SAN MATEO, Calif. — Synplicity Inc. is targeting the ASIC synthesis market after years of dominating FPGA synthesis with an announcement that it is co-developing with LSI Logic an ASIC physical ...

San Mateo, Calif. – Already a player in FPGA synthesis, Synplicity Inc. will expand into ASIC physical synthesis this week with a tool that competes against offerings from Synopsys, Cadence and Magma.

When you think about it, logic synthesis is a vital but rather intimidating part of modern chip design. This process takes a high-level description of intended functionality, written in an RTL ...

With as many as 40% of ASIC and ASSP designers doing FPGA prototyping, Synopsys decided to spin a version of its Design Compiler (DC) synthesis tool for FPGA designers. The new tool, dubbed DC FPGA, ...

This paper examines the achievements and future of SoC design methodology and design flow from the viewpoints of an in- house EDA team of an ASIC and system vendor. We initially discuss the problems ...