Product category: Design and Development Software
News Release from: Synplicity | Subject: Synplify Pro FPGA
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 11 December 2006
Support for Xilinx Spartan-3A devices
Synplicity has announced that its Synplify Pro FPGA synthesis software provides optimal support for Xilinx new low-cost, high-volume Spartan-3A family of I/O-optimised FPGAs
Synplicity, a leading supplier of software for the design and verification of semiconductors, has announced that its Synplify Pro FPGA synthesis software provides optimal support for Xilinx new low-cost, high-volume Spartan-3A family of I/O-optimised FPGAs. The Synplify Pro FPGA synthesis solution helps designers take full advantage of the high I/O Spartan-3A devices by delivering superior logic utilisation results.
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 11 December 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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With more I/O pins and less logic available in the device, it is essential to produce designs that are area efficient while still meeting timing requirements.
By using a true timing-driven approach to synthesis, the Synplify Pro software meets these design performance requirements while simultaneously minimising area.
An efficient use of logic is critical when targeting high-volume applications in order to minimise costs.
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In addition to cost reduction, use of the Synplify Pro software reduces power consumption since, typically, fewer logic resources are needed to implement a design.
The Synplify Pro software supports industry I/O standards such as AGP, PCI and many others which are pre-engineered into the Spartan-3A devices.
This allows designers to quickly and easily specify an I/O standard for various ports in a design.
The Synplify Pro software is tightly integrated with the Xilinx ISE software for maximising designer productivity.
'Synplicity is committed to supporting Xilinx in its goal of providing cost and time-to-market advantages for customers who design high-volume applications,' said John Gallagher, Senior Director outbound marketing at Synplicity.
'The high I/O-to-gate count ratio introduced by the new Spartan-3A device advances programmable logic use in several areas including fast-growing consumer and industrial applications'.
'We believe the new Spartan-3A FPGAs, when synthesised by the Synplify Pro software, will allow our mutual customers to reach their timing goals quickly and at the same time minimise overall costs'.
Synplicity's timely support for new Xilinx devices is a result of the long-term relationship between the two companies, in which Synplicity obtains early access to Xilinx device architecture specifications.
This early access allows Synplicity to understand the unique structure and benefits of the new devices and to optimise its synthesis software to provide users with optimal performance immediately upon device availability.
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