Synopsys announced the availability of Test Fusion technology with new test point functionality, providing design teams with powerful design-for-test (DFT) circuit modifications to reduce silicon test costs by an average of forty percent and increase defect detection while meeting design targets for power, performance, and area. Test Fusion ensures the test points avoid introducing routing […]
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IC design software gets better Spice circuit simulation for analog/mixed-signal work
Synopsys announced that its Custom Design Platform has been enhanced with innovative new FineSim SPICE circuit simulation and Custom Compiler custom layout technologies to address the growing needs of accelerating robust analog/mixed-signal (AMS) designs at advanced process nodes and high-reliability applications. The new analog simulation technologies in the latest FineSim SPICE release provide 3X faster […]
DDR5 and LPDDR5 design IP said to be most power-efficient yet
Synopsys has announced new DesignWare Memory Interface IP solutions supporting the next-generation DDR5 and LPDDR5 SDRAMs. The DDR5 and LPDDR5 IP significantly increase memory interface bandwidth compared to DDR4 and LPDDR4 SDRAM interfaces, while reducing area and improving power efficiency. The DesignWare DDR5 IP, operating at up to 4800 Mbps data rates, can interface with multiple DIMMs […]
Software helps explore processing and memory architecture options for AI SoCs
Synopsys, Inc. announced the availability of its next-generation architecture exploration, analysis, and design solution, Platform Architect Ultra, to address the system challenges of artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled system-on-chips (SoCs). Architects of neural network enabled SoCs need to carefully balance the required convolutional neural network (CNN) throughput against the available power and performance budget that data center […]
Cloud-based IC design environment includes TSMC design infrastructure
Synopsys, Inc. announced it has collaborated with TSMC and leading cloud providers Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure, to provide a streamlined cloud-based IC design environment on the Synopsys Cloud Solution. The Synopsys Cloud Solution provides optimized, secure infrastructure and services to enable IC design and verification teams to take full advantage of the […]
Vision processors now handle high video resolution and frame rates for high-performance embedded apps
Synopsys, Inc. announced that it has enhanced the convolutional neural network (CNN) engine in its DesignWare EV6x Vision Processors to address the increasing video resolution and frame rate requirements of high-performance embedded vision applications. The CNN engine delivers up to 4.5 TeraMACs per second when implemented in 16-nanometer (nm) FinFET process technologies under typical conditions, four times […]