Synopsys has announced the successful interoperability demonstration of Synopsys' DesignWare USB 3.1 device controller IP with ASMedia's USB-IF certified USB 3.1 host controller IC. Proven interoperability between the two companies' products demonstrates that the DesignWare USB 3.1 IP works as defined by the USB 3.1 specification and reduces design risk of integrating the USB 3.1 IP into applications requiring 10Gb/s data transfers.

Synopsys has achieved certification and compliance from multiple standard organisations for a broad range of DesignWare IP on the TSMC 16-nm FinFET Plus (16FF+) process including USB 2.0 and USB 3.0, PCI Express 3.1, HDMI 2.0, MIPI D-PHY and SATA IP solutions. By achieving certification of its DesignWare IP, Synopsys gives designers confidence that the IP is interoperable and functions as expected...

Announcing the release of its annual Coverity Scan Open Source Report, Synopsys has revealed that commercial code is more compliant to security standards than open source code.

The industry's first USB IP solutions that support the USB Type-C (USB-C) connectivity specification as well as the USB 3.1, 3.0 and 2.0 specifications have been introduced by Synopsys.

Expanding the company's security testing capabilities, Synopsys has announced the latest release of the Coverity Software Testing Platform. An integrated suite of testing solutions that enables organisations to find and fix critical quality and security issues earlier in the software development lifecycle, Coverity 7.7 adds coverage for JavaScript and Objective-C.

Synopsys has completed its acquisition of certain assets of Quotium, including the Seeker product and R&D team. The asset acquisition adds talent and technology that will accelerate Synopsys' efforts in the software application security market and extend the company's Coverity platform with interactive application security testing functionality.

Synopsys has announced that it has acquired the Bluetooth Smart IP from Silicon Vision, a leading provider of high-performance, ultra-low-power wireless IP solutions. The acquisition expands the company’s extensive portfolio of DesignWare IP for the IoT, which includes security IP recently obtained through the acquisition of Elliptic Technologies, as well as logic libraries, memory compilers, non-volatile memory, data converters, interface ...

Synopsys has announced that automotive IC suppliers worldwide are standardising on its manufacturing test solution to achieve their goals for lower Defective Parts Per Million (DPPM), reduced test costs associated with digital and mixed-signal designs, and in-system self-test to ensure functional safety. 

Version 8.3 of Synopsys' LightTools illumination design software, which offers an advanced design module with robust capabilities for modelling freeform optics for a wide range of applications, has been released. The new capabilities enable users to easily incorporate freeform surfaces in illumination designs to produce optical systems that have increased energy efficiency, superior light control and innovative design forms. In addition, LightToo...

Synopsys has announced that Key ASIC has deployed the Synopsys Design Compiler Graphical RTL synthesis solution to accelerate SoC design. Achieving high performance, low power and small die size results are primary objectives for Key ASIC to enable quick and cost-effective tapeouts. After a comprehensive evaluation of available synthesis solutions, Key ASIC found the most appropriate tool combination for their design needs is Design Compiler Grap...

Synopsys has acquired Elliptic Technologies. This acquisition follows Synopsys' recently announced acquisition of Codenomicon and plans to acquire Quotium's Seeker product, demonstrating Synopsys' continued investment in providing the electronics industry with the necessary technology for developing secure products.

Synopsys has completed its acquisition of Codenomicon, a global software security company based in Finland with a focus on software embedded in chips and devices. Codenomicon is known for independently discovering and reporting the Heartbleed bug.

Synopsys has announced its co-operation with National Taiwan University (NTU), National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), National Tsing Hua University (NTHU), and National Chiao Tung University (NCTU) to establish joint advanced design labs for IoT applications at the aforementioned schools. This is the first co-operation between a foreign semiconductor design software and IP company and top universities in Taiwan to focus on advancing IoT ecosystem...

Synopsys has announced that it has extended its DesignWare IP solution for PCIe 4.0 to support RAS features to help designers ensure data integrity and increase data protection in cloud computing SoCs. The new RAS features increase system reliability by using parity and ECC data protection in conjunction with protocol-defined mechanisms to detect and correct errors in the datapath and RAMs. Event counters and statistics monitor system availabilit...

Synopsys and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) have announced an expanded collaboration to include Synopsys DesignWare Embedded Memory IP and the DesignWare STAR Memory System test and repair solution on UMC's second 14nm FinFET PQV.

Synopsys has announced the release of version 2015.06 of the RSoft product portfolio, the company's family of software tools for photonic component and optical communication system design. The RSoft Photonic Component Design Suite delivers advanced Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD) simulation features as well as significant speed and usability improvements.

Synopsys has announced that Imagination Technologies has successfully used IC Compiler II place and route solution as part of the design flow used to tape out its latest PowerVR Wizard ray tracing graphics processor test silicon, based on Imagination's reference design.

Synopsys has announced that it is accelerating automotive SoC development with a broad portfolio of silicon-proven IP for automotive applications. The DesignWare IP portfolio includes Ethernet AVB, LPDDR4, MIPI CSI-2 and DSI, HDMI, PCIe, USB, mobile storage, logic libraries, embedded memories, Non-Volatile Memories (NVM), data converters, Synopsys ARC EM processors with Safety Enhancement Package (SEP), EV vision processors and the Sensor and Con...

Synopsys has announced the 2015.06 release of its IC Compiler II place and route solution. Launched last year, IC Compiler II has seen steadily increasing customer numbers and levels of design activity across all nodes. Today, with active usage across more than 30 customers, IC Compiler II is rapidly transforming the world of physical design with its game-changing productivity and superior Quality of Results (QoR).

Synopsys has announced TSMC's certification of the IC Compiler II place and route solution on TSMC's 16nm FinFET Plus (16FF+) process. The IC Compiler II is the successor to IC Compiler, the industry's widely adopted place and route solution for advanced designs at both established and emerging nodes.