Synplicity Inks OEM Agreement With Model Technology for ModelSim Simulator; Best-in-Class FPGA Tools Integrated to Provide Designers with a Complete Synthesis/Simulation Solution.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 15, 1998--Synplicity, Inc., a leading supplier of 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. software for programmable logic See PLD. design, today announced an agreement with Model Technology Incorporated, a leading supplier of simulation tools, to 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 Model Technology's industry-leading 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 simulator, ModelSim. The multi-year agreement enables Synplicity to bundle the ModelSim simulator with Synplicity's popular Synplify synthesis tool, offering designers a comprehensive flow from synthesis through simulation. In addition to the OEM agreement, the two companies will develop a higher level of integration between the tools to improve debugging of synthesized designs. "With mainstream programmable logic device See PLD. densities reaching 100,000 gates, designers require a comprehensive design flow that tightly links synthesis, physical design and verification," said Andy Haines, vice president of marketing, Synplicity. "Synplicity anticipated these changes and deliberately extended its 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 offerings earlier this year to encompass an embedded synthesis design flow with floorplanning, partitioning, and today, added simulation to the flow." "This announcement solidifies ModelSim as the tool of choice for FPGA designers doing HDL-based design," stated John Ott, director of marketing and sales, Model Technology. "This agreement with Synplicity reinforces Model Technology's commitment to an open environment that will benefit our customers. By working together to improve our design flow, high-end FPGA designers will have a tool suite that will meet their needs." About ModelSim ModelSim provides 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 designers with the latest in simulation technology, regardless of the language used (VHDL, Verilog or mixed-HDL) or platform (Unix or PC), and is the only product to offer a language-neutral license for its simulators. ModelSim offers unique single-kernel simulation technology. It dominates the VHDL market, and Model Technology is the fastest growing supplier of Verilog simulation. With more than 20,000 licensed units sold worldwide, ModelSim is the most popular 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. simulator in the industry. About Synplify First introduced in 1995, Synplicity's Synplify synthesis tool represents a new breed of synthesis tool designed independent of existing academic or commercial code and features the company's innovative B.E.S.T. algorithms. The tool accepts industry-standard Verilog and VHDL descriptions and produces optimized implementations for programmable devices from many leading vendors. The recent release of Synplify 5.0 contains a unique, multi-level timing constraints management system, giving designers, for the first time, the most accurate automated solution combined with the most robust user-controlled features, providing designers flexibility in the way they use their synthesis tool. Designed to deliver the highest quality of results, Synplify is also extremely fast and easy to use. It includes a built-in language-sensitive editor language-sensitive editor - An editor that is aware of the syntactic, semantic and in some cases the structural rules of a specific programming language and provides a framework for the user to enter source code. and optional graphical (block diagram) analysis tool that gives direct feedback for fast design debug To correct a problem in hardware or software. Debugging software means locating the errors in the source code (the program logic). Debugging hardware means finding errors in the circuit design (logical circuits) or in the physical interconnections of the circuits. . Pricing and Availability Synplify with ModelSim is available now. Prices start at $16,495 for a single-language Windows node-locked license and $38,995 for single-language Unix floating license. About Synplicity Founded in 1994, Synplicity, Inc., delivers the benefits of logic synthesis and embedded synthesis technologies to programmable logic designers by developing fast, easy-to-use, affordable tools with extremely high quality of results. Synplicity products support industry-standard design languages (VHDL and Verilog), run on popular platforms (Windows '95, Windows NT and UNIX), and support leading PLD (Programmable Logic Device) Refers to a variety of logic chips that are programmable at the customer's site, the customer being the vendor of the finished chip, not the end user. manufacturers. The company is located at 624 E. Evelyn Ave., Sunnyvale, Calif. 94086. Telephone: 408/617-6000; Fax: 408/617-6001; Email: info@synplicity.com; Web: http://www.synplicity.com. Note to Editors: Synplicity, Synplify and B.E.S.T., are trademarks of Synplicity, Inc. All other brands or products are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their owners. CONTACT: Synplicity, Inc. Jeff Garrison, 408/617-6000 jeff@synplicity.com or Tsantes & Associates Anna Leonard, 408/369-1500 Ext. 42 anna@tsantes.com |
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