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Exemplar Logic's LeonardoSpectrum Synthesis Tool Enhances IP Integration with Altera's Quartus II Development Software
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 14, 2001--
Exemplar Logic, a Mentor Graphics company (Nasdaq:MENT) and Altera
Corporation (Nasdaq:ALTR), today announced that the newest version of
Exemplar's LeonardoSpectrum synthesis tool, LS 2001.1, has been
integrated with Altera's new Quartus(TM) II development software
environment. LS 2001.1 is also integrated with Altera's MegaWizard®
Plug-In manager to support design flows with encrypted intellectual
property (IP) and reduce design time by providing a push-button
methodology for Altera users to easily integrate various IP cores in
their designs.
In addition to supporting the encrypted design flow with the
MegaWizard Plug-In manager, LS 2001.1 also supports the new encrypted
design flow for Altera's Nios(TM) soft core processor, which is part
of Altera's Excalibur(TM) embedded processor solutions for
system-on-a-programmable-chip (SOPC) designs. Along with the expanded
support for ARM(TM) and MIPS(TM) hard cores (see related release), LS
2001.1 is the first PLD synthesis solution for Altera's entire
Excalibur processor family.
``Altera's technology advancements have been key to making PLDs one
of the fastest growing segments of the semiconductor industry,'' said
Alex Gargarita, director of marketing for LeonardoSpectrum at Exemplar
Logic. ``By integrating with Altera's MegaWizard Plug-In manager and
the Excalibur embedded processor solutions to support encrypted IP
design flows, this new version of LeonardoSpectrum provides
programmable logic designers with the tools they need to create SOPC
solutions with high quality of results (QoR).''
``Altera's new Quartus II development software focuses on
delivering high system performance and enabling embedded processor
integration for developing complete SOPC solutions,'' added David
Greenfield, director of tools marketing of Altera Corporation. ``The
seamless integration and high QoR provided by LeonardoSpectrum in the
encrypted IP flow fulfills customer requirements for ease of working
with IP along with rapid SOPC development.''
Pricing and Availability
The LeonardoSpectrum Altera edition synthesis tool will be fully
integrated into Altera's Quartus II development system creating a
complete high-level design environment. The Exemplar Logic tool will
be available in February 2001 with all new subscriptions and will be
sent as an upgrade shipment to all existing customers on active
subscription. At $2,000 for a single-user, PC license, an annual
subscription entitles a customer to receive the latest version of
Altera's Quartus II and MAX+PLUS® II development tools, as well as
all software updates for twelve months. New or existing customers may
obtain a software subscription at the eStore on the Altera web site,
http://www.altera.com or from Altera's worldwide distribution channel.
The LeonardoSpectrum synthesis tool combines push-button
ease-of-use with powerful control and optimization features normally
associated with workstation-based ASIC tools. Exemplar's
LeonardoSpectrum tool provided in the Altera suite is fully compatible
with all of Mentor's full-featured FPGA design tools, providing an
easy upgrade path to FPGA Advantage(TM), the industry's first complete
HDL-based design flow for the PLD market.
About Exemplar Logic, Inc.
Exemplar Logic, Inc. is a Mentor Graphics Company. Exemplar
pioneered applying logic synthesis techniques to the design of FPGAs,
CPLDs and ASICs. It is the world's number one CPLD and FPGA synthesis
tool supplier, as reported by Dataquest. Exemplar's products are sold
and supported worldwide by Exemplar Logic, its OEMs and VARs, Mentor
Graphics and through the FPGA and CPLD component distribution channel.
Exemplar's design environments implement a complete high-level design
solution for FPGA, CPLD and ASIC design, offering synthesis,
simulation and timing analysis for Windows® 95/98, Windows-NT and
UNIX (HP, Sun) platforms in server and non-server environments.
Exemplar Logic is located at 880 Ridder Park Drive, San Jose,
California 95131. For information on Exemplar representatives or
products, please call 408/487-7410, e-mail: sales@exemplar.com, or
visit www.exemplar.com.
About Altera
Altera Corporation, The Programmable Solutions Company®, was
founded in 1983 and is a leading supplier of programmable logic
devices (PLDs). Altera's CMOS-based PLDs are user-programmable
semiconductor chips that enhance flexibility and reduce time-to-market
for companies in the communications, computer peripheral, and
industrial markets. By using high performance devices, software
development tools, and sophisticated intellectual property cores,
system-on-a-programmable-chip (SOPC) solutions can be created with
embedded processors, memory, and other complex logic together on a
single PLD. Altera common stock is traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market
under the symbol ALTR. More information on Altera is available on the
Internet at http://www.altera.com.
All trademarks or registered trademarks mentioned in this release
are the intellectual property of their respective owners.
Contact:
Exemplar Logic
Keri Wilson, 503/685-1359
keri_wilson@exemplar.com
or
Altera Corporation
Ami Dorrell, 408/544-6879
adorrell@altera.com
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