Rapid adoption for ASIC synthesis technology

Synplicity has reported rapid adoption of its ASIC synthesis technology, including a doubling of ASIC synthesis licence revenues during 2003.

Synplicity has reported rapid adoption of its ASIC synthesis technology, including a doubling of ASIC synthesis licence revenues during 2003.

Since Synplicity's entrance into the ASIC synthesis market in June 2001, 70 companies have purchased its Synplify ASIC and Amplify ASIC software, and 12 ASIC vendors have endorsed the software.

Synplicity attributes the success of its ASIC synthesis software to the tool's industry-leading and runtime feature-rich functionality, plug-and-play compatibility with current ASIC flows and its focus on ASIC vendors and the design handoff market.

The Synplify ASIC software leverages Synplicity's proven synthesis technology and delivers high quality of results up to 15 times faster than traditional synthesis tools.

The software's memory efficiency enables designers to perform timing-driven synthesis on multi-million-gate designs in a single operation using Synplicity's MultiPoint automated hierarchical synthesis technology.

This unique approach to ASIC synthesis enables Synplicity to win head-to-head engagements against other synthesis tools when customers co