Synplicity and Lattice Semiconductor Expand Strategic Relationship; Companies Extend Their Multi-Year OEM Agreement.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers HILLSBORO, Ore. & SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 27, 2003 Synplicity Inc. (Nasdaq: SYNP SYNP Synchronization Profile ), a leading supplier of software for the design and verification of semiconductors, and Lattice Semiconductor Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: LSCC) is a United States based manufacturer of high-performance programmable logic devices (FPGAs, CPLDs, & SPLDs). The Oregon based company is the number four ranked company in world market share for FPGA devices,[1] Corporation, (Nasdaq: LSCC LSCC Lake-Sumter Community College (Florida) LSCC Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (stock symbol) LSCC Lawson State Community College (Alabama) ), the industry's leading supplier of in-system programmable Refers to programmable logic chips (PLDs) that are programmed after they are attached to the circuit board. Also called "in-circuit programmable," devices that use static RAM (SRAM) are in-system programmable by nature because they are loaded at startup. See PLD. devices, today announced the renewal of their long-term strategic relationship by expanding the existing 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 agreement between the two companies. Under the terms of the multi-year agreement expansion, Synplicity will continue to provide Lattice customers with access to its industry-leading 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. synthesis tool as well as upgrade current users of the Synplify Lite(R) software to a full version of the Synplify(R) software. As a result, designers using Lattice Semiconductor devices will have access to the increased performance and quality of results benefits offered by Synplicity's FPGA synthesis software. As part of this OEM agreement, Lattice Semiconductor and Synplicity will continue to jointly develop the Synplify software and Lattice Semiconductor will market and distribute the software within its development system. "It is gratifying grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. to be renewing our OEM agreement with Lattice Semiconductor, who has continued to deliver industry-leading CPLD (Complex PLD) A programmable logic device that is made up of several simple PLDs (SPLDs) with a programmable switching matrix in between the logic blocks. CPLDs typically use EEPROM, flash memory or SRAM to hold the logic design interconnections. See PLD and SPLD. and FPGA products to the marketplace," said Bernard Aronson, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Synplicity. "We look forward to strengthening this relationship through our continued joint technology development. From our increased efforts with Lattice, we believe our mutual customers will continue to see significant improvements in the performance and quality of results they can obtain in their Lattice devices." "We are pleased to be extending our long-term partnership with Synplicity," said Steve Laub, president of Lattice. "For designers, quality of results is an important consideration when choosing an FPGA synthesis product and we believe our long-term relationship with Synplicity has provided our mutual customers with an excellent solution to achieve their design goals. With the latest release of the Synplify software, quality of results with Lattice's FPGAs achieves outstanding performance." With today's announcement, Lattice will continue to bundle current versions of Synplicity's Synplify synthesis software into Lattice Semiconductor's development systems, enabling customers to achieve excellent quality of results for their devices. Additionally, with this agreement, Lattice customers will have wider access to full versions of the Synplify software. About Lattice Programmable Products Lattice's broad programmable product portfolio encompasses FPGA, CPLD and Mixed Signal PLDs. These products include its unique ispXPGA(TM) and ispXPLD(TM) families featuring non-volatile, infinitely reconfigurable ispXP(TM) technology, its ORCA Orca - Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, 1986. Similar to Modula-2, but with support for distributed programming using shared data objects, like Linda. A 'graph' data type removes the need for pointers. Version for the Amoeba OS, comes with Amoeba. (R) families of high performance FPGAs and Field Programmable System Chips (FPSCs) and its ispMACH(R) CPLD families. About Synplicity's Synplify Software Synplicity's Synplify software helps programmable logic See PLD. designers rapidly achieve aggressive performance objectives. The Synplify software takes designs written in 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. or Verilog as input, and compiles, optimizes and maps them into efficient, high-performance netlists for all leading CPLD and FPGA devices. The Synplify Pro software offers high quality of results and fast runtimes along with an expanded feature set optimized to increase performance and productivity for today's complex programmable devices. Pricing and Availability Users under current maintenance support of the multi-vendor Synplify and Synplify Pro software will have immediate access to the enhanced quality of results for Lattice FPGAs in today's Synplify 7.3 release. The distribution of the Synplify 7.3 software to Lattice OEM customers will be available in July as an update release to Lattice's ispLEVER(TM) design tool suite version 3.0. About Lattice Semiconductor Corporation Oregon-based Lattice Semiconductor Corporation designs, develops and markets the broadest range of Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs), Field Programmable System Chips (FPSCs) and high-performance ISPTM programmable logic devices (PLDs). Lattice offers total solutions for today's system designs by delivering the most innovative programmable silicon products that embody leading-edge system expertise. Lattice products are sold worldwide through an extensive network of independent sales representatives and distributors, primarily to OEM customers in the fields of communication, computing, computer peripherals, instrumentation, industrial controls and military systems. Company headquarters are located at 5555 NE Moore Court, Hillsboro, Oregon Hillsboro is a city in and county seat of Washington County, Oregon, United States.GR6 The community began in 1842 and was named Hillsborough in 1850, before incorporation in 1876 as Hillsboro. 97124 USA; Telephone 503-268-8000, FAX 503-268-8037. For more information on Lattice Semiconductor Corporation, access our World Wide Web site at http://www.latticesemi.com. About Synplicity Synplicity Inc. (Nasdaq: SYNP) is a leading provider of software products that enable the rapid and effective design and verification of semiconductors used in networking and communications, computer and peripheral, consumer and military/aerospace electronics systems. Recognizing the company's industry-leading position, since the year 2000 Dataquest has named Synplicity as the #1 provider of 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. synthesis tools, announcing a 54 percent market share in 2001, the last year for which data is available. Synplicity leverages its innovative 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 software solutions to improve performance and shorten development time for complex programmable logic devices, application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), structured ASICs and system-on-chip (SoC) integrated circuits. The company's fast, easy-to-use products offer high quality of results, support industry-standard design languages (VHDL and Verilog) and run on popular platforms. As of March 31, 2003, Synplicity employed over 260 people in its 20 facilities worldwide. Synplicity is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif. For more information on Synplicity, visit http://www.synplicity.com. Synplicity, Synplify, Synplify Lite and Synplify Pro are registered trademarks of Synplicity Inc. Lattice Semiconductor Corporation, L (& design), Lattice (& design), in-system programmable, ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. , ispLEVER, ispMACH, ORCA, ispXP, ispXPLD, ispXPGA and specific product designations are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Lattice Semiconductor Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and/or other countries. All other names mentioned herein are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. |
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