Synplicity's Market-Leading Programmable Logic Synthesis Solutions Support Altera's New Stratix Device Family
The Synplify Software Offers Architecture Specific Inferencing for the DSP Blocks and TriMatrix(TM) Memory Structures in Altera's New Stratix(TM) Device Family
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 13, 2002--
Continuing its commitment to provide timely support for new
programmable logic devices (PLDs), Synplicity, Inc. (Nasdaq: SYNP - news), a
leading supplier of software for the design and verification of
semiconductors, today announced its market-leading programmable logic
synthesis products are now optimized to support Altera Corporation's
(Nasdaq: ALTR - news) Stratix(TM) device family. Through integration with
Altera's Quartus(TM) II version 2.0 design software, the Synplify®
and Synplify Pro® software enables the rapid design and development
of the high-performance Stratix devices, which include dedicated DSP
Blocks and TriMatrix(TM) Memory.
"Altera worked closely with Synplicity to develop an optimized
flow to support our new Stratix device family," said Tim Southgate,
vice president of software and tools marketing at Altera. "Our Stratix
devices enable designers to reach the previously unobtainable
performance and capacity goals they require to develop new types of
applications for programmable logic. Together with Synplicity, we make
it easier for designers to quickly reach aggressive performance and
logic utilization goals, enabling them to bring leading-edge
electronic products to market on time."
Synplicity leveraged its extensive expertise in mapping to DSP and
memory structures in order to support the Stratix architecture.
Synplicity's synthesis solutions infer Stratix TriMatrix memory and
DSP blocks from the RTL code, and then perform direct mapping to the
hardware, allowing designers to obtain better performance and area
utilization for Stratix devices.
"Altera's Stratix devices provide a huge leap in innovation for
PLD designers," said Andy Haines, vice president of marketing at
Synplicity. "Our Synplify software's ability to extract and perform
true timing-driven synthesis on multiplier/adder combinations makes it
ideal for many applications including DSP. Using the Synplify
software, our mutual customers are able to significantly benefit in
the use of these high-performance devices while reducing debug time."
With today's announcement, Synplicity continues to provide support
for Altera's programmable logic families. In addition to the new
Stratix devices, other device families supported by the Synplify
software include: APEX(TM) 20KE, APEX 20KC, APEX II, ARM®- based
Excalibur(TM) embedded processor solutions, Mercury(TM), FLEX (R)
10KE, ACEX(TM) 1K, MAX® 3000A, MAX 7000A, and MAX 7000B families.
Pricing and Availability
Synplify and Synplify Pro software support for Altera's Stratix
devices is available now. Pricing for the Synplify software starts at
$9,000 (U.S.) and pricing for Synplify Pro software starts at $19,000
(U.S.). Current customers on maintenance will be upgraded at no
additional cost.
About Stratix Devices
Stratix devices are based on a 1.5-V, 0.13 micron, all-layer
copper SRAM process, with densities ranging from 10,570 to 114,140
logic elements (LEs) and up to 10 Mbits of RAM. Stratix devices offer
up to 28 DSP blocks with up to 224 embedded multipliers, optimized for
DSP applications that require high data processing. Stratix devices
support various differential I/O electrical standards such as LVDS,
LVPECL, PCML, and HyperTransport(TM), as well as high-speed
interfaces, including UTOPIA IV, SPI-4 Phase 2, SFI-4, 10G Ethernet
XSBI, RapidIO(TM), HyperTransport, and others. Stratix devices also
offer a complete clock management solution with its hierarchical clock
structure and up to 12 phase-locked loops (PLLs). More technical
information about the Stratix device family is available at
www.altera.com/stratix.
About Altera
Altera Corporation (Nasdaq: ALTR - news) is the world's pioneer in
system-on-a-programmable-chip (SOPC) solutions. Combining programmable
logic technology with software tools, intellectual property, and
technical services, Altera provides high-value programmable solutions
to approximately 14,000 customers worldwide. More information is
available at www.altera.com.
About Synplicity
Synplicity, Inc. (Nasdaq: SYNP - news) is a leading provider of software
products that enable the rapid and effective design and verification
of semiconductors used in next-generation communications, computer,
consumer and military/aerospace electronics systems. Recognizing the
company's industry-leading position, Dataquest named Synplicity as the
#1 provider of PLD synthesis tools in 2000 with 45 percent market
share. Synplicity 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. The company'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
December 31, 2001, Synplicity employed 266 people in its 20 facilities
worldwide. Synplicity is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif. For more
information on Synplicity, visit http://www.synplicity.com.
Synplicity, Synplify and Synplify Pro are registered trademarks of
Synplicity, Inc. All other brands or products are the trademarks or
registered trademarks of their owners.
Contact:
Steve Gabriel
Porter Novelli, 408/369-1500 x27 (Press Contact)
steve.gabriel@porternovelli.com
or
Altera Corporation
Ami Dorrell, 408/544-6397 (Press Contact)
adorrell@altera.com
or
Synplicity Inc.
Jeff Garrison, 408/215-6000 (Reader Contact)
jeff@synplicity.com
