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Synplicity Advances DSP Algorithm Implementation; Enhanced Synplify DSP Software Offers ESL Synthesis Solution with Support for Communications and Multimedia Algorithm Design
SUNNYVALE, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—July 20, 2006—
Synplicity, Inc. (Nasdaq:SYNP), a leading supplier of
software for the design and verification of semiconductors, today
announced the company has enhanced its Synplify(R) DSP solution to
further accelerate the implementation of DSP algorithms into silicon.
The Synplify DSP software is Synplicity's ESL synthesis platform that
offers industry-leading benefits of high-level modeling and hardware
abstraction, constraint-driven algorithm synthesis into RTL, and
powerful system-wide optimizations for performance, area, and
multi-channelization tradeoff exploration. Enhancements to the
Synplify DSP software include M-Control support, vector library
support and additional communications blocks that facilitate the
design of advanced applications in wireless communications, radar, and
digital multimedia processing. In addition to these unique features
that speed algorithm design, the Synplify DSP tool's unique DSP
synthesis methodology enables design portability across various device
technologies while achieving optimal performance, enabling users to
easily map DSP algorithms into their hardware platform of choice.
"The Synplify DSP software has gained a significant amount of
traction within the DSP design community, which we attribute to the
tool's vast improvement in implementing complex DSP algorithms into
hardware," said John Gallagher, director outbound marketing at
Synplicity. "Through significant additions made to the latest version,
designers can rapidly create vector-based, technology-independent DSP
models, and then quickly create optimized implementations with our DSP
synthesis engine. With the Synplify DSP software, system designers
will be able to concentrate their efforts on algorithm behavior and
verification, and be assured the implementation in RTL is accurate and
optimal for any target technology."
The latest version of the Synplify DSP software features M-Control
support, offering a concise description of control and state machine
functions using M language. Using M language to describe complex
branching and case statement functionality, design engineers can now
choose the most concise form of expressing their algorithms. M-Control
has been fully integrated into the Synplify DSP Simulink(R)
environment by supporting data type inheritance and propagation, as
well as sample rate inheritance and propagation. M-Control also
features inline debugging for supporting breakpoints and stepping into
the M code. These features greatly simplify the specification and
verification of control functionality that is often integrated into
DSP algorithms.
Improved Library Support for Vector Arithmetic
Included in the Synplify DSP software are updates to its
communications library, consisting of a high-level DSP synthesis
library, a comprehensive filtering, math and communications library,
and vector library support. Through these updates, users can rapidly
describe, verify and implement complex wireless algorithms (such as
WiMAX, 802.11 a/b/g/n and DVB standards) into hardware devices. Vector
support results in math and communications algorithms that are much
easier to describe and simulate. In addition, vector support
dramatically reduces the effort needed to create multi-channel
wireless algorithms and multi-antenna algorithms such as MIMO, video,
radar and security applications.
Additional Technology Support
The Synplify DSP software offers expanded device support for a
variety of FPGA technologies from Actel, Altera and Xilinx, including
Xilinx's recently announced Virtex-5 FPGAs. Using Synplicity's DSP
software, users can create portable and extensible IP that can be
easily implemented into the FPGA architecture of choice. The software
also now includes Linux as one of the supported workstation platforms.
Pricing and Availability
An add-on to the Synplify Pro(R) software, the full-featured
Synplify DSP 3.1 solution is available from worldwide Synplicity
representatives. Pricing for the Synplify DSP tool starts at $9,950
(USD). To find the Synplicity office nearest you, visit
http://www.synplicity.com/corporate/globallocations/index.html.
About Synplify DSP
The Synplify DSP software accelerates DSP algorithm implementation
using technology-independent modeling and an industry-leading DSP
synthesis engine that creates optimal implementations from a single
model. DSP hardware engineers can quickly capture and verify complex
DSP algorithms, target various FPGA device technologies, and then
rapidly explore performance, area, and multi-channelized optimizations
based on user-specified constraints. This methodology achieves up to
10X productivity over traditional design flows, and also enables full
design portability and faster, more comprehensive design-space
exploration.
About Synplicity
Synplicity(R) Inc. (Nasdaq:SYNP) is a leading supplier of
innovative software solutions that enable the rapid and effective
design of Programmable Logic Devices (FPGAs, PLDs and CPLDs) that
serve a wide range of communications, military/aerospace, consumer,
semiconductor, computer, and other electronic systems markets.
Synplicity's tools provide outstanding performance, cost and
time-to-market benefits by simplifying, improving and automating key
design planning, logic synthesis, physical synthesis and verification
functions for FPGA, FPGA-based ASIC verification, and DSP designers.
Synplicity is the number one supplier of FPGA synthesis solutions and
has been rated #1 in customer satisfaction in 2004 and 2005 in EE
Times' Annual FPGA Customer Survey. Synplicity products support
industry-standard design languages (VHDL and Verilog) and run on
popular platforms. The company operates in over 20 facilities
worldwide and 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, achievements
and benefits of the latest version of the Synplify DSP software. 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, 2005 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, 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:
Synplicity Inc.
John Gallagher, 408-215-6000 (Reader)
Email Contact
or
Porter Novelli
Steve Gabriel, 408-369-1500 (Press)
Email Contact
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