Synopsys Announces Availability of Galaxy Design and Discovery Verification Platform Tools for Intel Itanium 2-Based Systems
Synopsys' Galaxy Design and Discovery Verification
Platforms Bring High-Performance; Semiconductor Design Capabilities
to the Intel Itanium 2-based systems with Linux
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 6, 2003--
Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq:SNPS) today announced the availability of
key components of Synopsys' Galaxy(TM) Design and Discovery(TM)
Verification Platforms on Intel(R) Itanium(R) 2-based systems running
the 64-bit Linux operating system. Galaxy Design and Discovery
Verification Platforms products running on Intel Itanium 2-based
systems with Linux will help deliver the high performance and
increased capacity engineers need to design and verify large, complex
chip designs. Key products from Synopsys' Galaxy Design and Discovery
Verification Platforms ported to Intel Itanium 2-based platforms
include Design Compiler(R), Astro(TM), Physical Compiler(R),
PrimeTime(R), the Milkyway(TM) design database, Star-RCXT(TM),
VCS(TM), Vera(R), and NanoSim(TM).
"We are pleased to see Synopsys' synthesis, place and route,
timing analysis, extraction, test and verification solutions on Intel
Itanium(R) 2-based systems offering world-class 64-bit computing
performance," said Guru Bhatia, director of IT Engineering Computing,
Intel Corporation. "Itanium(R) 2-based systems post the performance
necessary to enable EDA customers to get their designs to market more
quickly and efficiently. That performance, coupled with Synopsys'
suite of semiconductor design and verification tools, gives a
technical advantage to the EDA engineering community to design complex
silicon products."
"In order to achieve the capacity we require to verify our latest
programmable logic devices, we are running VCS 7.1 on 64-bit Linux
systems based on the Itanium 2 processor," said Rich Burnley, director
of CAD at Xilinx. "We adopted VCS because of Synopsys' commitment to
leading performance and capacity, which enables us to design and
deliver state-of-the-art programmable logic products to customers
faster."
"NVIDIA designs extremely large chips with 40-80 million
transistors of synthesized logic and greater than 100 million
transistors in memory," said Dan Smith, director of engineering at
NVIDIA. "We demand 64-bit platforms for sophisticated design tools
such as Physical Compiler, PrimeTime and TetraMAX(R) in Synopsys'
Galaxy Design Platform. We have seen significant runtime improvements
with Itanium 2-based systems that will help advance our complex
graphics designs into the next generation."
Synopsys was the first major electronic design automation (EDA)
software company to make its tools available on the Linux open source
operating system and is committed to meeting its customers' needs for
Linux and Intel Itanium 2-based solutions.
"Today's highly complex, leading-edge designs demand integrated,
best-in-class EDA solutions running on advanced hardware," said Rich
Goldman, vice president of Strategic Market Development at Synopsys,
Inc. "The powerful combination of tools from Synopsys' Galaxy Design
and Discovery Verification Platforms and Intel Itanium 2-based systems
with 64-bit addressing capabilities will help provide the speed and
capacity our mutual customers require to deliver the next-generation
of system-on-chip designs."
Availability
Design Compiler, Physical Compiler, PrimeTime, PathMill(R), DFT
Compiler(TM), Power Compiler(TM), TetraMAX, Milkyway, Astro,
Star-RCXT, JupiterXT(TM), Hercules(TM), Formality(R) and NanoSim(TM)
are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux v2.1 running on the
Itanium 2 -based systems. VCS and Vera support for Red Hat Enterprise
Linux v. 2.1 running on the Itanium 2 -based systems is scheduled for
limited customer availability in the first quarter of calendar 2004.
About Synopsys
Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq:SNPS) delivers technology-leading
semiconductor design and verification platforms to the global
electronics market, enabling the development of complex
systems-on-chips (SoCs). Synopsys also provides intellectual property
and design services to simplify the design process and accelerate
time-to-market for its customers. Synopsys is headquartered in
Mountain View, California and is located in more than 60 offices
throughout North America, Europe, Japan and Asia. Visit Synopsys
online at http://www.synopsys.com/.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the
meaning of the safe harbor provisions of Section 21E of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, including statements regarding the expected
benefits and dates of availability of certain Synopsys software tools
running on Itanium 2-based systems with 64-bit Linux. These statements
are based on Synopsys' current expectations and beliefs. Actual
results could differ materially from the results implied by these
statements as a result of unforeseen difficulties in porting such
Synopsys software tools to the 64-bit Itanium 2-based system,
uncertainties attendant to any new product offering and the other
factors contained in Synopsys' Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
fiscal quarter ended July 31, 2003.
Design Compiler, Formality, PathMill, Physical Compiler,
PrimeTime, TetraMAX and Vera are registered trademarks of Synopsys,
Inc. Astro, Discovery, DFT Compiler, Galaxy, Hercules, JupiterXT,
Milkyway, NanoSim, Power Compiler, Star-RCXT and VCS are trademarks of
Synopsys, Inc. Intel, Itanium, and Itanium 2 are registered trademarks
of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and
other countries. All other trademarks or registered trademarks
mentioned in this release are the intellectual property of their
respective owners.
CONTACT: Synopsys, Inc.
Isela Gamboa, 650-584-1644
igamboa@synopsys.com
OR
Edelman Public Relations
Pushpita Prasad, 650-429-2723
pushpita.prasad@edelman.com
