Industry's Only DSP Synthesis Engine Targeting ASIC Designs
Synplicity, Inc., a leading supplier of software for the design and verification of semiconductors, today announced the expansion of its ESL software offering. Following the company's strategy of delivering technology-independent solutions, the new Synplify ® DSP ASIC Edition software allows users to automatically develop high-quality RTL code from designs specified at the algorithm level for implementation into either an FPGA or ASIC device.
The Synplify DSP ASIC Edition's unique DSP synthesis optimizations automatically implement algorithms allowing designers to explore speed and area tradeoffs, often leading to significant area and timing improvements over hand-coded approaches. Those who have used the beta product have experienced considerable advantages over traditional handcrafted flows.
"Our Synplify DSP software has been tremendously successful among FPGA users who have experienced significant quality of results benefits, and we are eager to bring the same capabilities to ASIC users,"Â said Andy Haines, senior vice president of marketing, Synplicity. "We believe the performance and productivity benefits offered by our Synplify DSP ASIC Edition software are so significant that it will become the technology of choice when designers implement DSP capabilities into either FPGA or ASIC hardware."Â
From a single model, the Synplify DSP ASIC Edition software can automatically implement optimized architectures of algorithms into either FPGA or ASIC devices. For teams developing ASICs, the combination of Synplify DSP ASIC Edition and Synplicity's ASIC verification product suite allows users to quickly verify their ASIC designs in FPGAs at high speed. By prototyping ASIC designs in FPGAs functional bugs can be detected more rapidly and more complex interactions can be observed due to the high operating speed (typically above 100 MHz) of the FPGA.
The software also supports third-party logic synthesis flows from Synopsys, Cadence and third-party ASIC memory IP providers. The Synplify DSP ASIC Edition software provides users with a fully integrated solution with standard ASIC flows.
Pricing and Availability
The Synplify DSP ASIC Edition software starts at $44,500 for a floating, one-year time-based license. For information about Synplicity's Synplify DSP ASIC Edition software, contact a Synplicity sales representative or visit http://www.synplicity.com.
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