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Solarflare Communications Tapes out 10-Gigabit Ethernet Controller Chip Using Synopsys IC Compiler

IC Compiler Reduces Power Up to 20 Percent for Critical Design Blocks MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 20 / - Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS), a world leader in semiconductor design software, today announced that Solarflare Communications, Inc. has taped out its new 90-nanometer (nm) 10-gigabit (Gb) Ethernet controller using the Synopsys IC Compiler place-and-route solution. Earlier this year, Solarflare...

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Electrical Equipment & Systems

Synopsys Teams with UMC to Port Mixed-Signal Connectivity IP to 90- and 65-Nanometer Process Technologies

Synopsys' DesignWare IP for USB 2.0, PCIe, SATA and XAUI PHYs Developed for UMC's Leading-Edge Processes MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 27 / - Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS), a world leader in semiconductor design software, today announced that it has teamed with UMC to port the Synopsys DesignWareÂ-® USB 2.0, PCI Express, SATA and XAUI PHY semiconductor intellectual property (IP) to UMC's...

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Virtual Platform integrates software/hardware before prototyping.

DesignWareÂ-® VPXA3 Virtual Platform is used for development of smartphones or hand-held and consumer electronics devices that use Marvell PXA3xx XScale technology application processors. It provides software engineers with pre-silicon software execution environment that allows development of SoC related software before hardware is available. Software combines high-speed processor...

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Synopsys and Zuken to Deliver Integrated, Robust PCB Design and Simulation Solution

Synopsys' Saber Simulator and Zuken's CR-5000 System Designer Will Provide System-Level Electronic Design, Simulation and Verification MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. and MUNICH, May 30 / -- Synopsys, Inc. and Zuken, the engineering consulting company, today announced a partnership to develop an integrated and robust printed circuit board (PCB) design and simulation solution. The intended solution combines...

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Agricultural & Farming Products

Synopsys and ARM Optimize Reference Methodology for Aggressive Power Management

Enhanced Flow Uses Synopsys' IC Compiler and DC Topographical Technology to Manage Leakage for 65-Nanometer and Below Processes MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. and CAMBRIDGE, England, May 29 / -- Synopsys, Inc., a world leader in semiconductor design software and ARM ; today announced an enhanced implementation Reference Methodology (iRM) for the ARM1176JZF-S(TM) synthesizable microprocessor that supports...

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Architectural & Civil Engineering Products

Synopsys Switch IP for PCI Express Passes PCI-SIG Compliance Testing

DesignWare IP Lowers Integration Risk and Drives Interoperability for Next Generation PCI Express Designs MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 17 - Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS), a world leader in semiconductor design software, today announced that its DesignWareÂ-® Switch intellectual property (IP) for PCI ExpressÂ-® has passed compliance testing at the PCI-Special Interest Group (PCI-SIGÂ-®)...

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Materials

Software assists with SATA AHCI development.

Synopsys DesignWareÂ-® Serial ATA Advanced Host Controller Interface enables designers to implement full-featured SATA host interface with native AHCI in their designs. Solution includes DesignWare SATA AHCI core compliant with SATA 2.6 and AHCI 1.1 specifications and includes ARMÂ-® AMBAÂ-® 2 compliant interface. Delivered with DesignWare Verification IP, core features subset of...

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Materials

IP Core is PHY certified.

Available for TSMC's 65, 90, and 130 nm processes, DesignWareÂ-® USB 2.0 nanoPHY allows designers to integrate USB 2.0 connectivity into their SoC designs, and complies with USB Implementers Forum Hi-Speed On-The-Go (OTG) PHY certification. Combined with USB 2.0 high-speed OTG controller and USB Verification IP, product is designed for long-term electrical performance of USB 2.0 nanoPHY when...

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Synopsys and NanoGeometry Collaborate to Deliver Higher Modeling Accuracy and Predictability for 45-Nanometer DFM

PHOTOMASK JAPAN, Yokohama, Japan, April 17 -- Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS), a world leader in semiconductor design software, and NanoGeometry Research, Inc. (NGR), a technology leader in electron beam pattern inspection tools for microelectronics manufacturing, today announced that they are collaborating to enable faster, more accurate, more predictive optical proximity correction (OPC)...

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Synthesizable IP accommodates AMBA 2 and 3 AXI protocols.

Offering ready-to-implement, synthesizable IP for ARMÂ-® AMBAÂ-® 2 and AMBA 3 AXI(TM) protocols, 2007.04a release of DesignWareÂ-® lets designers integrate high-speed protocol into SoC designs. Designers of AMBA protocol-based systems can focus on development of value-added elements to differentiate their products. Library includes I2S protocol IP for APB bus, AXI-to-APB3 compliant...

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