Synplicity's DSP Synthesis Platform Achieves Significant Growth in 2006
January 24 2007 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Synplicity, Inc. (Nasdaq: SYNP), a leading supplier of software for
the design and verification of semiconductors, today announced that
adoption of its ESL platform, Synplify� DSP synthesis solution,
more than doubled (in number of seats sold) during 2006, with
particularly strong adoption in the industrial and
military/aerospace markets. Synplicity attributes this growth to
its unique true DSP synthesis methodology, the continuing
development of the Synplify� DSP synthesis optimization engine and
availability of additional IP to support functions commonly used in
industrial and military/aerospace applications. Also critical to
its success in these markets is Synplicity�s close partnerships
with leading FPGA vendors such as Actel, Altera and Xilinx.
�Synplicity�s unique approach to DSP synthesis is compelling when
you compare its methodology to language-based flows or other tools
that generate RTL,� said Chris Ciufo, group editorial director for
Military Embedded Systems magazine and DSP-FPGA.com. �ESL is
becoming increasingly important in complex system designs. With
Synplicity�s approach to ESL synthesis, the company is making it
much easier for hardware engineers to incorporate DSP algorithms
into their hardware of choice.� The Synplify DSP solution is in use
across multiple market segments including communications,
semiconductor, consumer, and military/aerospace - including the top
three defense contractors worldwide. The Synplify DSP software
addresses the productivity and performance needs of
military/aerospace designers by providing a fully automated
solution that quickly delivers highly optimized RTL. With the
adoption of Synplicity�s true DSP synthesis methodology, defense
manufacturers have experienced improved designer productivity and
achieved higher performing silicon results. �The Synplify DSP
product helped us dramatically in both area and performance,� said
Michael Adamson, principal design engineer, Pentland Systems. �When
we first evaluated it against our previous DSP implementation tool,
we found that the Synplify DSP software saved 25 percent on area.
The performance was even more dramatic, a 75 percent increase. A
big reason for these improvements is that the Synplify DSP software
gives us the opportunity to optimize the RTL at the compile stage
and perform retiming, which is not possible with other products.�
Paul Beard, senior systems engineer at L-3 Communications,
SSG-Tinsley, Inc., also stated, �We found the Synplify DSP tool
very easy to learn and use, and quickly realized how ideal it is
for our purposes. We can design at the straightforward block
diagram level in the Simulink environment, run simulations to
verify that it�s doing what we want, and generate human-readable
code that�s easy to understand and change � even by someone other
than the original author. We found the code generated by the
Synplify DSP software usually works better than hand-written code,
and that if there are any bugs they�re orders of magnitude easier
to find and fix.� Synplicity�s Close Collaboration with FPGA
Vendors Synplicity works closely with its FPGA partners to provide
mutual customers with a well-integrated DSP solution. Actel
provides direct access to the Synplify DSP software within the
Actel Libero� Integrated Design Environment (IDE), based on an OEM
arrangement announced in May 2006 by both companies. Altera
customers can use Altera�s PLDs combined with the Synplify DSP
software to enable mutual customers to achieve optimal results for
their FPGA, or FPGA-based prototyping projects. Xilinx has worked
with Synplicity to develop an integrated and seamless flow whereby
DSP designers can use both the Synplify DSP software and Xilinx
System Generator to create optimized DSP designs. "As the leading
supplier of radiation-tolerant FPGAs, Actel understands the
stringent design, performance and reliability requirements
associated with military and aerospace applications," said Rich
Brossart, vice president, product marketing at Actel. �To increase
performance and usability for these customers, we�ve added the
Synplify DSP AE software to our Libero IDE Platinum toolkit,
offering military and aerospace designers a tremendous value. We
will continue to work closely with Synplicity to increase tool
interoperability and maximize ease of use within the design flow.�
�The Synplify DSP software accelerates the process of implementing
DSP algorithms into our Stratix�III FPGAs,� said Jim Smith,
director of EDA Relations, Altera Corporation. �Synplicity�s true
DSP synthesis methodology fully leverages all the features of
Stratix III FPGAs that will enable our mutual customers to easily
map any IP developed in Synplify DSP software into Stratix III
hardware. In addition to delivering the industry�s lowest power
consumption of any high-density FPGA, we believe the Stratix III
family has the most flexible FPGA architecture for DSPs, and our
joint development efforts with Synplicity will be a significant
factor driving the adoption of our devices.� �We share Synplicity�s
goal of ensuring the process of embedding DSP functionality into
FPGAs is as seamless as possible,� said Tom Feist, embedded and
signal processing solutions marketing director at Xilinx. �With the
Synplify DSP software�s new integration into Xilinx System
Generator for DSP, our mutual DSP customers can take advantage of
the combined tool flow providing users of the Synplify DSP software
access to the Xilinx hardware co-simulation and co-processing
environments, enabling a seamless link to the Xilinx MicroBlaze
embedded processor.� New Wireless IP and Enhancements in the Latest
Version of the Synplify DSP Software The latest release of the
Synplify DSP software, v3.2, adds several IP blocks that are
fundamental to wireless communications algorithms. These include
blocks for building adaptive filtering applications and a Viterbi
decoder for error correction. They are well integrated into the
Simulink/Synplify DSP library giving users the flexibility and
extensibility of features like vector signals and fixed-point
datatype propagation. The new IP blocks make design capture faster
and much more concise for developers working with WiMAX, 802.11,
and other OFDM-based wireless standards. With the Synplify DSP
synthesis engine, designs using these blocks can be optimized for
speed or area for target devices from Actel, Altera and Xilinx,
thus allowing highly portable wireless IP to be developed rapidly
with excellent results. About Synplicity�s True DSP Synthesis
Solution The Synplify DSP software accelerates DSP algorithm
implementation using technology-independent modeling and an
industry leading true 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, 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) and
are used in 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 prototyping
and DSP designers. Synplicity is the number one supplier of FPGA
synthesis solutions and has been rated #1 in customer satisfaction
by FPGA designers since 2004 through the EE Times� Annual FPGA EDA
Branding 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 Synplify DSP software. In some cases, you will be
able to identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as
�may,� �will,� �should,� �expects,� �can,� �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, standards, design flaws,
design difficulties or other problems with the Synplify DSP
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 and Synplify are registered
trademarks of Synplicity Inc. All other names mentioned herein are
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