Synplicity Boosts Quality of Results for Xilinx Devices in Latest FPGA Synthesis Software
Enhanced Synplify Software Provides a Dramatic Increase in Timing
Performance and Area Reduction for Xilinx's Spartan-3 and
Virtex-II Pro FPGAs
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 6, 2003--
Synplicity Inc. (Nasdaq: SYNP), a leading supplier of software for
the design and verification of semiconductors, and a member of the
Xilinx AllianceEDA program, today announced it has made several
quality of results (QoR) improvements to its Synplify(R) and Synplify
Pro(R) FPGA synthesis software to provide increased performance and
area reduction for Xilinx devices. With these algorithmic QoR
enhancements, the latest versions of the Synplify software enable
designers to increase the timing performance for their Virtex-II
Pro(TM) devices by an average of nearly 10 percent compared with the
previous version of the Synplify software. Additional enhancements to
the software have been implemented especially for use in conjunction
with Xilinx's recently announced Integrated Software Environment 6.1i
(ISE).
Specific area optimizations made within the Synplify software
target Xilinx's family of cost-efficient Spartan-3(TM) FPGAs. With
these optimizations, designers can obtain significant area reduction
in their devices often enabling them to use a smaller, less costly
device, potentially saving tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars in
device costs.
"We constantly strive to lead the industry in providing the
highest quality of results with our FPGA synthesis solutions while
keeping pace with the demands of today's latest device architectures,"
said Jeff Garrison, director of marketing for FPGA products at
Synplicity. "This latest version of the Synplify software has been
tuned for use with Xilinx's ISE 6.1i software, Virtex-II Pro and
Spartan-3 devices. We believe the Synplify product's unique ability to
optimize for area after timing has been achieved enables our customers
to save on device cost while quickly achieving aggressive timing
requirements."
"Synplicity continues to deliver to our mutual customers FPGA
synthesis products that offer best-in-class quality of results,
runtime and productivity advantages," said Rich Sevcik, senior vice
president of FPGA products at Xilinx Inc. "We believe customers using
this latest version of Synplicity's Synplify software in combination
with our ISE 6.1i software will see a significant improvement in
performance and area utilization for our Virtex-II Pro and Spartan-3
FPGA families."
Pricing and Availability
The Synplify 7.3.3 and Synplify Pro 7.3.3 software are available
now. Pricing for the Synplify software starts at $9,500 (U.S.) and
pricing for Synplify Pro software starts at $20,000 (U.S.).
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, since the year
2000 Dataquest has named Synplicity as the #1 provider of PLD
synthesis tools, announcing a 54 percent market share in 2001, the
last year for which data is available. 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), Structured 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. Synplicity employs
over 260 people in its 20 facilities worldwide. Synplicity is
headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif. For more information on Synplicity,
visit http://www.synplicity.com.
Forward-Looking Statement
This press release contains forward-looking statements including,
but not limited to, statements regarding the performance of
Synplicity's Synplify 7.3.3 and Synplify Pro 7.3.3 software, both
individually and used in conjunction with certain Xilinx devices.
These statements are only predictions and involve known and unknown
risks, uncertainties and other factors that can cause Synplicity's
Synplify 7.3.3 and Synplify Pro 7.3.3 software's actual performance or
achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by
the forward-looking statements. Such performance or achievements could
differ materially due to a number of factors, including the
performance and quality of our software products relative to other
logic synthesis products for FPGAs and the growth and changing
technical requirements in the programmable semiconductor market,
particularly with respect to FPGAs. For additional information and
considerations regarding the risks faced by Synplicity, see its annual
report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002 as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, as well as other periodic
reports on Form 10-Q. Although Synplicity believes that the
expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are
reasonable, Synplicity cannot guarantee the future performance or
achievements of its software. In addition, neither Synplicity nor any
other person assumes responsibility for the accuracy or completeness
of these forward-looking statements. Synplicity disclaims any
obligation to update information contained in any forward-looking
statement.
Synplicity, Synplify and Synplify Pro are registered trademarks of
Synplicity Inc. All other brands or products are the trademarks or
registered trademarks of their respective owners.
CONTACT: Porter Novelli
Steve Gabriel, 408-369-1500 (PR)
steve.gabriel@porternovelli.com
or
Synplicity Inc.
Jeff Garrison, 408-215-6000 (Reader)
jeff@synplicity.com
