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Synopsys, Inc has announced the addition of the new DesignWare USB 2.0 picoPHY IP to its USB 2.0 PHY IP product line that has been successfully deployed in more than 300 customer designs, and in more than 50 different process technologies ranging from 180nm to 32nm. Targeted at mobile and high-volume consumer applications such as feature-rich smartphones, mobile internet devices and netbooks, the DesignWare USB 2.0 picoPHY supports advanced 28nm ...

Synopsys has announced that NetLogic Microsystems, a leader in the design and development of knowledge-based processors and high speed integrated circuits, has signed an expanded business agreement to establish Synopsys as its primary EDA partner. NetLogic Microsystems chose Synopsys because of its technology leadership and its ability to help NetLogic Microsystems meet its aggressive product schedules.

Fuzhou Rockchip Electronics Company, Ltd., Synopsys, Inc. and Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd. today announced that Rockchip has achieved first-time silicon success on its next generation multimedia system-on-a-chip (SoC), using a combination of Synopsys’ tools, intellectual property (IP) and services with Chartered’s 65nm manufacturing technology. The RK28 multimedia SoC, Rockchip’s first mass-production 65nm chip designed in C...

In a move that addresses fundamental challenges in creating advanced systems-on-chips (SoCs), ARM, Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd. , IBM, Samsung Electronics, Co., Ltd., and Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) today announced at the Design Automation Conference (DAC) an agreement to develop a comprehensive technology enablement solution for the design and manufacture of mobile Internet-optimized devices. The objective of this collaboration i...

Synopsys announced that its DesignWare SuperSpeed USB 3.0 IP has surpassed 40 SoC design wins and more than 30 customer licensees worldwide. Because Synopsys' DesignWare USB 3.0 Digital Core and PHY IP has been broadly adopted by leading semiconductor companies targeting a variety of applications and process technologies, designers can be confident the IP is silicon-proven and can lower their SoC integration risk.

Synopsys, Inc. today announced the first release of the Virtualizer Development Kit (VDK) Family for accelerating software development. The VDK Family for ARM Cortex Processors contains multiple reference designs, analysis and debug software tools for the Cortex-A15 MPCore processor and ARM big.LITTLE processing. By using the VDKs developers can now optimize for performance and energy efficiency prior to board availability. The reference designs ...

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced that Foveon Inc., a world innovator in the design and development of image sensors and image capture systems, has taped out its newest generation direct image sensor using Synopsys' Galaxy Custom Designer(r) solution. The Foveon X3(r) direct image sensor, used in high end consumer cameras such as Sigma's SD15 ...

Synopsys, Inc.announced a licensing agreement enabling Synopsys to distribute ARM's Fast Models and create models of ARM Cortex Series processors. Designers will be able to accelerate embedded software development for ARM technology-based designs by up to nine months by creating virtual prototypes using ARM models with Synopsys' DesignWare TLM, SystemC TLM Libraries and Virtualizer™ tool set. ARM Fast Models and other ARM transaction-level mode...

Synopsys, Inc. announced it has completed its acquisition of CoWare, Inc., a global supplier of software and services for electronic systems design.

Synopsys has acquired Optical Research Associates (ORA®), a privately held leading provider of optical design software and optical engineering services. The addition of ORA's expertise, technology and products will allow Synopsys to move into the rapidly growing markets associated with displays and solid state lighting using light emitting diodes (LEDs), as well as expand into markets such as semiconductor lithography equipment and cameras. This...