Synopsys, Inc. and Arteris, Inc. today announced their joint analog and digital IP solutions to implement the MIPI Alliance Low Latency Interface (LLI) 1.0 specification. The combined offerings deliver high performance with low power consumption in a compact silicon footprint while providing interoperability with the MIPI standard. By providing a collaborative solution that adheres to the LLI specification, Arteris and Synopsys give system-on-ch...

Synopsys, Inc. today announced that BiTMICRO Networks has chosen Synopsys as its electronic design automation (EDA) provider for system-on-chip (SoC) design. BiTMICRO recently announced the successful tapeout of two third-generation SSD controllers, which are the foundation of its next-generation products, using Synopsys' Galaxy Implementation and Discovery™ Verification Platforms to speed SSD controller development.

SpringSoft, Inc. and Synopsys, Inc. today announced that they have linked SpringSoft's Verdi Automated Debug System with Synopsys' Protocol Analyzer. Part of the Synopsys Discovery VIP family, Protocol Analyzer enables engineers to quickly understand, identify and debug protocols in their designs. Through this linkage, the identified protocol violations and errors are seamlessly passed to the Verdi environment for detailed signal-level analysis t...

Synopsys, Inc. has completed its acquisition of Magma Design Automation Inc. The combination of Synopsys and Magma will enable the company to more rapidly meet the needs of leading-edge semiconductor designers for ever more sophisticated design tools.

Synopsys, Inc. today reported results for its first quarter of fiscal year 2012. For the first quarter of fiscal year 2012, Synopsys reported revenue of $425.5 million, compared to $364.6 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2011, an increase of 16.7 percent.

Synopsys, Inc. and Arteris Inc. today announced a collaboration that enables models of Arteris' FlexNoC interconnect IP to be used with Synopsys' Platform Architect environment, offering system designers the ability to simulate realistic system-level performance of their end product architectures.

Synopsys, Inc. today announced immediate availability of DesignWare Embedded Memory and Logic Library IP for TSMC's 28-nanometer (nm) high-performance and high-performance for mobile process technologies. The Synopsys DesignWare Embedded Memories and Logic Libraries are designed to deliver high performance with low leakage and active power, giving engineers the ability to optimize their entire system-on-chip (SoC) design for speed and energy effi...

Synopsys, Inc. today announced the immediate availability of DesignWare HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) 1.4 PHY IP in advanced 28-nanometer (nm) processes for multiple leading foundries. System-on-chip (SoC) designs for high-end mobile multimedia and digital home applications are migrating to 28-nm processes to minimize power consumption and maximize performance. The DesignWare HDMI 1.4 PHY IP has been optimized for low power, small ...

Synopsys, Inc. today announced it will report results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2012 on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, after the market close. A conference call to review the results will begin at 2 p.m. PT (5 p.m. ET) and will be hosted by Aart de Geus, chairman and chief executive officer, and Brian Beattie, chief financial officer.

Synopsys, Inc. and Sigrity, Inc. today unveiled an enhanced solution that accelerates signal integrity simulation of high-speed systems. In the latest release of the HSPICE circuit simulator, Synopsys has employed in-memory communication to deliver deeper integration with Sigrity's signal integrity analysis offerings.

Synopsys, Inc. today announced that Yamaha has adopted the Synopsys Processor Designer tool for the development of its custom-designed digital signal processing (DSP) devices. Using the Processor Designer tool to automate the design and implementation of its XMP-1 DSP, Yamaha doubled the number of sound channels for their high definition sound generator device and taped out six months, or 50 percent, earlier compared to their previous generation ...

Synopsys, Inc. announced today that it has closed the acquisition of ExpertIO, Inc. The addition of ExpertIO's team of protocol experts and its strong portfolio of storage VIP will accelerate Synopsys' delivery of a broad line-up of high-performance, easy-to-use, full-featured VIP that can help designers address their growing verification challenges. The terms of the deal have not been disclosed.

Synopsys, Inc. today announced that Picochip Ltd., who recently signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by Mindspeed Technologies Inc, has successfully achieved first silicon success using Synopsys' Lynx Design System and Galaxy Implementation Platform in the design of its next-generation 40-nanometer (nm) PC3008 picoXcell femtocell chip optimized for high-volume, cost-sensitive consumer applications.

Synopsys, Inc. today announced the endorsement of Proteus lithography rule check (LRC) at Nanya Technology Corporation, a member of the Formosa Plastics Group and a global leader in advanced memory semiconductors focusing on research and development, design, manufacturing and sales of DRAM products. Industry-leading accuracy is achieved through the combined use of production-proven Proteus compact models and the integrated Sentaurus Lithography r...

Synopsys, Inc and Global Unichip Corporation announces that GUC has achieved more than one gigahertz frequency on a dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore processor with Synopsys IC Compiler, a key component of Synopsys' Galaxy Implementation Platform. Synopsys' high-performance Galaxy implementation methodology was instrumental in achieving more than one gigahertz frequency with minimum power, while reducing schedule risk.

Synopsys, Inc. today announced that GLOBALFOUNDRIES has certified Synopsys' IC Validator physical verification product for 28-nanometer (nm), 40-nm and 65-nm physical signoff, with immediate availability of design rule checks (DRC) and layout-versus-schematic (LVS) runsets to GLOBALFOUNDRIES customers

Synopsys, Inc. has announced that industry leaders worldwide have broadly deployed and successfully taped out more than 125 advanced multi-voltage designs using the Galaxy™ Implementation Platform low power solution and IEEE-1801 Unified Power Format (UPF) resulting in significant productivity, power and chip performance gains.

Synopsys has reported results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2011. For the fourth quarter of fiscal 2011, Synopsys reported revenue of $390.5 million, compared to $375.5 million for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2010. Revenue for fiscal year 2011 was $1.536 billion, an increase of 11.2 percent from $1.38 billion in fiscal 2010.

Synopsys has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Magma Design Automation Inc. a provider of chip design software headquartered in San Jose, California. Bringing together complementary technology, development and support capabilities will enable the combined company to more rapidly meet customer requirements linked to chip designs at both leading-edge and mature process nodes.

Synopsys has announced updates to its Identify and Certify FPGA-based prototyping tools. Algorithm advancements in the latest Certify software release produce up to 30 percent faster FPGA-to-FPGA transmission performance using High-Speed Time Domain Multiplexing which results in higher overall performance of designs prototyped with Synopsys' HAPS FPGA-based prototyping systems. The new Certify and Identify software tools also incorporate incremen...