce design errors.
The two companies have been working together for some time. ARM CEO, Warren East, said the industry trend toward greater complexity of systems had created a demand for tools that bridge the gap between software development environments and the hardware design tools from its EDA Partners.
He argued that the company was a natural fit for ARM as Axys’ ESL products offered a high degree of integration with its existing RealView Developer Suite software design tools.
Irvine, California based Axys, which has a design center in Aachen, Germany, employs 26 people and has assets valued at $1.9 million.
