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Synplicity Offers Full Support for Newest Xilinx ISE Software
SUNNYVALE, Calif. & SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 27,
2001--Synplicity, Inc. (Nasdaq:SYNP), a leading supplier of software
for the design and verification of semiconductors, and Xilinx Inc.,
(Nasdaq:XLNX) today announced that Synplicity's FPGA logic synthesis
and physical synthesis products can provide full support for the new
Xilinx® Integrated Software Environment (ISE) 4.1i. Synplicity's
Synplify® and Synplify Pro(TM) products offer integration to the ISE
4.1i design environment and can be accessed directly from the ISE
software, providing customers with a highly optimized solution for
achieving design goals. Additionally, Synplicity's Amplify(TM)
Physical Optimizer(TM) software offers support for designs developed
using the ISE software environment. Xilinx announced the Amplify
Physical Optimizer software as one of the premier tools for its
customers who need to achieve the highest performance from their
FPGAs.
When used for designs developed within the Xilinx ISE environment,
Synplicity's Amplify Physical Optimizer software enables an
interactive physical synthesis design flow and performs simultaneous
placement and optimization to ensure that optimization during
synthesis is focused on the true critical paths. Once integrated into
the Amplify software, Synplicity's new second-generation physical
synthesis technology, termed Total Optimization Physical
Synthesis(TM), provide a fully automated physical synthesis flow and
perform precise physical placement of logic.
``We are thrilled to work closely with Xilinx to support the ISE
design environment with all of our FPGA synthesis products, providing
our mutual customers with a complete design flow from synthesis to
place and route,'' said Bob Erickson, vice president of engineering at
Synplicity. ``Our customers have achieved up to 40 percent performance
improvements using the Amplify software over logic synthesis alone. As
we integrate the Total Optimization Physical Synthesis, or TOPS(TM),
technology we expect designers to be able to achieve an additional 10
to 15 percent performance improvement.''
Rich Sevcik, senior vice president and general manager, Xilinx
Inc., added, ``Synplicity continues to deliver new technology
innovations to improve design performance and productivity. We
recommend Synplicity's Amplify physical synthesis software because of
the proven performance gains that it provides particularly as
next-generation FPGA designs continue to escalate in complexity and
size.''
The Xilinx ISE 4.1i includes design management, synthesis,
floorplanning and place and route software developed to provide the
best results for designers using Xilinx FPGAs. Synplicity' s Synplify
and Synplify Pro products are integrated with ISE 4.1i and perform
technology mapping of HDL-based designs directly into Xilinx FPGA
architectures including Virtex®- II and Spartan®- II.
About Synplicity's Physical Synthesis
Synplicity introduced the industry's first physical synthesis tool
for programmable logic devices (PLDs), the Amplify Physical Optimizer,
in March 2000 and currently has more than 100 users worldwide. Using
the Amplify Physical Optimizer software, designers specify
region-based physical constraints after HDL source code compilation,
but before mapping, where maximum hardware performance may be
achieved. Synplicity's second-generation physical synthesis TOPS
technology, announced in June of this year, builds upon the existing
simultaneous placement and optimization methodology to reach a new
level in physical synthesis design. By operating with exact placement
information while optimizing and incrementally placing the design and
fully automating the physical synthesis process, designers can achieve
higher device performance with the push of a button.
Pricing and Availability
The Amplify Physical Optimizer, Synplify and Synplify Pro software
with support for Xilinx's ISE 4.1i design environment is currently
available from Synplicity. Current customers on maintenance will be
upgraded at no additional cost. Amplify Physical Optimizer pricing
begins at $25,000 (U.S.), and Synplify Pro software pricing begins at
$19,000 (U.S.). The Xilinx® Integrated Software Environment (ISE)
4.1i is available from Xilinx.
About Xilinx
Xilinx is the leading innovator of complete programmable logic
solutions, including advanced integrated circuits, software design
tools, predefined system functions delivered as cores, and
unparalleled field engineering support. Founded in 1984 and
headquartered in San Jose, California, Xilinx invented the field
programmable gate array (FPGA) and fulfills more than half of the
world demand for these devices today. Xilinx solutions enable
customers to reduce significantly the time required to develop
products for the computer, peripheral, telecommunications, networking,
industrial control, instrumentation, high-reliability/military, and
consumer markets. For more information, visit the Xilinx web site at
www.xilinx.com/ise.
About Synplicity
Synplicity, Inc. (Nasdaq: SYNP) is a leading provider of software
products that enable the rapid and effective design and verification
of semiconductors used in next-generation networking and
communications hardware and other electronic devices. The company
leverages its innovative logic synthesis, physical synthesis and
verification software solutions to improve performance and shorten
development time for complex programmable logic devices, application
specific integrated circuits (ASICs) and system-on-chip (SoC)
integrated circuits. Synplicity's fast, easy-to-use products offer
high quality of results, support industry-standard design languages
(VHDL and Verilog) and run on popular platforms. As of June 30, 2001,
Synplicity employed over 250 people in its 16 facilities worldwide.
Synplicity is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif.
The specific features, functionality and release timing of any new
products or new versions of current products remains at the sole
discretion of Synplicity, Inc., and no warranty is made as to when or
if specific features, functionality or releases may occur.
Note to editors: Synplicity and Synplify are registered trademarks
of Synplicity, Inc. Amplify, Physical Optimizer, Synplify Pro, Total
Optimization Physical Synthesis and TOPS are trademarks of Synplicity,
Inc. All other brands or products are the trademarks or registered
trademarks of their owners.
Contact:
Synplicity, Inc.
Jeff Garrison, 408/215-6000 (Reader)
jeff@synplicity.com
or
Tsantes/Porter Novelli
Steve Gabriel, 408/369-1500 (Press)
steve@tsantes.com
or
Xilinx, Inc.
Ann Duft, 408/879-4726
ann.duft@xlinx.com
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