<s>
Specman	B-Language
is	O
an	O
EDA	O
tool	O
that	O
provides	O
advanced	O
automated	O
functional	O
verification	O
of	O
hardware	O
designs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
provides	O
an	O
environment	O
for	O
working	O
with	O
,	O
compiling	O
,	O
and	O
debugging	O
testbench	O
environments	O
written	O
in	O
the	O
e	B-Language
Hardware	B-Language
Verification	I-Language
Language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Specman	B-Language
also	O
offers	O
automated	O
testbench	O
generation	O
to	O
boost	O
productivity	O
in	O
the	O
context	O
of	O
block	O
,	O
chip	O
,	O
and	O
system	O
verification	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Specman	B-Language
tool	O
itself	O
does	O
not	O
include	O
an	O
HDL	O
simulator	O
(	O
for	O
design	O
languages	O
such	O
as	O
VHDL	B-Language
or	O
Verilog	B-Language
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
simulate	O
an	O
e-testbench	O
with	O
a	O
design	O
written	O
in	O
VHDL/Verilog	O
,	O
Specman	B-Language
must	O
be	O
run	O
in	O
conjunction	O
with	O
a	O
separate	O
HDL	O
simulation	O
tool	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Specman	B-Language
is	O
a	O
feature	O
of	O
Cadence	O
's	O
new	O
Xcelium	O
simulator	O
,	O
where	O
tighter	O
product	O
integration	O
offers	O
both	O
faster	O
runtime	O
performance	O
and	O
debugs	O
capabilities	O
not	O
available	O
with	O
other	O
HDL	O
simulators	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
principle	O
,	O
Specman	B-Language
can	O
co-simulate	O
with	O
any	O
HDL	O
simulator	O
supporting	O
standard	O
PLI	O
or	O
VHPI	O
interface	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Synopsys	O
's	O
VCS	O
,	O
or	O
Mentor	O
's	O
Questa	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Specman	B-Language
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
at	O
Verisity	O
,	O
an	O
Israel-based	O
company	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Cadence	O
on	O
April	O
7	O
,	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
