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News Release from: Synplicity | Subject: Amplify ISSP Physical Optimizer
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 31 May 2004
Software speeds structured ASIC design
NEC Electronics is to bundle and distribute a licence for Synplicity's Amplify ISSP Physical Optimizer software within the OpenCAD design environment for its ISSP structured ASICs.
NEC Electronics is to bundle and distribute a licence for Synplicity's Amplify ISSP Physical Optimizer software within its OpenCAD design environment for Instant Silicon Solution Platform (ISSP) structured ASICs The Amplify ISSP physical synthesis software is the result of nearly two years of joint development between the two companies to provide their mutual customers with a unique physical synthesis solution customised for NEC Electronics' ISSP-1 (150nm) and ISSP-90 (90nm) structured ASICs
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 27 Oct 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Under the terms of the agreement, NEC Electronics will provide the Amplify ISSP software to all of its ISSP customers as the preferred complete physical synthesis design solution.
Over the next 12 months, NEC Electronics will bundle the Amplify ISSP software as part of its OpenCAD tool suite.
NEC Electronics and Synplicity believe this agreement will enable their mutual customers to achieve better quality of results and faster timing closure for their ISSP devices.
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Additionally, the Amplify ISSP software will streamline the design flow, and enable rapid layout times with predictable timing closure.
"We recommend ISSP customers use our OpenCAD design environment to achieve best-in-class quality of results and faster timing closure", said Dr Hitoshi Yoshizawa, Partner Programme Executive, 1st System Operations Unit, NEC Electronics Corp.
"A significant reason for the success of our OpenCAD tool suite is due to the seamless interaction between best-of-breed third-party tools and NEC Electronics' powerful proprietary software tools".
"The integration of the Amplify ISSP software has enabled us to deliver to our customers a complete physical synthesis design solution that is all-inclusive within their NRE costs, enabling them to meet their most stringent ISSP performance goals".
"We are pleased to partner with Synplicity as we see an increasing number of ISSP design starts".
The design implementation environment for ISSP devices, NEC Electronics' OpenCAD tool suite provides customers with access to the design tools needed to easily and efficiently complete their ISSP design (RTL to placed-gates) for handoff to an NEC Electronics authorised design centre for backend detailed routing.
The integration of the Amplify ISSP software within the OpenCAD design environment provides customers with a highly productive physical synthesis solution that delivers optimal results, enabling a "one-pass" design handoff flow for NEC Electronics' ISSP customers.
"For nearly two years, we have been in joint development with NEC Electronics to develop custom synthesis and physical synthesis software to support its cost-effective, high-performance, fast turn-around ISSP structured ASIC devices", said Bernard Aronson, President and CEO, Synplicity.
"We believe NEC Electronics' OpenCAD tool suite provides ISSP designers an ideal design environment to meet their design requirements and we believe the addition of the Amplify ISSP software to the OpenCAD tool suite will enable customers to rapidly achieve highly optimised designs at significantly lower costs".
"We are pleased NEC Electronics selected the Amplify ISSP software as the synthesis tool to bundle within its OpenCAD design environment and look forward to continuing our commitment to deliver best-in-class synthesis tools for our mutual customers".
Starting this month, ISSP-1 customers will receive a six-month licence of the Amplify ISSP software on signing an ISSP development contract with NEC Electronics.
Beginning in August 2004, ISSP-90 customers will receive a six-month licence of the Amplify ISSP software as part of the OpenCAD design environment on signing an ISSP development contract with NEC Electronics.
Additional Amplify ISSP software licences are available directly from Synplicity.
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