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News Release from: Synplicity | Subject: FPGA logic synthesis and physical synthesis
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 18 September 2003
Users Get Completely Integrated Design
Environment
Synplicity, has announced its FPGA logic synthesis and physical synthesis products now provide full support for the Xilinx Integrated Software Environment 6.1i (ISE).
Synplicity, a leading provider of software for the design and verification of semiconductors, today announced its FPGA logic synthesis and physical synthesis products now provide full support for the recently announced Xilinx Integrated Software Environment 6.1i (ISE) With this support, Synplicity's Synplify and Synplify Pro FPGA synthesis software can work directly with Xilinx's ISE 6.1i software, providing designers with a completely integrated "plug-and-play" environment for achieving maximum design performance and efficient area utilization
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 18 Apr 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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Customers using Synplicity's Synplify logic synthesis and Amplify FPGA physical synthesis products together with ISE 6.1i will have access to a complete FPGA design solution for their high-speed designs.
The advanced optimization technology of the Amplify FPGA, Synplify and Synplify Pro products, coupled with the virtual speed grade reduction in ISE 6.1i, provides the ultimate solution for meeting aggressive timing goals using the most cost-effective FPGA devices.
Designers using this solution are afforded substantial area savings while still meeting specified performance requirements.
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Synplicity's FPGA synthesis and physical synthesis software focus on the true critical paths in designs, optimizing them for speed, while non-critical paths are simultaneously optimized for area.
This combination of area and performance optimizations provides Xilinx designers with best-in-class results for today's complex programmable logic design.
"Synplicity and Xilinx understand the challenges associated with complex design and are working together to deliver highly optimized solutions for our mutual customers," said Jeff Garrison, director of FPGA products at Synplicity.
"Leading edge devices like Spartan-3 and Virtex-II Pro from Xilinx have opened up significant new opportunities in electronic applications for programmable logic.
These applications require advanced design software like Synplify Pro, Amplify and ISE 6.1i to get the most out of the silicon.
We believe our customers will experience a substantial increase in performance and logic utilization when using this combined software solution." "Partnering with technology leaders like Synplicity enables us to deliver highly integrated design solutions that address today's design bottlenecks," said Steve Lass, director of software product marketing at Xilinx.
"Through our continued partnership, we are providing designers with comprehensive design flows from synthesis to place and route.
These design solutions, coupled with Xilinx's flagship Virtex-II Pro Platform and 90nm/300 mm Spartan-3 low-cost FPGAs, create the highest performance, most cost-effective hardware/software solution available in logic design today." About Synplicity's FPGA Synthesis and FPGA Physical Synthesis Software Synplicity's Synplify software helps programmable logic designers rapidly achieve aggressive performance objectives.
The Synplify software takes designs written in VHDL or Verilog as input, and compiles, optimizes and maps them into efficient, high-performance netlists for all leading CPLD and FPGA devices.
The Synplify Pro software offers high quality of results and fast runtimes along with an expanded feature set optimized to increase performance and productivity for today's complex programmable devices.
The Amplify Physical Optimizer software is the first physical synthesis tool for FPGAs.
The Amplify software improves circuit performance and timing closure and accelerates productivity by performing simultaneous placement and logic optimization during the synthesis process.
The Amplify Physical Optimizer product has been used in hundreds of programmable logic designs around the world.
Availability The Amplify 3.2, Synplify 7.3 and Synplify Pro 7.3 software are available now.
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