Toshiba DMS Standardizes On Synplicity's FPGA Synthesis Solutions
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 28, 2002--
Synplicity, Inc. (Nasdaq:SYNP), a leading supplier of software
for the design and verification of semiconductors, today announced
that Toshiba Design & Manufacturing Service Corporation (Toshiba DMS)
has standardized on Synplicity's leading FPGA synthesis tools,
Synplify® and Synplify Pro®, and the industry's only physical
synthesis solution for FPGA designers, the Amplify® Physical
Optimizer(TM). Toshiba DMS, a leading designer and manufacturer of
printed circuit boards and designer of semiconductors for
communications, control, medical and electronic applications, chose
Synplicity's FPGA synthesis solution to help achieve high quality of
results (QoR) in timing-critical FPGA designs. Toshiba DMS will use
Synplicity's solutions to design FPGAs for industrial equipment
including communications equipment, control systems, medical
instruments and electronics equipment.
"Before deciding to standardize on Synplicity's solutions, we
conducted a thorough evaluation of available FPGA synthesis products,"
said Susumu Kouyama, Senior Manager of LSI design group, Toshiba DMS.
"Our evaluation found that Synplicity offers very effective tools for
designers who need to achieve the highest performance possible from
their FPGAs. Using these tools, we achieved very aggressive design
goals and expect we will certainly reduce the cost of our projects and
improve the time to market."
Toshiba Corporation established Toshiba DMS in November 2001 to
reduce printed circuit board design and production costs. Toshiba DMS
combines the manufacturing and design capabilities of the various
Toshiba engineering facilities including the Hino factory, Fuchu
business office, Nasu factory, Yanagimachi business office and Komukai
factory. Toshiba DMS designs and manufacturers printed circuit boards
and designs large scale integration (LSI) semiconductors and FPGAs.
The company is headquartered in Tokyo.
Gary Meyers, vice president of worldwide sales at Synplicity,
said, "Toshiba DMS is a valued customer and we are committed to its
success. We believe our Synplify Pro and Amplify software solutions
will deliver excellent quality of results and enable high-productivity
in Toshiba's design teams. We are very pleased it has chosen to
standardize on our FPGA synthesis and physical synthesis tools and
look forward to a long-term relationship."
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 networking and communications, computer and
peripheral, 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, the
latest year for which information is available, with a 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 September 30, 2002, Synplicity employed 269
people in its 20 facilities worldwide. Synplicity is headquartered in
Sunnyvale, Calif. For more information on Synplicity, visit
http://www.synplicity.com.
Synplicity, Amplify, Synplify and Synplify Pro are registered
trademarks of Synplicity, Inc. Physical Optimizer is a trademark of
Synplicity, Inc. All other brands or products are the trademarks or
registered trademarks of their owners. SYB-186
Contact:
Synplicity
Jeff Garrison, 408/215-6000 (Reader)
jeff@synplicity.com
or
Porter Novelli
Steve Gabriel, 408/369-1500 (PR)
steve.gabriel@porternovelli.com
Source:
Synplicity
