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Sunplus selects Synopsys as its primary EDA partner
Synopsys has announced that Sunplus Technology Co., Ltd, a leading provider of advanced IC solutions for home entertainment applications, has signed an expanded business agreement to establish Synopsys as its primary EDA partner. Under the new multi-year agreement, Sunplus has consolidated on Synopsys’ Galaxy Implementation and Discovery Verification Platforms for their chip development and design flows, and has extended its use of Synopsys Des...
Synopsys expands DesignWare Data Converter IP portfolio with 40nm solutions
Synopsys, Inc. today announced the release of a broad range of data converter IP solutions for 40 nanometer (nm) process technologies. The IP is targeted at broadband wireless communications, wired communications and video designs requiring high-performance, ultra-low power consumption and very compact area. With this latest addition, Synopsys' DesignWare Data Converter IP portfolio now offers more than 100 data converter IP products comprised of...
Synopsys MVSIM adopted for low power verification of mobile SoC platform
Synopsys has announced that ST-Ericsson has adopted Synopsys’ MVSIM low power dynamic verification solution for its STw8500 system-on-chip (SoC) platform for the mobile phone market. ST-Ericsson selected MVSIM for its proven ability to comprehensively verify low power techniques, including standby and built-in automated low power assertions, which enable the early detection of bugs. The tool’s extensive support for the IEEE 1801 [Unified Powe...
Synopsys delivers comprehensive design enablement for TSMC 28-nm process technology with Reference Flow 11.0
Synopsys announced that it is delivering comprehensive design enablement for TSMC’s 28 nanometer (nm) process technology with TSMC Reference Flow 11.0. New features of the flow include solutions for system-level design and verification, added capabilities for 28-nm design, including In-Design physical verification, and support for thru-silicon via (TSV) technology for 3D IC design. Through Reference Flow 11.0, Synopsys tools and IP enable enhan...
Synopsys delivers custom design solution for TSMC Analog/Mixed-Signal Reference Flow 1.0
Synopsys announced that it has collaborated with TSMC to validate Synopsys’ custom design solution with TSMC’s 28-nanometer (nm) interoperable process design kit (iPDK) and Analog/Mixed-Signal (AMS) Reference Flow 1.0. TSMC’s 28nm reference phase-locked loop (PLL) design was used to validate Synopsys’ comprehensive custom solution while demonstrating productivity-enhancing capabilities of the TSMC AMS Reference Flow 1.0. The validated sol...
Synopsys Acquires High-level Synthesis Technology from Synfora, Inc.
Synopsys announced it has acquired technology, engineering resources and other assets of Synfora, Inc., a provider of C/C++ high-level synthesis tools used to design complex systems-on-chips (SoCs) and FPGAs. The asset acquisition strengthens Synopsys' position in system-level design and verification and enhances the company's FPGA-based prototyping solutions.
Synopsys’ IC Compiler widely deployed at MediaTek
Synopsys announced that MediaTek Inc., a leading fabless semiconductor company for wireless communications and digital multimedia solutions, has standardised on Synopsys’ IC Compiler physical design solution, a key component of the Galaxy Implementation Platform, to deliver best performance, power and area on MediaTek’s leading-edge wireless communications chips. IC Compiler’s advanced placement, timing and power optimisation along with its...
Synopsys Universal DDR Controllers Improve Performance and Reduce Cost of Embedded DRAM Interfaces
Synopsys announced the availability of the high-performance DesignWare Universal DDR Protocol and Memory Controllers, both supporting the DDR2, DDR3, Mobile DDR and LPDDR2 SDRAM standards. The DesignWare Universal Memory Controller helps reduce both the latency and silicon area by up to 50 percent compared to Synopsys' previous generations of DDR memory controllers thus improving the DRAM interface performance and reducing overall chip costs.
Synopsys now supports for Actel's New SmartFusion Intelligent Mixed Signal FPGAs
Synopsys announced enhanced FPGA synthesis support is available for Actel Corporation's (Nasdaq: ACTL) new SmartFusion™ intelligent mixed signal FPGAs. Synopsys' Synplify Pro® FPGA synthesis tools have been enhanced to offer advanced support and timing optimization for the flash-based FPGA architecture that provides the programmable digital portion of the SmartFusion devices.
Synopsys Power-Aware Test Speeds Time to Volume Production at Realtek
Synopsys announced that Realtek Semiconductor Corporation, one of the world's leading network and multimedia IC providers, deployed Synopsys power-aware test to avoid power issues during test and accelerate production testing of its new digital media processor. Excessive power consumption during manufacturing test leads to overheating, IR drop, and other effects that can cause devices to fail, impacting profitability and delaying production ramp...