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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SYNPLICITY'S FPGA SYNTHESIS SOLUTIONS OFFER FULL
SUPPORT FOR XILINX
ISE 6.1i SOFTWARE
Synplicity's FPGA Synthesis and FPGA Physical Synthesis Solutions
with Xilinx's ISE Software Provides Users with a Completely Integrated
Design Environment
SUNNYVALE, Calif., September 9, 2003 - Synplicity Inc. (Nasdaq:
SYNP), a leading provider of software for the design and verification
of semiconductors, today announced its FPGA logic synthesis and
physical synthesis products now provide full support for the recently
announced Xilinx (Nasdaq: XLNX) Integrated Software Environment
6.1i (ISE). With this support, Synplicity's Synplify® and Synplify
Pro® FPGA synthesis software can work directly with Xilinx's
ISE 6.1i software, providing designers with a completely integrated
"plug-and-play" environment for achieving maximum design
performance and efficient area utilization. Customers using Synplicity's
Synplify logic synthesis and Amplify® FPGA physical synthesis
products together with ISE 6.1i will have access to a complete FPGA
design solution for their high-speed designs.
The advanced optimization technology of the Amplify FPGA, Synplify
and Synplify Pro products, coupled with the virtual speed grade
reduction in ISE 6.1i, provides the ultimate solution for meeting
aggressive timing goals using the most cost-effective FPGA devices.
Designers using this solution are afforded substantial area savings
while still meeting specified performance requirements. Synplicity's
FPGA synthesis and physical synthesis software focus on the true
critical paths in designs, optimizing them for speed, while non-critical
paths are simultaneously optimized for area. This combination of
area and performance optimizations provides Xilinx designers with
best-in-class results for today's complex programmable logic design.
"Synplicity and Xilinx understand the challenges associated
with complex design and are working together to deliver highly optimized
solutions for our mutual customers," said Jeff Garrison, director
of FPGA products at Synplicity. "Leading edge devices like
Spartan-3™ and Virtex-II Pro™ from Xilinx have opened
up significant new opportunities in electronic applications for
programmable logic. These applications require advanced design software
like Synplify Pro, Amplify and ISE 6.1i to get the most out of the
silicon. We believe our customers will experience a substantial
increase in performance and logic utilization when using this combined
software solution."
"Partnering with technology leaders like Synplicity enables
us to deliver highly integrated design solutions that address today's
design bottlenecks," said Steve Lass, director of software
product marketing at Xilinx. "Through our continued partnership,
we are providing designers with comprehensive design flows from
synthesis to place and route. These design solutions, coupled with
Xilinx's flagship Virtex-II Pro™ Platform and 90nm/300 mm Spartan-3™
low-cost FPGAs, create the highest performance, most cost-effective
hardware/software solution available in logic design today."
About Synplicity's FPGA Synthesis and FPGA Physical Synthesis
Software
Synplicity's Synplify software helps programmable logic designers
rapidly achieve aggressive performance objectives. The Synplify
software takes designs written in VHDL 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.
The Amplify Physical Optimizer™ software is the first physical
synthesis tool for FPGAs. The Amplify software improves circuit
performance and timing closure and accelerates productivity by performing
simultaneous placement and logic optimization during the synthesis
process. The Amplify Physical Optimizer product has been used in
hundreds of programmable logic designs around the world.
Pricing and Availability
The Amplify 3.2, Synplify 7.3 and Synplify Pro 7.3 software are
available now. Pricing for the Amplify software starts at $29,000
(U.S.), pricing for the Synplify software starts at $9,500 (U.S.)
and pricing for Synplify Pro software starts at $20,000 (U.S.).
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 synthesis
tools, announcing a 54 percent market share in 2001, the last year
for which data is available. Synplicity leverages its innovative
logic synthesis, 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 June 30, 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.
About Xilinx
Xilinx is the worldwide leader in complete programmable logic
solutions. For more information, visit www.xilinx.com.
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