Product category: Design and Development Software
News Release from: Synopsys | Subject: Physical Compiler 2002.02
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 12 April 2002

Physical synthesis extends beyond 20
million gates

Physical Compiler 2002.02 is the latest version of the premier physical synthesis tool from Synopsys, providing designers with a timing closure flow that scales to twenty million plus gate designs.

Physical Compiler 2002.02 is the latest version of the premier physical synthesis tool from Synopsys, which provides designers with a timing closure flow that scales to twenty million plus gate designs There are three key capabilities introduced in this release of Physical Compiler that enable this high capacity flow: 64bit platform support to more than double the practical capacity, interface logic models, also supported by PrimeTime to extend its hierarchical chip level capacity, and a new quick mode that offers a fivefold runtime improvement in a design exploration flow