Synopsys announced that it has collaborated with TSMC to validate Synopsys’ custom design solution with TSMC’s 28-nanometer (nm) interoperable process design kit (iPDK) and Analog/Mixed-Signal (AMS) Reference Flow 1.0. TSMC’s 28nm reference phase-locked loop (PLL) design was used to validate Synopsys’ comprehensive custom solution while demonstrating productivity-enhancing capabilities of the TSMC AMS Reference Flow 1.0. The validated sol...

Synopsys announced that it is delivering comprehensive design enablement for TSMC’s 28 nanometer (nm) process technology with TSMC Reference Flow 11.0. New features of the flow include solutions for system-level design and verification, added capabilities for 28-nm design, including In-Design physical verification, and support for thru-silicon via (TSV) technology for 3D IC design. Through Reference Flow 11.0, Synopsys tools and IP enable enhan...

Synopsys, Inc. today announced the open source availability of its widely used Interconnect Technology Format (ITF) for parasitic modeling and the formation of a technical advisory board (TAB) under the auspices of IEEE Industry Standards and Technology Organization (IEEE-ISTO). The purpose of the Interconnect Modeling TAB (IMTAB) is to facilitate the evolution of ITF and promote an interoperable interconnect modeling format to address the indust...

Synopsys, Inc. today announced that its Synphony HLS (High Level Synthesis) product now includes optimized support for Xilinx Virtex-6 FPGAs. The high level synthesis flow provides Virtex-6 FPGA users with more automatic target-specific optimizations and architecture exploration from high level models and delivers up to 10X higher design and verification productivity than traditional RTL flows for communications and multimedia applications.

Synopsys announced that MediaTek Inc., a leading fabless semiconductor company for wireless communications and digital multimedia solutions, has standardised on Synopsys’ IC Compiler physical design solution, a key component of the Galaxy Implementation Platform, to deliver best performance, power and area on MediaTek’s leading-edge wireless communications chips. IC Compiler’s advanced placement, timing and power optimisation along with its...

Synopsys, Inc. today announced that MediaTek Inc., a leading fabless semiconductor company for wireless communications and digital multimedia solutions, has standardized on Synopsys' IC Compiler physical design solution, a key component of the Galaxy™ Implementation Platform, to deliver best performance, power and area on MediaTek's leading-edge wireless communications chips. IC Compiler's advanced placement, timing and power optimization along...

Synopsys announced the availability of IC Compiler 2010.03, a physical implementation solution delivering up to 2.5X faster performance on multicorner/multimode (MCMM) designs, and enhanced In-Design technology for faster design closure. IC Compiler’s In-Design technology helps prevent late-stage surprises by enabling signoff-accurate static timing analysis, rail analysis and physical verification during design. The new software release has pro...

Synopsys announced the immediate availability of the DesignWare Ethernet Quality-of-Service (QoS) Controller IP which implements the new IEEE specifications for audio video bridging (AVB) features. The DesignWare Ethernet IP solution supports the new IEEE 802.1AS and 802.1-Qav version D6.0 specifications.

Synopsys announced the immediate availability of the DesignWare MIPI 4G DigRF(SM) Master Controller IP. By complementing its current silicon-proven DesignWare MIPI 3G DigRF Controller and PHY IP, Synopsys becomes the first vendor to offer a comprehensive IP portfolio for both the MIPI DigRF v3 and v4 standards.

Synopsys announced the immediate availability of the DesignWare MIPI 4G DigRF(SM) Master Controller IP. By complementing its current silicon-proven DesignWare MIPI 3G DigRF Controller and PHY IP, Synopsys becomes the first vendor to offer a comprehensive IP portfolio for both the MIPI DigRF v3 and v4 standards. The configurable MIPI 4G DigRF Master Controller is compliant to the recently ratified MIPI DigRF v4 1.00 specification and enables desig...

Synopsys announced the availability of the high-performance DesignWare Universal DDR Protocol and Memory Controllers, both supporting the DDR2, DDR3, Mobile DDR and LPDDR2 SDRAM standards. The DesignWare Universal Memory Controller helps reduce both the latency and silicon area by up to 50 percent compared to Synopsys' previous generations of DDR memory controllers thus improving the DRAM interface performance and reducing overall chip costs.

Synopsys announced enhanced FPGA synthesis support is available for Actel Corporation's (Nasdaq: ACTL) new SmartFusion™ intelligent mixed signal FPGAs. Synopsys' Synplify Pro® FPGA synthesis tools have been enhanced to offer advanced support and timing optimization for the flash-based FPGA architecture that provides the programmable digital portion of the SmartFusion devices.

Synopsys introduced the HAPS-60 series of rapid prototyping systems—a comprehensive solution that eases complex SoC design and verification challenges. The HAPS-60 series, part of the Confirma(tm) Rapid Prototyping Platform, is an easy-to-use and cost-effective rapid prototyping system that enables early hardware/software co-verification and system-level integration at near-real-time run-rates, using at-speed, real-world interfaces.

Synopsys announced that eSilicon and Brite Semiconductor have joined the Synopsys IP OEM Partner Program along with renewed members Global Unichip and Open-Silicon. Through the IP OEM Partner Program, members standardise on Synopsys’ broad portfolio of silicon-proven DesignWare(r) interface and analogue IP such as USB, PCI Express(r), DDR, HDMI, SATA, Ethernet, MIPI IP including 3GDigRF, CSI-2, D-PHY, data converters and audio codecs for their ...

Synopsys, Inc. today announced availability of the DesignWare DDR multiPHY which is designed to support a broad range of DDR SDRAM standards in a single PHY without sacrificing power consumption or silicon area. These standards include LPDDR2, LPDDR/Mobile DDR, DDR3, DDR3L (1.35 V), DDR3U (1.2x V), and DDR2. The DesignWare DDR multiPHY enables designers to target different DDR types for a single chip through simple software control. This capabili...

Synopsys announced that its DesignWare SuperSpeed USB (USB 3.0) Solution including Controller and PHY IP successfully passed the USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) SuperSpeed USB certification. To achieve certification, the IP must pass protocol, electrical, and interoperability tests for SuperSpeed USB (USB 3.0, 5 Gbps) and Hi-Speed USB (USB 2.0, 480 Mbps). Synopsys created a fully integrated USB 3.0 IP solution, optimising all speed modes into a ...

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, and SiliconBlue, a leader in ultra-low power, single-chip SRAM FPGAs, today announced that SiliconBlue has chosen Synopsys Synplify Pro FPGA synthesis software as the synthesis tool of choice for its iCE65 family of mobileFPGA(tm) devices. SiliconBlue will distribute with its iCEcube software a version of the Synplify Pro so...

Synopsys announced that the Galaxy Implementation Platform has helped Infineon Technologies AG (NYSE: IFX) achieve first-pass silicon success of the 40-nanometer (nm) baseband processor for its X-GOLD(tm) 626 3G wireless analogue and digital system-in-package (SIP). Infineon utilised the Galaxy platform's powerful implementation flow to optimise the chip's multiple functional modes with multi-corner/multi-mode (MCMM) technology, taking advantage...

Synopsys announced that Nationz Technologies, Inc. has successfully achieved first-pass silicon success of a 2.5-gigahertz (GHz), 126-channel RF transceiver system-on-chip (SoC) design by using Synopsys' CustomSim™ mixed-signal and VCS® functional verification solutions, part of Synopsys' Discovery™ Verification Platform. These Synopsys tools delivered accurate and high-performance transient analysis of the power-up operation to within five ...

Synopsys, Inc. announced it has completed its acquisition of CoWare, Inc., a global supplier of software and services for electronic systems design.