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Synplicity Delivers Synthesis Tool for NEC Electronics' Gate Array Products
Synplicity's Synthesis Technology Enables Lower Design Costs and
Faster Time to Market for NEC Electronics' Gate Arrays
SUNNYVALE, Calif. & TOKYO—(BUSINESS WIRE)—June 14, 2004—
Synplicity Inc. (Nasdaq:SYNP), a leading supplier of software for
the design and verification of semiconductors, today announced the
availability of a version of its Synplify ASIC(R) software
specifically targeting NEC Electronics' Gate Array products. The
Synplify ASIC for NEC Electronics Gate Array software is a
single-vendor version of the Synplify ASIC software that enables
customers to achieve optimal results for their NEC Electronics Gate
Array design, while taking advantage of low design tool costs,
best-in-class runtime and performance, and design migration benefits.
NEC Electronics' Gate Array customers have production support in both
the standard, all-vendor version of the Synplify ASIC product, as well
as in the single-vendor Synplify ASIC for NEC Electronics Gate Array
product. NEC Electronics has performed full qualification testing for
the Synplify ASIC products and has design support available
immediately through its OpenCAD design environment.
"The low NRE costs of a gate array previously were encumbered with
the high tool costs of traditional cell-based design tools. The
availability of a dedicated product for gate array synthesis solves a
real customer dilemma. By working with Synplicity, we have removed
this barrier for both new and existing gate array customers," said
Yutaka Hayashi, general manager, Platform LSI Division, NEC
Electronics Corporation. "We have found Synplicity to be a good
development partner who shares our vision of making the ASIC design
process faster, more automated and less expensive for our customers."
"NEC Electronics has been the worldwide leader in gate array sales
since 1993," said John Gallagher, director of ASIC product marketing
at Synplicity. "With this single-vendor version of the Synplify ASIC
software, we believe we are able to significantly reduce design costs,
human resources and cycle times for NEC Electronics' Gate Array
customers who use Synplicity's technology. In addition to the Synplify
ASIC software's overall performance advantages, we expect this
single-vendor version to reduce design tool costs and provide more
flexibility in licensing terms for gate array designs. Working in
concert with NEC Electronics over the past two years, we have
delivered significant improvements to the ASIC design flow, including
the Amplify(R) ISSP software for structured ASIC physical synthesis.
With this latest offering, we continue to demonstrate our commitment
to NEC Electronics' customers."
Complete Gate Array Synthesis Solution
The Synplify ASIC for NEC Electronics Gate Array software contains
the complete feature set of the standard version of the Synplify ASIC
software, including production-proven capabilities such as power
optimization (automatic clock gating), advanced module generators,
graphical debug (HDL Analyst(TM)) and one-pass test insertion. With
Synplicity's ASIC synthesis products, all features are bundled into a
single license and are supported on all major platforms.
Availability
Special introductory pricing and licensing terms for the Synplify
ASIC for NEC Electronics Gate Array software are available now through
Synplicity, which includes a special six-month license. Contact your
local NEC Electronics or Synplicity sales office for more information
on this promotion or to obtain evaluation versions of the software.
About Synplicity
Synplicity(R) Inc. (Nasdaq:SYNP) is a leading supplier of
innovative synthesis, verification and physical implementation
software solutions that enable the rapid and effective design and
verification of semiconductors. Synplicity's high-quality,
high-performance tools significantly reduce costs and time-to-market
for FPGA, Structured/Platform ASIC and cell-based/COT ASIC designers.
The company's underlying Behavior Extracting Synthesis Technology(R)
(BEST(TM)), which is embedded in its logical, physical and
verification tools, and has led to Synplicity's top position in FPGA
synthesis, now provides the same fast runtimes and quality of results
to ASIC and COT customers. The company's fast, easy-to-use products
support industry standard design languages (VHDL and Verilog) and run
on popular platforms. Synplicity employs over 270 people in its 20
facilities worldwide. Synplicity is headquartered in Sunnyvale,
California. For more information visit http://www.synplicity.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements including,
but not limited to, statements regarding the performance and
achievements of Synplicity's Synplify ASIC software designed for NEC
Electronics' Gate Array products. In some cases, you will be able to
identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as "may,"
"will," "should," "expects," "believes" or the negative of these terms
or other comparable terminology. These statements are only predictions
and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors
that may cause the actual achievements or performance of the Synplify
ASIC software for NEC Electronics' Gate Array products to differ
materially from the forward-looking statements, including the
performance and quality of Synplicity's software products relative to
other comparable software (both individually and used in conjunction
with third-party products), latent defects, design flaws or other
problems with the Synplify ASIC software and the growth and changing
technical requirements in the programmable semiconductor market. 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, 2003 as filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, as well as other periodic reports filed with the SEC from
time to time, including its quarterly 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, Behavior Extracting Synthesis Technology, Synplify
ASIC and Amplify are registered trademarks of Synplicity Inc. BEST and
HDL Analyst are trademarks of Synplicity Inc. All other names
mentioned herein are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their
owners.
Contact:
Synplicity Inc.
John Gallagher, 408-215-6000 (Reader Contact)
johng@synplicity.com
or
Porter Novelli
Steve Gabriel, 408-369-1500 (Press Contact)
steve.gabriel@porternovelli.com
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