CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
1 June 2004
Product News
Synfora Joins Cadence Connections Program to Provide Tightly Integrated Algorithm-to-Tapeout Synthesis
Synfora, Inc. announced that it has joined the Cadence Design Systems, Inc. Connections® program and will be integrating its PICO Express into the Cadence® synthesis, simulation, and verification environments. By attracting best-in-class members, the Cadence Connections program offers the industry's largest collection of third-party solutions operating fully with the Cadence suite of design tools. Synfora's integration with Cadence's platforms, enabled through membership in Connections, will make available to mutual customers the time and cost advantages of using PICO Express for integrated circuit (IC) design.
Synfora plans to integrate PICO Express with Cadence BuildGates® synthesis, Cadence NC-Verilog® simulator, the Cadence IncisiveT functional verification platform, and the Cadence EncounterT digital IC design platform.
PICO Express, the first algorithm-to-tapeout synthesis tool, enables design engineers to perform "what-if" analysis of chip architectures, and then automatically creates efficient hardware from algorithmic C descriptions. PICO Express leverages Synfora's customizable Pipeline of Processor Array architecture to generate efficient hardware. The architecture is highly flexible, allowing PICO Express to automatically tailor the hardware to the precise algorithm. This reduces from months to days the time to create register-transfer-level (RTL) code. It also lowers verification cost by using previously verified blocks and correct-by-construction synthesis, and by automatically generating a test bench to test the RTL. In addition, PICO Express lets designers find an optimal implementation efficiently and explore the algorithm for better alternatives.
The Cadence Connections program promotes open interoperability in all areas of electronic design, including digital, custom IC, analog/mixed-signal, and PCB design. The Connections program has over 120 member companies working toward developing an optimized silicon design chain for customers. Information about the Connections program may be found at http://www.connectionsprogram.com
Founded in 2003, Synfora, Inc. is a venture-funded company that delivers the first true "algorithm-to-tapeout" synthesis technology, enabling IC designers to explore and implement C algorithms in silicon. Synfora's algorithmic synthesis technology-PICO (Program In Chip Out)-significantly reduces time to market and design risks by exploring architecture alternatives and creating efficient RTL code. Fore more information about Synfora and PICO technology, visit http://www.synfora.com
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