Applying the OpenMORE assessment program for IP cores

Synopsys and Mentor Graphics have announced a new extended OpenMORE hard IP section version 1.0, including added measurability criteria for design and verification of hard cores, and incorporating key hard deliverables specifications from the VSIA industry group. OpenMORE provides the industry's premier methodology to simply and quickly evaluate the reusability of soft and hard IP cores for SoC design. OpenMORE structures the assessment of the reuse quality of IP cores. IP developers enter assessment data into the worksheet following approximately 150 rules and guidelines for soft cores and about 100 rules and guidelines for hard cores. Rules are assigned 5 points and guidelines are assigned 1 point. There are three categories used for the grading process; Macro Design Guidelines, Verification Guidelines, and Deliverable Guidelines.