July 24, 2006; 03:13 AM Semantic Designs, Inc., makers of Thicket™ the platform leader in
Software Source Code scrambling, announced SystemC and System
Verilog availability - two leading-edge design languages for protecting
Intellectual Property in the semiconductor and systems industries.
Obfuscation scrambles source code files and renames
variables in novel and madly confusing ways without altering the
functionality of the file. But not all forms of obfuscation are equally
effective. Thicket™ formats files, substitutes nonsense names, strips
comments, and removes most source code structure for popular computing
and web-based languages.
"Every day, developing and delivering customer solutions
that enhance Intellectual Property, or IP is utmost in the minds of
hardware and software system designers and their executives. However,
delivered IP can be jeopardized if one is not able to properly shield
that investment from unscrupulous eyes.," declared Ira D. Baxter
CEO/CTO of Semantic Designs, Inc. "Our company provides excellent
solutions for this business challenge with the most extensive lineup of
computer languages and dialects, including Verilog, VHDL, C, C++, C#,
Java, JavaScript (ECMA), PHP and now SystemC and System Verilog."
Unlike other techniques, Thicket solutions ensure that
both the original and obfuscated syntax structures are semantically
identical, and will not alter any synthesis, compilation or execution
procedure environments. A customer’s engineers have complete control of
names that must be preserved, such as to Public API’s for maximum
protection, only chosen variables and files are preserved. Thicket
solutions come preconfigured with reserved name lists for typical
design libraries, such as SystemC. Lastly, multiple Thicket language
solutions can be combined to protect a complete hardware and software
system design.
Thicket is equally effective from either a command line
or Graphical User Interface, and works on Windows as well as WINE
emulation for Linux. Annual Client pricing includes the latest library
reserved name lists exceptions and starts at only $1,300 each, for the
design languages. Bundles for the four design languages are available
for a limited time at a discount. Thicket is also actively under OEM
consideration by several vendors who want to provide On-The-Fly IP
protection for the work their customers produce.
About Semantic Designs
Since 1996 this
privately-held Austin, Texas Company has provided world/class analysis,
enhancement and transformation of business-critical software systems.
Solutions include Tools, Services and Partnering in dozens of
languages, databases and schema. Sources include Verilog, VHDL,
SystemC, System Verilog, Java, C#, C/C++, COBOL, Ada, PHP,
JavaScript(ECMA), VBScript, XML, SQL, PL/SQL, and others. Tools,
Bundles and Suites benefit productivity in obfuscation, formatting,
test coverage, execution profiling, metrics, and source browsing.
Services and Partners enable cost-effective enhancements for Enterprise
and ISV’s. Vertical industries and concentrations include, Web Site
operations, Electronic Design Automation, Applications
Security/Testing/QA and Legacy Migrations. Customers include Northrop
Grumman, Boeing, IBM/Tivoli, LSI Logic, ARM, Synplicity, and Rockwell
Collins. Partners include Oracle, HP and Microsoft.
http://www.semanticdesigns.com
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