Fujitsu and Synplicity Join Forces to Deliver Customized Amplify Product for Fujitsu AccelArray(TM) Structured/Platform ASICs
September 21 2004 - 6:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
Fujitsu and Synplicity Join Forces to Deliver Customized Amplify
Product for Fujitsu AccelArray(TM) Structured/Platform ASICs
Customized Optimization Speeds Time-to-Market and Offers Optimal
Performance SUNNYVALE, Calif., Sept. 21 and TOKYO, Sept. 22
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Fujitsu Limited, Fujitsu Microelectronics
America, Inc. (FMA) and Synplicity, Inc., a leading supplier of
software for the design and verification of semiconductors, today
announced a joint development and marketing agreement to develop a
custom physical synthesis product for Fujitsu AccelArray(TM)
structured/platform ASIC devices. Fujitsu and Synplicity will work
closely to produce an optimized version of Synplicity's Amplify(R)
physical synthesis software, specifically targeting the AccelArray
architecture and enabling greater performance and faster overall
timing closure for Fujitsu's devices. "Synplicity's established
expertise in deep synthesis technology and its excellent track
record in the structured/platform ASIC market were key factors in
our decision to choose the company as a recommended EDA synthesis
supplier," said Yoji Hino, general manager of ASIC, Network and
Communication Products Division at Fujitsu Limited's LSI group. "We
believe Synplicity's customized tool will set a new standard for
designer productivity and will help our customers fully exploit the
inherent benefits of our AccelArray devices, as well as achieve the
performance and timing closure previously unattainable with other
physical synthesis solutions." "AccelArray leverages Fujitsu's
decades of ASIC design expertise and can help significantly reduce
the customer's total cost of ownership," said Keith Horn, vice
president of marketing at Fujitsu Microelectronics America. "With
its extensive sets of IPs such as embedded processor cores and
high-speed SerDes, AccelArray's innovative and versatile design
platforms are appropriate for a wide range of applications." Under
the terms of this agreement Fujitsu and Synplicity will jointly
define and Synplicity will develop the customized Amplify software
for the AccelArray physical synthesis product. Upon its completion,
Fujitsu will offer the Amplify software as the preferred physical
synthesis solution to AccelArray customers. Fujitsu and Synplicity
believe that bundling the Amplify physical synthesis software with
the AccelArray platform will provide customers with a more complete
ASIC solution. According to market research firm Gartner Dataquest,
the structured/platform ASIC market will experience substantial
growth in the next four years. In the company's recent report
entitled "Platform ASICs Jump-Start Market," Bryan Lewis, research
vice president and chief semiconductor analyst, contends that:
"ASIC platforms have the potential to jump-start the ASIC industry
because they can now serve an increasing number of customers that
had been left behind because of the rapidly rising design costs of
traditional ASICs." In addition, Gartner Dataquest predicts there
will be more than 1,000 structured ASIC design starts by 2007,
representing 25 percent of all ASIC design starts. "This bright
outlook from the analyst community on the industry confirms
Synplicity's strategy to fully support the structured ASIC market,"
said Joe Gianelli, vice president of Business Development at
Synplicity. "We are honored to work with such a well-respected
company like Fujitsu and are excited that our support of its
cell-based ASIC and AccelArray technologies is now expanding into
the joint development of an AccelArray-optimized product. We
believe this latest agreement aligns Synplicity with every major
structured/platform ASIC vendor in the industry, further builds
Synplicity's momentum in the structured/platform ASIC market, and
enhances our reputation as the preferred EDA synthesis tool vendor
for this emerging design platform." Availability Fujitsu and
Synplicity expect its customized physical synthesis product will be
available for AccelArray customers in the first quarter of 2005.
About AccelArray AccelArray is an innovative semiconductor
"structured platform" and design environment that addresses the
design challenges in 0.11um technology by offering a
high-performance customized solution. The technology is an
alternative to the 0.11um standard-cell ASICs with the fast
time-to-market and customization benefits of FPGAs. AccelArray
takes advantage of the extensive, proven ASIC design techniques
reducing design risks, costs and time-to-market with a fast turn
around and a low upfront NRE cost. About Fujitsu Fujitsu is a
leading provider of customer-focused IT and communications
solutions for the global marketplace. Pace-setting technologies,
highly reliable computing and communications platforms, and a
worldwide corps of systems and services experts uniquely position
Fujitsu to deliver comprehensive solutions that open up infinite
possibilities for its customers' success. Headquartered in Tokyo,
Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of 4.7
trillion yen (US$45 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31,
2004. For more information, please see: http://www.fujitsu.com/
About Fujitsu Microelectronics America Fujitsu Microelectronics
America, Inc. (FMA), a wholly owned subsidiary of Fujitsu Limited,
leads the industry in innovation. FMA provides high-quality,
reliable semiconductor products and services for the networking,
communications, automotive, security and other markets throughout
North and South America. For product information, visit the company
web site at http://www.fma.fujitsu.com/Accel About Synplicity
Synplicity(R) Inc. (NASDAQ:SYNP) is a leading supplier of
innovative synthesis, verification and physical implementation
software solutions that enable the rapid and effective design and
verification of semiconductors. Synplicity's high-quality,
high-performance tools significantly reduce costs and
time-to-market for FPGA, Structured/Platform ASIC and
cell-based/COT ASIC designers. The company's underlying Behavior
Extracting Synthesis Technology(R) (BEST(TM)), which is embedded in
its logical, physical and verification tools, and has led to
Synplicity's top position in FPGA synthesis, now provides the same
fast runtimes and quality of results to ASIC and COT customers. The
company's fast, easy-to-use products support industry standard
design languages (VHDL and Verilog) and run on popular platforms.
Synplicity employs over 280 people in its 20 facilities worldwide.
Synplicity 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 viability
of the Structured ASIC market, Synplicity's position and reputation
in the Structured ASIC market and the performance, achievements and
benefits of Synplicity's customized tool for Fujitsu. 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 technology
relative to relevant industry methods or standards, design flaws,
design difficulties or other problems with Synplicity's customized
tool, the growth and changing technical requirements in the
Structured ASIC market and others factors that may limit the growth
of the Structured ASIC market, such as a continued economic
downturn. 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, 2003 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. AccelArray is a trademark of Fujitsu Limited.
Synplicity, Amplify, Behavior Extracting Synthesis Technology and
Synplify ASIC are registered trademarks of Synpilcity Inc. BEST is
a trademark of Synplicity Inc. All other names mentioned herein are
the trademarks or registered trademarks of their owners.
DATASOURCE: Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc. CONTACT: Emi
Igarashi of Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc., +1-408-737-5647
or ; Dick Davies of IPRA, +1-415-777-4161 or , for FMA; Fujitsu
Limited Press Contact: Public and Investor Relations Inquiries:
http://pr.fujitsu.com/en/news/pressinquiries.html; Fujitsu Limited
Customer Contact: ASIC Design Service, Network LSI Design Dept.,
LSI Group, Electronic Devices Group, ; Joe Gianelli of Synplicity,
Inc., +1-408-215-6000 or ; or Steve Gabriel of Porter Novelli,
+1-408-369-1500, ext. 627, or , for Synplicity Web site:
http://www.fma.fujitsu.com/
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