Synplicity Announces Immediate Support for Xilinx Virtex-5 FXT FPGAs
April 01 2008 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
Synplicity, Inc. (NASDAQ:SYNP), a leading supplier of innovative IC
design and verification solutions, today announced that its
advanced FPGA synthesis solution Synplify Pro�, now supports
Virtex�-5 FXT field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) from Xilinx,
Inc. (NASDAQ:XLNX), the world�s leading supplier of programmable
logic solutions. In addition, Synplicity has created an automated
solution for integrating its Synplify Pro FPGA synthesis solution
into the Xilinx Embedded Development Kit (EDK) so designers can
achieve maximum productivity and quality of results for their
embedded system designs. �Our ongoing relationship with Synplicity
results in solutions that maximize the capabilities of ultra
high-density designs implemented in Xilinx 65-nm Virtex-5 FPGAs,�
said Steve Lass, senior director software marketing at Xilinx. �For
customers designing with Virtex-5 FXT FPGAs, we advocate the use of
the Synplify Pro tool as it provides outstanding timing and area
results for these high-performance devices.� The Virtex-5 FXT
platform comes with up to two PowerPC� 440 processor blocks,
high-performance DSP and high-speed serial capabilities to deliver
a comprehensive system-integration platform for high-performance
applications such as audio/video broadcast, communications,
military, aerospace and many others. One of the key reasons
software customers targeting Virtex-5 FXT FPGAs get optimal timing
and area results using the Synplify Pro tool is because the
synthesis algorithms in the product have been developed to take
advantage of the 6-input Look Up Tables (LUTs) that characterize
the Virtex-5 family. Existing synthesis technology, based upon
4-input LUT architectures, will not be able to deliver optimal
results when targeting Virtex-5 FXT FPGAs. �By combining two IBM
PowerPC 440 embedded processors with over 190 GMACs of DSP
processing horsepower in a single device, Xilinx has created a
truly impressive system-integration platform with the Virtex-5 FXT
FPGAs,� said Jeff Garrison, senior director of marketing, FPGA
Implementation at Synplicity. �The Synplify Pro software, already
tightly integrated into the Xilinx ISE and XtremeDSP Development
Tools environments, now supports the entire system design flow by
supporting the Xilinx embedded development tool, Platform Studio,
using a new script-based flow. This flow makes it easy for system
designers, with limited FPGA design experience, to achieve optimum
results using Synplify Pro.� Pricing and Availability Synplify Pro
software support for the Virtex-5 FXT platform is available now and
pricing starts at $22,880 (US). Current Synplify Pro software
customers on active maintenance will receive support for the new
Virtex-5 FXT devices at no extra charge. About Synplicity
Synplicity�, Inc. (NASDAQ:SYNP) is a leading supplier of innovative
IC design and verification solutions that serve a wide range of
communications, military/aerospace, semiconductor, consumer,
computer, and other electronic applications markets. Synplicity�s
FPGA implementation tools provide outstanding performance, cost and
time-to-market benefits by simplifying, improving and automating
logic synthesis, physical synthesis, analysis and debug for
programmable logic designs. Synplicity�s ESL synthesis solutions
significantly improve productivity for DSP designs realized in ASIC
and FPGA devices. The Confirma� at-speed verification platform,
comprising software tools and the HAPS� family of prototyping
systems, enables both comprehensive verification of ASIC, ASSP and
SoC designs and software development prior to chip tapeout.
Synplicity is the number one supplier of FPGA synthesis tools and
its physical synthesis and ASIC verification technologies are the
recipients of several prestigious industry awards. The company
operates in more than 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 Synplify Pro� and its integration with the Xilinx
Embedded Development Kit. 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 and changing
technical requirements and customer demands 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, 2007, as filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, as well as other periodic reports filed
with the SEC from time to time. 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
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