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News Release from: Lattice Semiconductor UK | Subject: ispLever V2.0
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 18 September 2002
The simple machine for complex design
Dubbed "The simple machine for complex design", the latest generation of the ispLever design tool provides developers a simple powerful tool to use with all of Lattice's programmable logic products.
Dubbed "The simple machine for complex design", the latest generation of the ispLever design tool provides developers a simple yet powerful tool to design with all of Lattice's programmable logic products This latest version of the ispLever toolset adds support for Lattice's new ispXPGA and ispXPLD product families as well as integrates the features and functionality of Lattice's Orca Foundry design tools
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 23 Mar 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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This enables users of ispLever to design with the new ispXPGA and ispXPLD product families, Orca FPGA/FPSC families and all of Lattice's industry leading CPLD products without having to learn a new design tool.
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The ispLever floorplanner provides control over the placement and routing of logic for ispXPGA designs.
The colour-coded GUI interface helps designers easily identify and fix areas of routing congestion, locate and move design instances, and resolve critical timing issues.
ispLever v2.0 software continues to include powerful features and tools found in previous versions of Lattice design tools.
These include: a constraints editor tool that allows selection of I/O settings and pin assignments via a GUI drag-and-drop interface; a performance analyst tool with SpeedSearch feature that gives the user complete flexibility to select and evaluate any speed grade of a device without design recompilation; the ispExplorer tool helps the user find optimum design compiler settings by automatically performing multiple compiler runs and displaying the results in a spreadsheet format; and ispVM System programming software for all Lattice ISP devices, including JEDEC, SVF, and full support for the IEEE1532 ISC programming standard.
Lattice continues to lead all programmable logic suppliers by integrating and supplying industry leading synthesis and simulation tools from Mentor Graphics and Synplicity.
The ispLever tools support both Leonardo Spectrum and Synplify VHDL and Verilog synthesis tools and the ModelSim RTL and timing simulation tool.
Lattice now supplies customers with the broadest range of programmable products of any supplier, making shorter time-to-market achievable in more and more ways.
Lattice now offers programmable logic products that include in-system programmable FPGAs, FPSCs, CPLDs, and SPLDs.
In addition, Lattice offers unique ispGDX digital crosspoint switch products and revolutionary ispPAC programmable analogue products.
Lattice continues to deliver the most innovative programmable products to serve system designers' needs.
The ispLever design tools are available now for shipment starting at $995 list price.
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