HARDI’s ASIC Prototyping System (HAPS) is used world-wide by industry-leading companies such as Broadcom, Conexant, LG, LSI Logic, Marvell, Matsushita, Nokia, NXP, Philips, Samsung, Sharp, Sony, and TI.
Gary Meyers, CEO of Synplicity, stated, This is a major strategic move for Synplicity. We will be able to immediately leverage our existing ASIC verification products (Certify, Synplify Premier, Identify, and Identify Pro) by selling them together with the HARDI ASIC prototyping boards. At the
Design Automation Conference in San Diego, California, we will unveil our ASIC verification strategy that capitalizes on this acquisition. We’re particularly excited about 2008 when we anticipate combined revenues in excess of $80 million.
HARDI’s ASIC prototyping systems work seamlessly with Synplicity’s Certify and Synplify Premier synthesis products and its Identify and Identify Pro RTL debugging solutions. ASIC verification teams can use the combined Certify, Synplify Premier and HAPS system to quickly create multi-million
gate FPGA systems to verify ASIC functionality in real time while enabling comprehensive software verification with interfaces to real-world stimuli. Synplicity’s Identify and Identify Pro RTL debug products permit designers to conveniently debug these systems at the RTL level instead of with
timing-consuming gate level interfaces.
We at HARDI are excited about joining forces with Synplicity, said Lars-Eric Lundgren, Founder and CEO at HARDI Electronics AB. With Synplicity’s product line and the combination of our sales channels, we now have the opportunity to offer a comprehensive best-in-class solution to the
ASIC design community. We are committed to a successful integration of our companies.
Synplicity will continue to support its world-wide customer base using FPGA prototypes built from custom-designed prototyping boards and those using off-the-shelf boards from other manufacturers through the Partners in Prototyping program.