Synplicity Advances DSP Algorithm Implementation; Enhanced Synplify DSP Software Offers ESL Synthesis Solution with Support for
July 20 2006 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
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.
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