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Synopsys and GLOBALFOUNDRIES to develop DesignWare interface PHY IP for 28nanometer technologies
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 Expands Synthesis-Based Test Technology to Increase Designer Productivity
Synopsys announced plans to expand test technology embedded in Synopsys' RTL synthesis to address the need for higher defect coverage, lower test cost and faster yield analysis while simultaneously minimizing the impact on design goals and project schedules. Design teams currently using Synopsys' RTL synthesis and test solution are able to quickly implement compression to lower digital logic test costs, handle pin-limited test methodologies and e...
Synopsys' Silicon-Proven DesignWare HDMI 1.4a Tx Controller and PHY IP Receive HDMI Certification
Synopsys, Inc. today announced that Synopsys' DesignWare High-Definition Multimedia Interface 1.4a Transmitter (Tx) digital controller and PHY IP solutions in the 40-nanometer (nm) process node have achieved certification from an HDMI Authorized Training Center (ATC). The DesignWare HDMI PHY IP achieved HDMI 1.4a compliance by passing all process, voltage and temperature variation tests, which are key certification requirements for environmental...
Synopsys CustomSim Selected by GSI Technology for High-Speed SRAM Simulation
Synopsys announced that GSI Technology, a leader in high-density, high-speed monolithic SRAMs, has selected Synopsys' CustomSim FastSPICE solution for the development and verification of its leading-edge designs. GSI Technology's 144-megabit (Mbit) SigmaQuad SRAMs achieve data bandwidths in excess of 72 gigabits per second (Gbps). In order to maximize yield with such aggressive timing specifications, extensive full-chip transistor-level simulati...
Synopsys Enhances Synplify FPGA Synthesis Software With up to 4X Faster Runtime and New Team-Design Capabilities
Synopsys announced the availability of enhancements to its Synplify Pro® and Synplify® Premier FPGA synthesis tools. The new features in the 2010.09 release shorten logic synthesis runtimes and enable faster post-netlist incremental design turns. Comprehensive support for Synopsys DesignWare® Library datapath and building blocks components enables the use of common RTL from prototype to production. In addition, a unique team-design interface a...
Synopsys DFTMAX compression cuts pin-limited test cost by 95 percent at Silicon Image
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 Expands DesignWare MIPI IP Portfolio With DSI Host Controller
Synopsys announced the immediate availability of DesignWare IP for the Mobile Industry Processor Interface (MIPI®) Display Serial Interface (DSI) Host Controller . With this latest addition, Synopsys broadens its DesignWare MIPI IP portfolio consisting of the DigRFSM v3 (2.5G/3.0G) and DigRFSM v4 (4G), CSI-2, M-PHY and D-PHY protocols. The DesignWare MIPI DSI Host Controller is fully compliant to the latest MIPI Alliance specifications for DSI, ...
Synopsys Announces Availability of HAPS-600 High Capacity FPGA-Based Prototyping Solution
Synopsys Inc announced the availability of the HAPS-600 series, the highest capacity extension of the HAPS family of FPGA-based prototyping systems. The HAPS-600 series extends FPGA-based prototyping capacity up to 81 million ASIC gates equivalent, enabling early software development for larger SoC projects. Like the HAPS-60 products, the HAPS-600 series is based on Xilinx Virtex-6 LX760 FPGA devices and offers performance up to 200 megahertz.
Synopsys and Xilinx Collaborate on the Industry's First Methodology Manual for FPGA-Based Prototyping of SoC Designs
Synopsys, Inc. and Xilinx, Inc. today announced the availability of the FPGA-Based Prototyping Methodology Manual (FPMM), a practical guide to using FPGAs as a platform for system-on-chip (SoC) development. The FPMM captures valuable design and verification expertise contributed by engineering teams from BBC Research & Development; Design of System on Silicon, S.A. (DS2); Freescale Semiconductor; LSI, Inc.; NVIDIA Corp.; STMicroelectronics; and T...
Synopsys Announces FPGA Synthesis Support for Xilinx's Newest ISE Design Suite 13
Synopsys, Inc. today announced Synplify Pro, Synplify Premier and Synphony synthesis support for Xilinx's latest ISE Design Suite (IDS) 13, which provides support for their 28-nanometer (nm) 7 series FPGAs. Synopsys' advanced FPGA synthesis tools include a hierarchical project manager that enables team-design collaboration with a mixed bottom-up/top-down approach that is highly integrated with Xilinx's SmartGuide incremental place & route (P&R) t...