Synplicity's Open IP Encryption Methodology Wins 2007 DesignVision Award.Open IP Encryption Flow Recognized for Its Potential Market Impact on the Use of IP in Next-Generation Design Flows SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Synplicity, Inc. (Nasdaq:SYNP SYNP Synchronization Profile ), a leading supplier of software for the design and verification of semiconductors, today announced its open IP encryption methodology has received a DesignVision Award in the system-level design tools category, which recognizes technologies, applications, products and services judged to be the most unique and beneficial to the industry. Synplicity's free, non-proprietary IP encryption flow was recognized during an award ceremony held at the Santa Clara Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. Convention Center, during DesignCon on January 30, 2007. This award marks the second time Synplicity has received a DesignVision Award and the third time Synplicity has been a DesignVision Award finalist. Started in 2005, the International Engineering Consortium's (IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iec.ch) An organization that sets international electrical and electronics standards founded in 1906. It is made up of national committees from over 60 countries. IEC - International Electrotechnical Commission ) DesignVision Award recognizes companies for their innovative products, services and technologies that have added a new dimension to the electronic design industry. Entrants for this award were judged based on innovation, uniqueness, market impact, customer benefits and value to society. IEC executive vice president Roger Plummer stated, "Our DesignVision Awards honor those catalyzing positive change in high-technology, business, and academia, completely in line with the IEC's mission. We're pleased to give tribute to the innovators who have helped advance progress in electronic design." Synplicity's IP encryption methodology supports tool interoperability and offers 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. vendors, IP providers and end-users a means to address the challenges designers face when using protected IP in their design flows. The methodology utilizes openly available, well-tested and government-approved encryption methods combined with an encryption embedding mechanism. In October 2006, Synplicity donated its open IP encryption methodology to the VSI VSI Vinyl Siding Institute VSI Voltage Source Inverter VSI Virtual Switch Interface VSI Vertical Speed Indicator VSI Voluntary Separation Incentive VSI Virtual Socket Interface VSI Vision Systems International VSI Vertical Shaft Impactor Alliance (VSIA VSIA Virtual Socket Interface Alliance ), providing the VSIA a license to use and modify Synplicity's IP encryption specification for the purposes of creating an industry IP encryption standard. For more information on Synplicity's IP Encryption Methodology visit http://www.synplicity.com/ip_encryption/index.html. "Growing ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) Pronounced "a-sick." A chip that is custom designed for a specific application rather than a general-purpose chip such as a microprocessor. and 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. design sizes demand the use of pre-verified IP, but without a standard encryption methodology, design flows have been unproductive and inefficient," said Andy Haines, senior vice president of marketing at Synplicity. "For nearly two years, we have worked with our customers and our partners in the EDA and IP communities to develop a standard way to protect and use IP in their design flow and we are pleased the International Engineering Consortium has recognized the potential market impact this methodology will have for ASIC and FPGA designers. We believe receiving this award validates our opinion that the semiconductor market requires a standard method for encrypting and decrypting IP in designs and we are committed to working with industry leaders to develop an industry-wide IP encryption standard." "VSIA is pleased that the IEC has recognized Synplicity's open IP encryption methodology with a DesignVision Award," said Kathy Werner, president of the VSIA. "We believe that this methodology, once standardized, will benefit designers, IP vendors and EDA vendors alike, by facilitating the use of protected IP throughout the design flow." About Synplicity Synplicity[R] Inc. (Nasdaq:SYNP) is a leading supplier of innovative software solutions that enable the rapid and effective design of Programmable Logic Devices (FPGAs, PLDs and CPLDs) 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 key design planning, logic synthesis The conversion of a high-level electronic circuit description into a list of logic gates and their interconnections, called the "netlist." Every logic synthesis program understands some subset of Verilog and VHDL. , physical synthesis and verification functions for FPGA, FPGA-based ASIC verification, and DSP (1) (Digital Signal Processor) A special-purpose CPU used for digital signal processing applications (see definition #2 below). It provides ultra-fast instruction sequences, such as shift and add, and multiply and add, which are commonly used in math-intensive designers. 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 (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. and Verilog) and run on popular platforms. The company operates in over 20 facilities worldwide and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California Sunnyvale ([sʌniveil]) is a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States. It is one of the major cities that make up the Silicon Valley. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 131,760. . For more information visit http://www.synplicity.com. Synplicity is a registered trademark of Synplicity, Inc. All other brands or products are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their owners. |
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