Synopsys Expands Its Linux Product Portfolio With Availability of Complete High-Level Design Suite.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 9, 2000 Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq:SNPS SNPS Space Nuclear Power System ), the technology leader for complex integrated circuit (IC) design, today announced the availability of a full tool suite for high-level design on the popular Linux operating system(OS). In addition to the complete RTL (Register Transfer Level) A high-level hardware description language (HDL) for defining digital circuits. The circuits are described as a collection of registers, Boolean equations, control logic such as "if-then-else" statements as well as complex event sequences; synthesis solution with Synopsys' flagship product Design Compiler(TM), the extensive list of Linux products includes PrimeTime(R), Synopsys' industry-leading gate-level static timing analysis tool for System-on-a-Chip (SoC), Scirocco sci·roc·co n. Variant of sirocco. (TM) high-performance VHDL (VHSIC Hardware Description Language) A hardware description language (HDL) used to design electronic systems at the component, board and system level. VHDL allows models to be developed at a very high level of abstraction. Simulator, and Module Compiler. Increasingly complex designs require design teams to rely on large networks of high-performance workstations and servers. Low-cost, reliable, Intel(R)-based computers, running Linux, provide an ideal design and development platform because of their ability to fit easily into an existing UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). environment. The availability of Synopsys' synthesis and verification solutions, combined with the improved price/performance ratio of hardware, provides designers of complex IC and systems-on-a-chip (SoCs) with a high-throughput, low-cost design and verification environment. "We're in a very fast moving industry requiring a quick response to market needs. This can be very expensive when adding traditional high performance compute capabilities on a regular basis," said Guntram Wolski, director, VLSI VLSI: see integrated circuit. (1) (Very Large Scale Integration) Between 100,000 and one million transistors on a chip. See SSI, MSI, LSI and ULSI. (2) (VLSI Technology, Inc., Tempe, AZ, www.semiconductors. at Creative Advanced Technology Center located in Scotts Valley, California Scotts Valley is a small city located in eastern Santa Cruz County, California, United States, about ten miles (16 km) south of San Jose and six miles (10 km) north of the beach in the upland slope of the Santa Cruz Mountains. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 11,385. . "The availability of Synopsys synthesis tools in addition to the already ported simulation and verification tools running on Linux will enable us to meet these additional requirements at a lower total cost." "We make some of the world's most demanding chip designs that drive design cycle time. Using powerful Synopsys products on Intel-based Linux workstations and servers provides a new level of productivity that helps our engineering teams shorten design cycle times and stay on budget," said Paul Chermak, vice president of marketing manufacturing industries at SGI (SGI, Sunnyvale, CA, www.sgi.com) A manufacturer of workstations and servers, founded in 1982 by Jim Clark. The company was founded as Silicon Graphics, Inc., but changed to its acronym in 1999. . "We are proud and excited to contribute our Linux and application performance expertise in working with Synopsys to help bring its industry-leading product portfolio to the entire Linux community." "We are pleased to see Synopsys provide their premier suite of EDA (1) (Electronic Design Automation) Using the computer to design, lay out, verify and simulate the performance of electronic circuits on a chip or printed circuit board. tools on Intel-based platforms," said Anand Chandrasekher, vice president and general manager of Intel's Architecture Marketing Group. "This gives designers a real choice in workstation and server hardware. With the performance of Pentium(R) III and Pentium III Xeon(TM) processor-based workstations and servers and the attractive price points provided by Intel OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and system manufacturers, customers can take advantage of real performance enhancements at significant savings." Synopsys Move Expected to Ripple Through Industry "We believe our broad support of Linux will cause the whole EDA industry to follow suit. This is another example of Synopsys leading the industry to give our customers access to the most popular operating systems," said Raul Camposano, senior vice president and CTO at Synopsys. "From start-ups to the largest corporations, our customers have asked for access to Synopsys products on the Linux platform. We responded to market needs by porting our industry-leading verification tools to Linux last year. Now, with the support of SGI to complete the Linux port, we're delivering the majority of our core products, with more to follow in the near future." Synopsys was the first major EDA company to make its tools available on the open source operating system when it ported its VCS(TM) Verilog Simulator, VERA VERA Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms VERA Virtual Electronic Resource Access VERA Vienna Environmental Research Accelerator VERA Verzeichnis Edv-Relevanter Akronyme (German: Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms; website) (TM) testbench automation tool and CoverMeter code coverage application in early 1999. Since then, thousands of Synopsys verification and simulation seats have been in production using Linux. Production Availability The following products will be available on Linux Red Hat version 6.2 the first quarter of 2001. Behavioral Compiler(TM), BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution) The software distribution facility of the Computer Systems Research Group (CSRG) of the University of California at Berkeley. Compiler, Design Compiler(TM), Design Vision, DFT Compiler, DesignWare(R) Developer, DesignWare Foundation and Core Library, Floorplan Manager(TM), FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) A type of gate array that is programmed in the field rather than in a semiconductor fab. Containing up to hundreds of thousands of gates, there are a variety of FPGA architectures on the market. Compiler II(TM), Library Compiler(TM), Module Compiler(TM), Power Compiler(TM), PrimeTime(R), Scirocco(TM), TetraMAX(TM) and (V)HDL (Hardware Description Language) A language used to describe the functions of an electronic circuit for documentation, simulation or logic synthesis (or all three). Although many proprietary HDLs have been developed, Verilog and VHDL are the major standards. Compiler(TM). VCS(TM), VERA(TM) and CoverMeter are shipping now. Additional Synopsys products will be ported to Linux as market demand dictates. About Synopsys Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq:SNPS) is a leading supplier of electronic design automation (EDA) solutions to the global electronics market. The company provides comprehensive design technologies to creators of advanced integrated circuits, electronic systems and systems on a chip. Synopsys also provides consulting services and support to its customers to streamline the overall design process and accelerate time to market. Additional information about Synopsys is available at http://www.synopsys.com. Synopsys, Design Compiler, DesignWare and PrimeTime are registered trademarks of Synopsys, Inc. Behavioral Compiler, Floorplan Manager, FPGA Compiler II, Library Compiler, Module Compiler, Power Compiler, Scirocco, TetraMAX, VCS, VERA and (V)HDL Compiler are trademarks of Synopsys. All other trademarks or registered trademarks mentioned in this release are the intellectual property of their respective owners. |
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