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Magma Announces Support for Xilinx High Performance Virtex-5 FPGA Family; Magma's Blast FPGA Provides Optimized Synthesis Support for Industry's First FPGA Devices at 65-nm Node
SANTA CLARA, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—May 15, 2006—
Magma(R) Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq:LAVA), a
provider of semiconductor design software, today announced that Blast
FPGA(TM), Magma's industry-leading synthesis tool for programmable
logic, is continuing its push into the FPGA synthesis market by
providing support for the new 65-nanometer (nm) Virtex(TM)-5 FPGA
family introduced separately today by Xilinx, Inc. Early access
software is available now from Magma and Xilinx with general
availability in June 2006.
FPGA suppliers are always the first IC manufacturers to ramp up
production using leading-edge processes. Making Blast FPGA available
to designers helps improve area and performance of deep sub-micron
designs at 65-nm and below with its proprietary device-modeling-based
optimization capabilities. Blast FPGA delivers highly optimized and
intelligent implementation options enabling designers to realize the
significant performance gains offered by Virtex-5 LX devices without
manual user interventions or multiple design iterations. This approach
not only creates a starting point for placement optimization, but also
accelerates timing closure.
"Our collaboration with Magma benefits our customers by enabling
them to optimize for higher performance and better area utilization
with our leading-edge Virtex-5 LX devices to meet the specific
requirements of their system designs," said Sandeep Vij, Vice
President of Worldwide Marketing at Xilinx. "Magma's Blast FPGA offers
a compelling blend of increased automation and advanced technology.
This combination maximizes productivity and ensures that designers can
quickly, confidently reach design closure, in keeping with the trend
toward adoption of FPGAs at the heart of the system."
"The Virtex-5 family of domain-optimized platforms is yet another
testimony to Xilinx' leadership in providing integrated and high
performance solutions to the programmable community. With its
innovative LUT scheme, feature-rich programmable fabric and
leading-edge process technology, Virtex-5 FPGAs offer unrivaled system
integration platforms for network infrastructure applications," said
Kam Kittrell, general manager of the Design Implementation Business
Unit at Magma. "We are excited to offer optimized support by working
closely with Xilinx during the launch of the first 65-nm FPGA
products."
About Blast FPGA
Blast FPGA interfaces with FPGA implementation tools such as the
Xilinx ISE(TM) design suite and supports vendor-specific design
constraints, netlists and IP or library blocks. By building its unique
work flow on top of the FPGA physical design framework, Blast FPGA
provides a fast, simple and fully automated synthesis solution to meet
aggressive timing goals with minimal effort. High-level
technology-independent optimizations and area minimization allow
customers to reduce area utilization and fit designs into smaller FPGA
devices.
About Magma
Magma's software for integrated circuit (IC) design is recognized
as embodying the best in semiconductor technology. The world's top
chip companies use Magma's EDA software to design and verify complex,
high-performance ICs for communications, computing, consumer
electronics and networking applications, while at the same time
reducing design time and costs. Magma provides software for IC
implementation, analysis, physical verification, characterization and
programmable logic design, and the company's integrated RTL-to-GDSII
design flow offers "The Fastest Path from RTL to Silicon"(TM). Magma
is headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif. with offices around the world.
Magma's stock trades on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol LAVA. Visit
Magma Design Automation on the Web at www.magma-da.com.
Magma is a registered trademark and Blast FPGA and "The Fastest
Path from RTL to Silicon" are trademarks, of Magma Design Automation
Inc. All other product and company names are trademarks or registered
trademarks of their respective companies.
Forward-Looking Statements:
Except for the historical information contained herein, the
matters set forth in this press release, including statements that
Blast FPGA creates a better starting point for placement optimization,
increases automation, improves productivity and accelerates timing
closure, and that it offers a proven, seamless migration path for
customers using Virtex-5 for ASIC prototyping, and, generally about
the performance of Magma software, are forward-looking statements
within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking
statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause
actual results to differ materially including, but not limited to the
companies' determination to continue to cooperate, Magma's ability to
keep pace with rapidly changing technology; and its products'
abilities to produce desired results. Further discussion of these and
other potential risk factors may be found in Magma's public filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (www.sec.gov). Magma
undertakes no additional obligation to update these forward-looking
statements.
Contact:
Magma Design Automation
Monica Marmie, 408-565-7689
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