Synopsys today announced that eMemory Technology, Inc. has selected Synopsys' CustomSim™ solution for all of its circuit simulation needs. On a 45-nanometer (nm) embedded non-volatile memory, the CustomSim solution demonstrated up to 2 times faster simulation runtime compared to other commercial FastSPICE tools, and delivered results tightly correlated to silicon data. Based on these results, CustomSim is now used in verification production flo...

Synopsys today announced that Synopsys' DesignWare® Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) IP solution has successfully passed the SATA International Organization (SATA-IO) electrical, digital and system interoperability testing for 130- to 40-nanometer (nm) process technologies. The SATA-IO interoperability testing validates Synopsys' internal testing of the DesignWare SATA IP, which includes extensive digital and mixed-signal simulation ...

Synopsys today announced that Silicon Image, Inc., a leading provider of semiconductors and IP for the secure distribution, presentation and storage of high definition content, employed DFTMAX(tm) compression, an integral part of the Galaxy(tm) Implementation Platform, to significantly lower manufacturing test cost and time. Silicon Image's mixed-signal multimedia design testing requirements included a tight form factor and a limited number of p...

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, has completed its acquisition of Virage Logic Corporation (Nasdaq: VIRL), a leading independent provider of semiconductor intellectual property (IP) for the design of complex integrated circuits. Virage Logic's offering complements Synopsys' DesignWare® interface and analog IP portfolio by adding embedded memories with test ...

Synopsys announced that Global Unichip Corporation (GUC) has achieved first-pass silicon success for its GP5080 Solid State Drive (SSD) system-on-chip (SoC) utilising the complete Synopsys DesignWare(r) SATA IP solution, consisting of controller, PHY and verification IP. GUC, a leading full-service SoC design foundry, determined that Synopsys' DesignWare SATA IP was superior in quality, power consumption, performance and feature set. SATA interop...

Synopsys announced immediate availability of the DesignWare MIPI M-PHY® IP for next-generation high-speed interfaces based on the newly ratified MIPI® Alliance M-PHY specification. With this latest addition to the DesignWare MIPI IP portfolio, Synopsys is the first provider to offer a comprehensive solution of a controller and PHY IP for both the MIPI DigRF(SM) v3 (2.5G/3.0G) and v4 (4G) standards. Incorporating both standards in a mobile devic...

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced it will be hosting its first Synposium, a virtual trade show event where attendees around the world can learn about Synopsys' EDA software, IP, prototyping and services from the convenience of their desks.

Synopsys, Inc. announced the launch of the DesignWare® USB Software Alliance Program with leading USB software providers emsys, Jungo, MCCI and MicroDigital as inaugural members. This alliance program establishes an ecosystem of qualified USB software providers for drivers, firmware and stacks which have proven interoperability with Synopsys' DesignWare USB 2.0 and SuperSpeed USB 3.0 IP. Synopsys and its DesignWare USB Software Alliance Program ...

Synopsys, Inc. today announced the availability of the Time Division Duplex (TDD) mode in its Long-term Evolution (LTE) Model Library for physical layer system simulation. The addition of the TDD mode to the proven LTE Model Library enables developers of semiconductors for LTE network equipment and devices to quickly and reliably extend their designs to support this important version of the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) LTE standard.

Synopsys, Inc. and Lattice Semiconductor Corporation today announced a multi-year extension of Lattice's OEM agreement for the Synopsys Synplify FPGA synthesis tools, which Lattice has been offering to its customers for more than 10 years. Under the terms of the agreement, Lattice Semiconductor will provide specific versions of Synopsys' Synplify Pro and Synplify software as part of its programmable logic design environments, including the recent...

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced that TSMC has successfully taped out a complex 28-nanometer (nm) Product Qualification Vehicle (PQV) test chip using Synopsys' Galaxy™ Implementation Platform. Key features used to design the PQV test chip include 28-nm design rule support for place-and-route, interconnect process modeling, IEEE 1801-2009 (U...

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced that Creative Chips, a mixed-signal semiconductor IC provider, has taped out its most complex mixed-signal chip to date using Synopsys' Galaxy™ Implementation Platform. The 180-nanometer (nm) CMOS industrial bus controller contains complex analog and digital blocks that were created using the Galaxy cell-bas...

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) announced it will report results for the third quarter fiscal year 2010 on Wednesday, August 18, 2010, after the market close.

Synopsys and GLOBALFOUNDRIES, a leading provider of advanced semiconductor technology and manufacturing services, today announced an agreement to develop the Synopsys DesignWare SuperSpeed USB (3.0), USB 2.0, HDMI 1.4 Tx and Rx, DDR3/2, PCI Express(r) 2.0 and 1.1, SATA 1.5/3 Gbps and 6 Gbps, and XAUI PHY IP for GLOBALFOUNDRIES’ 28 nanometer (nm) “Gate First” High-k Metal Gate (HKMG) process technologies. The collaboration will enable mut...

Synopsys announced the addition of the DesignWare 96 dB Hi-Fi Audio IP in the 40-nanometer (nm) and 55-nm process technologies to its broad portfolio of high-quality audio IP solutions. Synopsys is the first IP provider to offer audio codecs, digital-to-analog converters (DACs) and analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) in these advanced processes. The DesignWare Audio IP portfolio offers performance levels from 80 dB to 103 dB and is available in ...

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced that Oticon taped out the digital signal processor (DSP) chipset for their next generation hearing-aid devices ahead of schedule using Synopsys' Design Compiler(tm) Graphical RTL Synthesis, a key component of the Galaxy(tm) implementation platform. Engineers at Oticon, a world leader in the design, development...

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced that Oticon taped out the digital signal processor (DSP) chipset for their next-generation hearing-aid devices ahead of schedule using Synopsys' Design Compiler™ Graphical RTL Synthesis, a key component of the Galaxy™ Implementation Platform. Engineers at Oticon, a world leader in the design, development a...

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced that Foveon Inc., a world innovator in the design and development of image sensors and image capture systems, has taped out its newest generation direct image sensor using Synopsys' Galaxy Custom Designer(r) solution. The Foveon X3(r) direct image sensor, used in high end consumer cameras such as Sigma's SD15 ...

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) and Virage Logic Corporation (Nasdaq: VIRL) announced today that the 30-day waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, applicable to Synopsys' proposed acquisition of Virage Logic, expired on July 19, 2010.

Synopsys announced that SVTC Technologies, the leading commercialisation service provider for new, emerging silicon based technologies, has chosen Synopsys’ manufacturing tool suite to enable its customers to reduce time to market for a wide variety of innovative products using CMOS processes, MEMS, photovoltaics and other related nanotechnologies.