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News Release from: Synplicity | Subject: Synplify 7.3.2 and Synplify Pro 7.3.2
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 10 October 2003
FPGA synthesis improves quality of
results
A number of quality of results improvements in the latest versions of the Synplify and Synplify Pro FPGA synthesis packages provide increased performance and area reduction for Xilinx devices.
A number of quality of results (QoR) improvements in the latest versions of the Synplify and Synplify Pro FPGA synthesis packages provide increased performance and area reduction for Xilinx devices With these algorithmic QoR enhancements, the latest versions of the Synplify software enable designers to increase the timing performance for their Virtex-II Pro devices by an average of nearly 10% compared with the previous version of the Synplify software
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 16 Apr 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Additional enhancements to the software have been implemented especially for use in conjunction with Xilinx's recently announced ISE 6.1i integrated software environment.
Specific area optimisations made within the Synplify software target Xilinx's family of cost-efficient Spartan-3 FPGAs.
With these optimisations, designers can obtain significant area reduction in their devices often enabling them to use a smaller, less costly device, potentially saving tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars in device costs.
"We constantly strive to lead the industry in providing the highest quality of results with our FPGA synthesis solutions while keeping pace with the demands of today's latest device architectures", said Jeff Garrison, Director of Marketing for FPGA products at Synplicity.
"This latest version of the Synplify software has been tuned for use with Xilinx's ISE 6.1i software, Virtex-II Pro and Spartan-3 devices.
We believe the Synplify product's unique ability to optimise for area after timing has been achieved enables our customers to save on device cost while quickly achieving aggressive timing requirements".
"Synplicity continues to deliver to our mutual customers FPGA synthesis products that offer best-in-class quality of results, runtime and productivity advantages", said Rich Sevcik, Senior Vice President of FPGA Products at Xilinx.
"We believe customers using this latest version of Synplicity's Synplify software in combination with our ISE 6.1i software will see a significant improvement in performance and area utilisation for our Virtex-II Pro and Spartan-3 FPGA families".
Both Synplify 7.3.2 and Synplify Pro 7.3.2 are available now.
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