Lattice Semiconductor and Synplicity Expand Partnership

As of May 2008, Lattice will distribute only the Synplify and Synplify Pro synthesis products with its FPGAs and complex programmable logic devices (CPLDs). The companies also will work to deliver expanded support of the Synplify DSP solution to algorithmic designers who seek to accelerate their DSP designs using Lattice FPGAs.

“A critical ispLEVER design tool priority for Lattice continues to be a focus on delivering industry leading timing closure capability to FPGA designers,” said Chris Fanning, corporate vice president, enterprise solutions, Lattice Semiconductor. “Lattice is excited to now bundle Synplify Pro’s leading FPGA synthesis technology with our ispLEVER design tool suite, and to offer our customers better performance and logic efficiency capabilities.”

According to Joe Gianelli, vice president of business development and strategic alliances, Synplicity, “We are very pleased to become the exclusive synthesis provider for our long term partner Lattice. With this deeper relationship, Lattice and Synplicity will work together more effectively to improve our collective tool flows for increased customer satisfaction. Designers will now be able to access the advanced features of our Synplify Pro product, especially when using exciting new Lattice devices such as the Lattice ECP2M, LatticeXP2 and LatticeSC families of high-performance FPGAs.”

Synplicity’s Synplify and Synplify Pro synthesis software products support all Lattice devices, including the new LatticeECP2M and LatticeXP2 FPGA families, creating powerful solutions for aerospace, wireless, telecom and digital multimedia applications. Through advanced 90-nm silicon technology, an optimized architecture and proprietary circuit design, Lattice devices reduce total solution costs.