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Freescale and Synopsys announce multi-year strategic collaboration agreement to increase verification productivity
Synopsys, Inc. has announced the expansion of its verification collaboration with Freescale. The integration of complex hardware enabled by Moore’s law, IP, and embedded software content in modern devices is causing a rapid increase in verification complexity. Freescale and Synopsys have broadened their ongoing collaboration to manage this growing complexity. In addition to verification performance, efficiency, and methodology, the expanded col...
Synopsys chosen as primary EDA partner by Hisilicon
Synopsys has announced that Hisilicon Technologies Co., Ltd., a worldwide provider of ASICs and solutions for communication network and digital media, and a subsidiary of Huawei Technologies, has established Synopsys as its primary EDA partner across its implementation and verification design flows. Hisilicon has signed an expanded business agreement to extend its use of Synopsys' IC Compiler place-and-route technology and DesignWare(R) IP as wel...
Aquantia deploys Synopsys IC Validator and IC Compiler for 40nm quad 10GBASE-T design
Synopsys has announced that Aquantia, the leading innovator in 10GBASE-T networking, has deployed Synopsys’ recently announced IC Validator, the newest addition to the Galaxy Implementation Platform, into production use at 40nm. IC Validator is an ideal add on to IC Compiler for In-Design physical verification, enabling place and route engineers to accelerate time to tapeout and improve manufacturability by enabling physical verification within...
Synopsys and Actel renew OEM relationship for FPGA design software
Synopsys and Actel Corporation today announced a multi-year extension of their OEM agreement for FPGA design tools. Under the terms of the agreement, Actel maintains rights to provide Actel-specific versions of Synopsys’ Synplify Pro, Identify and Synplify DSP software as part of the Libero Integrated Design Environment (IDE). Actel has been offering these products to its customers for more than 10 years through an OEM agreement with Synplicit...
University of Southampton receives Charles Babbage Grant from Synopsys
Synopsys has announced that the School of Electronics and Computer Science (ECS) at the University of Southampton is the first Western European university to receive the Charles Babbage Grant from Synopsys. Through the grant, ECS receives licenses of Synopsys' comprehensive electronic design automation (EDA) software and intellectual property. The grant also enabled the University to set up a brand new laboratory for virtual learning.
Synopsys Awarded TSMC's Interface IP Partner of the Year
Synopsys, Inc.has announced that it received TSMC's 2011 Interface IP Partner of the Year Award. Synopsys was selected based on customer feedback, TSMC-9000 compliance, technical support excellence and number of customer tapeouts. Synopsys' DesignWare® Interface IP portfolio includes widely used protocols such as USB, DDR, PCI Express, HDMI, MIPI and SATA that are offered in a broad range of processes from 180-nanometer (nm) to 28-nm.
Synopsys Honors Accellera Systems Initiative with 2012 Tenzing Norgay Interoperability Achievement Award
Synopsys, Inc. announced that Accellera Systems Initiative will receive Synopsys' twelfth annual Tenzing Norgay Interoperability Achievement Award for advancing industry standards that enable interoperable system design flows. The Accellera Systems Initiative was formed in December 2011 through the merger of Open SystemC Initiative and Accellera.
Synopsys Galaxy Implementation Platform Used by TSMC for 28nm Process
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 Completes Acquisition of Virage Logic Corporation
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 Acquires nSys Design Systems
Synopsys, Inc announced today that it has completed the acquisition of nSys Design Systems Private Limited (nSys). With this acquisition, Synopsys is increasing its investment in VIP technology to address the growing verification challenges designers face as they create more and more complex systems on chips (SoCs) to serve the demand for 'smart' electronics. The terms of the deal, structured as an acquisition of substantially all the assets and ...