Synplicity Unveils Confirma Platform for At-Speed ASIC/ASSP Verification
June 05 2007 - 10:00AM
Business Wire
Synplicity Inc. (Nasdaq:SYNP), a leading supplier of software for
the design and verification of semiconductors, today unveiled the
Confirma� platform, a next generation, high-performance
verification solution that dramatically improves the traditional
ASIC and ASSP verification process. The Confirma platform brings
together best-in-class hardware and software tools, creating a
tightly integrated, hardware-assisted verification solution that
helps customers address today and tomorrow�s ASIC and ASSP
verification challenges. The Confirma platform includes
Synplicity�s Certify� tool, the industry standard for multi-FPGA
partitioning and implementation; as well as the company�s recently
introduced Identify� Pro software with TotalRecall� technology
providing full visibility into the design under test; and, the HAPS
(HARDI ASIC Prototyping System) FPGA-based prototyping hardware,
the most flexible prototyping boards on the market today. Demand
from ASIC and ASSP designers for considerably more verification
horsepower and the availability of a new generation of high-density
devices, make FPGA-based prototyping one of the fastest growing
verification methodologies today. To date, however, designers are
still challenged with piecing together their own solutions. The
current choice involves selecting different hardware and software
tools from various vendors, ensuring these tools are adequate to
address a designer�s particular verification needs, and finally,
creating an ad-hoc flow for tool interoperability. Synplicity�s
solution takes FPGA-based prototyping to the next usability and
productivity level by transforming it into a tightly integrated,
comprehensive at-speed verification solution � the Confirma
platform. �The Confirma platform allows designers to approach
verification differently,� said Juergen Jaeger, senior director of
ASIC verification marketing at Synplicity. �Instead of thinking
�how can I reduce verification and cut corners to meet the product
schedule�, users can now start thinking �what additional
verification can I run to improve design and product quality�.
Synplicity is uniquely positioned to address, for the first time,
all the major steps needed to successfully leverage the performance
of FPGA-based prototypes as a viable and productive ASIC and ASSP
verification solution � from implementation to at-speed execution
and debug of the design under test. The Confirma platform makes
prototyping easy to use and highly productive.� The three major
components of the Confirma platform, as stand-alone tools, are
already considered best-in-class: the Certify software takes an
existing ASIC design and partitions it into multiple FPGAs; the
HAPS prototyping boards are the hardware execution engine; and
Identify Pro software, with its revolutionary TotalRecall
technology, provides full visibility and a seamless interface into
industry-standard software simulators for easy debugging. When used
together, the tools provide the highest-performance ASIC and ASSP
verification platform available today. In addition, the Confirma
platform�s modular and scalable architecture deploys prototypes as
replicates, thus significantly reducing overall system verification
time for software developers and systems integrators by enabling
them to run actual software applications. About Certify The Certify
software is the leading product for ASIC/ASSP prototyping using
multiple FPGAs. The Certify tool combines RTL multi-chip
partitioning with best-in-class FPGA synthesis. Using the Certify
tool makes FPGA-based prototyping significantly easier, shortens
prototype development time, improves prototype performance, and
enables faster time-to-market. About Identify Pro The Identify Pro
tool is a revolutionary new ASIC and ASSP verification solution.
The Identify Pro software, featuring Synplicity�s TotalRecall
technology, provides designers with full visibility into FPGA-based
ASIC and ASSP prototypes, thus enabling users to find, fix and
verify functional errors at speeds approaching that of the real
chip. The Identify Pro software improves the productivity of
existing verification methodologies, such as assertion-based
verification, simulation and emulation, resulting in a
significantly reduced overall verification time while at the same
time improving verification coverage and quality. About HARDI
Electronics On June 1, 2007 Synplicity announced the acquisition of
HARDI Electronics AB (see release, Synplicity Announces Agreement
to Acquire HARDI Electronics AB). Founded in 1987, HARDI
Electronics AB is a pioneer in the field of advanced electronic
design. The company's knowledge and experience ranges from SoC
design using full custom ASICs to a wide variety of designs with
programmable logic. HARDI introduced its first ASIC prototyping
product in 2000 and today has many successful installations
worldwide. The company is headquartered in Sweden and was
incorporated in the USA in 2005. The majority of the company is
owned by the founders and a minority is owned by the Swedish
investor Malm�hus Invest AB. About HAPS HAPS (HARDI ASIC
Prototyping System) is the first modular FPGA board system
providing high speed, high capacity, real-time debugging and full
ASIC functionality for ASIC prototyping designers. The system is
composed of multi-FPGA motherboards and standard or user developed
daughter boards. To accommodate very large designs, users can
connect several motherboards in many different ways. HAPS boards
give designers virtually the same functionality as the ASIC, at
speeds approaching that of the ASIC. About Synplicity Synplicity�,
Inc. (Nasdaq:SYNP) is a leading supplier of innovative software and
hardware solutions for the design and verification of
semiconductors 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 design planning, logic synthesis and
physical synthesis for FPGA and DSP designs, as well as at-speed
verification and prototyping for ASIC & ASSP designs.
Synplicity is the number one supplier of FPGA synthesis solutions
and has been rated #1 in customer satisfaction since 2004 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, benefits and market position of the
Identify Pro 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 and HARDI�s
hardware relative to relevant industry methods, standards, design
flaws, design difficulties or other problems with the Confirma
platform, Certify and Identify Pro software or HAPS boards, and the
growth and changing technical requirements in the FPGA and ASIC
markets. 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, 2006 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 products. 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, Certify, Identify are registered trademarks
of Synplicity, Inc., TotalRecall and Confirma, are trademarks of
Synplicity Inc. All other names mentioned herein are the trademarks
or registered trademarks of their owners. SYB-006
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