Synopsys has announced that Digital Imaging Systems GmbH (DIS) has achieved first-pass silicon success using Synopsys’ Galaxy Custom Designer implementation solution and its unified suite of circuit simulation, extraction and physical verification tools for a custom integrated circuit (IC) used in DIS’ high performance, multi-megapixel camera modules. The productivity enhancements afforded by Custom Designer, combined with its interoperable a...

Lattice Semiconductor and Synplicity, Inc., have announced an expansion to the companies’ existing OEM agreement. Under the terms of the new agreement, Synplicity will be Lattice Semiconductor’s exclusive synthesis partner, and Lattice will broaden its synthesis offering in its ispLEVER design tool suite to include the industry-leading Synplify Pro logic synthesis software for higher-level designs.

ARM and Synplicity®, Inc., a leading supplier of innovative IC design and verification solutions, today announced the availability of ARM IP through Synplicity’s ReadyIP Program. The ReadyIP program facilitates a vendor-independent design flow using Synplicity’s industry standard FPGA synthesis and system design environments, giving designers easy and secure access to the ARM® Cortex™-M1 field programmable gate array (FPGA) processor fo...

Synplicity®, Inc. today introduced System Designer™, a device-independent intellectual property (IP) configuration and system-level assembly environment that has been added to Synplicity’s Synplify Pro® and Synplify® Premier FPGA design implementation tools. The System Designer™ capability allows users to select, configure and assemble internal and third-party IP delivered in the IP-XACT format, integrate that IP and then easily impleme...

Synplicity®, Inc. today announced the ReadyIP Initiative, a program that takes aim at simplifying the access, evaluation, and use of intellectual property (IP) for FPGA-based system design. The ReadyIP program delivers the industry’s first and complete universal, encrypted design methodology for FPGA implementation, allowing users to incorporate and easily integrate IP from several third-party vendors within their designs using the Synplify Pr...

Synplicity, Inc has today announced that its advanced FPGA synthesis solution Synplify Pro, now supports Virtex-5 FXT field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) from Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX), the world’s leading supplier of programmable logic solutions. In addition, Synplicity has created an automated solution for integrating its Synplify Pro FPGA synthesis solution into the Xilinx Embedded Development Kit (EDK) so designers can achieve maximum ...

Synplicity has released its newest version of the company's Synplify DSP ESL synthesis software for ASIC and FPGA design. The Synplify DSP 3.6 software includes new enhancements to its architectural optimizations and DSP synthesis methodology, as well as new Intellectual Property (IP) blocks and capacity improvements that will benefit customers working on complex digital multimedia and wireless IC designs.

Synplicity, Inc., a leading supplier of solutions for the design and verification of semiconductors, has signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by Synopsys, Inc., a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design and manufacturing. When completed, the acquisition will expand Synplicity’s product portfolio and extend the market reach of its industry leading products.

Synplicity Inc. has confirmed new product capabilities, widespread customer adoption and increased demand for its Confirma ASIC/ASSP Verification Platform. Since the introduction of the Confirma Platform just six months ago, Synplicity has received over one hundred orders with leading electronics companies worldwide, including the BBC, and has received dozens of positive reports from global design teams who have shaved months off their design tim...

Synplicity, Inc has announced that its Synplify Premier software has been enhanced to provide more time-to-market benefits to designers using high-density FPGAs. In release 9.0, the company’s award winning graph-based physical synthesis technology has been optimized for Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGAs to deliver exceptional timing closure, analysis and debug for these advanced devices. This latest release extends the graph-based physical synthesis techno...

Synplicity has joined the Xilinx ESL Initiative. The addition of the Synplify DSP software to the Xilinx ESL design ecosystem underscores the commitment of Xilinx, the world’s leading supplier of programmable solutions, toward driving technological innovations and solutions that promote high-level, electronic system level (ESL) design. ESL design is one of the fastest growing segments of the EDA market with an expected 50 percent compounded a...

Synplicity and Lattice Semiconductor have expanded their relationship to include delivery of a highly optimized, non-proprietary ESL synthesis flow for DSP design. Synplicity’s Synplify DSP software now supports the LatticeECP2 and LatticeXP2 Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) devices, creating a powerful solution for DSP algorithm implementation in aerospace, wireless, telecom and digital multimedia applications.

Synplicity has announced an addition to its HAPS (High-performance ASIC Prototyping System) product family. The HAPS-51 leverages the Xilinx Virtex-5 LX330, the industry’s largest FPGA, and on-board memory to deliver faster ASIC verification. Previous HAPS systems employed daughter boards for memory access, while the new HAPS-51 uses memory located on the board and next to the FPGA device. As a result, the HAPS-51 system provides a cost-effecti...

Synplicity has announced that Paul Weiskopf has been appointed to its board of directors effective June 18, 2007. Mr. Weiskopf, who is vice president of corporate development at Adobe Systems, brings a wealth of knowledge in corporate strategy, mergers, acquisitions, and venture investing to Synplicity's board of directors. Mr. Weiskopf's addition will increase the total number of directors on Synplicity's board to eight.

Synplicity has announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire all of the outstanding shares of HARDI Electronics AB, a leading developer of off-the-shelf ASIC prototyping boards, for $24.2 million in cash. The ASIC prototyping market is one the fastest growing segments of the EDA industry, and this acquisition makes Synplicity the leader in this part of the ASIC verification market.

Synplicity has announced its revolutionary new Identify Pro ASIC and ASSP verification solution. The Identify Pro software, featuring Synplicity's TotalRecallT technology, provides designers with full visibility into FPGA-based ASIC and ASSP prototypes enabling them to find, fix and verify functional errors at speeds approaching that of the final device. Identify Pro software improves the productivity of existing verification methodologies, su...

Synopsys and Synplicity, have announced the signing of a joint marketing agreement intended to improve verification flows for their mutual customers. Under terms of the agreement, the companies intend to work together on next-generation, high-performance verification solutions for ASIC designers. Targeting FPGA-based prototyping environments, Synopsys and Synplicity plan to demonstrate Synopsys' VCS functional verification solution working se...

Synplicity has announced the expansion of its ESL software offering. Following the company's strategy of delivering technology-independent solutions, the new Synplify DSP ASIC Edition software allows users to automatically develop high-quality RTL code from designs specified at the algorithm level for implementation into either an FPGA or ASIC device.

Synplicity, Inc. has announced its Certify ASIC RTL prototyping software delivers optimal support for the Xilinx Virtex-5 family of 65-nanometer FPGAs. The Certify software is the leading product for ASIC prototyping using multiple FPGAs. By combining multi-chip partitioning with best-in-class FPGA synthesis, the Certify tool allows designers to take full advantage of the speed, versatility and ultra-high capacity of Xilinx Virtex-5 devices for ...

Synplicity, Inc. has announced its Synplify Pro FPGA synthesis software provides optimal support for Xilinx new low-cost, high-volume Spartan-3A family of I/O-optimized FPGAs.