WILSONVILLE, Ore., and SUNNYVALE, Calif., Jan. 7 /PRNewswire/ --
Actel Corporation (Nasdaq: ACTL - news), a supplier of innovative programmable logic
solutions, and Mentor Graphics® Corporation (Nasdaq: MENT - news) announced that
Mentor's LeonardoSpectrum(TM) synthesis tool supports Actel's new
second-generation family of flash-based field-programmable gate arrays
(FPGAs), called ProASIC Plus (see related announcement today, "Actel Breaks
Barrier With World's First Single-Chip, 1-Million Gate Flash FPGA; Announces
New Product Family").
The LeonardoSpectrum product provides ProASIC Plus
device users with a powerful synthesis tool that offers push-button and
incremental methodologies for the development of highly complex communications
and networking applications in the industrial and avionics markets.
LeonardoSpectrum also offers advanced optimization and technology mapping of
hardware description language (HDL) designs to architecture-specific resources
in ProASIC Plus devices as well as TimeCloser(TM) technology for rapid timing
closure.
(Photo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20001019/ACTLLOGO )"We are pleased to extend our partnership with Actel, a company on the
leading-edge of flash-based technology for programmable logic," said
Tom Feist, group director, synthesis marketing at Mentor Graphics.
"Users of
Actel's new ProASIC Plus devices who incorporate LeonardoSpectrum into their
design flow can rapidly develop high-speed communications designs running at
optimal performance levels."
"Mentor Graphics has worked closely with Actel to ensure our new
flash-based ProASIC Plus devices receive the highest level of design synthesis
support," said Bryon Moyer, senior director of tools and technical marketing
at Actel.
"LeonardoSpectrum delivers performance-oriented features for our
new ProASIC Plus device family, enabling designers to quickly and easily
synthesize flash-based FPGAs while achieving high quality of results.
This
type of support is absolutely critical to designers looking to rapidly deploy
communications and networking systems with ProASIC Plus devices."
About ProASIC Plus
The ProASIC Plus family, Actel's second-generation of flash-based FPGAs,
consists of six devices ranging in density from 150,000 to 1-million system
gates.
The combination of a fine-grained, ASIC-like architecture and
non-volatile flash configuration memory makes Actel's ProASIC Plus offering a
strong ASIC alternative.
The devices are live at power up, highly secure and
require no separate configuration memory, all characteristics shared by ASICs.
The ProASIC Plus architecture and design methodology supports popular FPGA and
ASIC tool flows, reducing time to market and permitting designers to migrate
easily between FPGA and ASIC solutions. As a result, Mentor Graphics'
customers can easily convert their ProASIC Plus designs to ASICs leveraging
their existing LeonardoSpectrum design flow.
New features include multiple
phase-locked loops (PLLs), support for up to 198k bits of two-port embedded
SRAM and 712 user-configurable I/Os, and improved in-system programmability.
Pricing and Availability
LeonardoSpectrum with ProASIC Plus support will be available in
January 2002.
The U.S. list price for LeonardoSpectrum Level 2 starts at
$8,950. TimeCloser technology is available in the Level 3 version of the
product with U.S. list price starting at $17,500.
Supported platforms include
Windows® NT, 98 and 2000, Solaris(TM) and HP-UX.
LeonardoSpectrum can also
be found in Mentor Graphics' FPGA Advantage® tool, which provides designers
with a complete FPGA design flow including best-in-class design entry,
simulation and synthesis capabilities.
About Mentor Graphics
Mentor Graphics Corporation is a world leader in electronic hardware and
software design solutions, providing products, consulting services and
award-winning support for the world's most successful electronics and
semiconductor companies. Established in 1981, the company reported revenues
over the last 12 months of more than $600 million and employs approximately
3,000 people worldwide. Corporate headquarters are located at
8005 S.W. Boeckman Road, Wilsonville, Oregon 97070-7777; Silicon Valley
headquarters are located at 1001 Ridder Park Drive, San Jose, California
95131-2314. World Wide Web site:
www.mentor.com.
For information on
Mentor Graphics synthesis products, please call 408-487-7410, or e-mail:
sales@exemplar.com.
About Actel
Actel Corporation is a supplier of innovative programmable logic
solutions, including field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) based on antifuse
and flash technologies, embedded-programmable gate arrays (EPGAs) based on
SRAM technology, high-performance intellectual property (IP) cores, software
development tools and design services.
Founded in 1985 and headquartered in
Sunnyvale, California, Actel employs approximately 500 people worldwide.
The
Company is traded on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol ACTL and is
located at 955 East Arques Avenue, Sunnyvale, California, 94086-4533.
Telephone:
888-99-ACTEL (992-2835).
Internet:
http://www.actel.com .
NOTE:
The Actel name and logo are registered trademarks of Actel
Corporation.
Mentor Graphics, FPGA Advantage are registered trademarks of
Mentor Graphics Corporation.
LeonardoSpectrum and TimeCloser are trademarks
of Mentor Graphics Corp.
All other names mentioned herein are the trademarks
or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
