Synplicity Announces Full Support for Xilinx's Virtex-4 Devices; Continues to Deliver Best-in-Class Synthesis Support for Newest FPGAs
SUNNYVALE, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Sept. 13, 2004—
Synplicity Inc. (Nasdaq:SYNP), a leading supplier of
software for the design and verification of semiconductors, today
announced that the latest version of its Synplify Pro(R) synthesis
software provides full support for Xilinx's Virtex-4 FPGAs.
Synplicity's Synplify Pro synthesis tool provides timing-driven
synthesis for Virtex-4 devices, offering reduced area (cost)
optimization once timing performance goals are met. Several other
enhancements have been added to the latest version of the Synplify Pro
software to improve device performance.
"The new Virtex-4 family of FPGAs is a revolutionary step in
programmable device architecture, technology and system design
capability, and we recognize that optimized design tools must be
available to our customers in order for the unprecedented design
capacity of Virtex-4 to be fully realized," said Steve Lass, director
of software product marketing at Xilinx, Inc. "Because Synplicity is
committed to such advanced levels of innovation in the FPGA industry,
we work closely with Synplicity to provide our mutual customers with
best-in-class synthesis support that is needed to design today's
advanced FPGA devices."
"Because we understand many FPGA designers quickly adopt the
latest FPGA technology, it is important that we provide high-quality
EDA support for these leading-edge devices as soon as they become
available," said Jeff Garrison, director of marketing for FPGA
products at Synplicity. "With this latest version of our Synplify Pro
software, we believe Virtex-4 designers will get the best quality of
results and technical support for FPGA synthesis."
Pricing and Availability
The Synplify(R) 7.7 software is available now. Pricing for the
Synplify software starts at $9,500 (U.S.). For more information visit
Synplicity's Web site at http://www.synplicity.com.
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 280 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 Synplicity's performance in
the FPGA market and the performance, achievements and benefits of the
latest versions of the Synplify Pro software, both individually and
used in conjunction with third-party 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 results to differ materially
from the forward-looking statements, including the performance and
benefits of Synplicity's software relative to relevant industry
methods or standards, design flaws, design difficulties or other
problems with Synplicity's software, and the growth and changing
technical requirements in the FPGA 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 and
Synplify Pro are registered trademarks of Synplicity Inc. BEST is a
trademark of Synplicity Inc. All other brands or products are the
trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
Contact:
Synplicity Inc.
Jeff Garrison, 408-215-6000 (Reader)
jeff@synplicity.com
or
Porter Novelli
Steve Gabriel, 408-369-1500 (PR)
steve.gabriel@porternovelli.com
