SAN JOSE, CALIF. -- June 29, 2009 -- Forte Design Systems (www.ForteDS.com),
a leading provider of High-Level Synthesis software, today began volume
shipments of the latest version of Cynthesizer(tm), SystemC synthesis
software for hardware and electronic system level (ESL) design.
Anchoring this version of Cynthesizer are several new features,
including SystemC 2.2 support, tools for partitioning complex
hierarchical systems, automated generation of complex interfaces,
enhanced control-based design support, memory support upgrades and
scalability improvements.
"Solutions based on ANSI-C are inherently limited in their ability to
model complex concurrent hardware architectures including interfaces,
control and datapath blocks," remarks Sean Dart, Forte's president and
chief executive officer. "Cynthesizer includes new automated interface
generation and design partitioning that leverages the modeling power of
SystemC to move it further ahead in the breadth of designs styles
covered and quality of results achieved."
Cynthesizer lets designers choose either SystemC 2.1v1 or the latest
SystemC 2.2 IEEE standard. Forte supports SystemC because designs
modeled behaviorally in SystemC are faster than register transfer level
(RTL) simulations and more accurate than ANSI-C based models. Further,
SystemC provides a standardized means of representing critical hardware
concepts not available in pure ANSI-C solutions such as concurrency, bit
accuracy, timing and hierarchy. Together with Cynthesizer, designs can
be accurately modeled and verified using behavioral simulations and
synthesized directly from that representation without the need for
manual work once the RTL code is created.
The existence of a wide variety of advanced, complex, validated and
highly customizable interface intellectual property (IP) blocks enhances
engineering productivity when designing complex hierarchical and
multi-block systems. Cynthesizer adds an interface IP generator for
design teams to customize validated, synthesizable interfaces for use in
their designs. These interfaces range from standard streaming or buffer
interfaces to complex interfaces, such as line buffers often used in
imaging designs.
Cynthesizer also includes automated design partitioning for
behavioral design specifications expressed serially to be quickly and
easily split into multiple parallel blocks. Its partitioning feature
divides the design into multiple parts while automatically determining
data dependency between blocks and creating an appropriate interface.
This enhanced process streamlines the design exploration and creation
process by utilizing pre-verified interface templates reducing overall
time and risk.
Finally, Cynthesizer now offers transaction logging through an
integration with Springsoft's Verdi(tm) Automated Debug System. This
capability enables designers to log complex transactions for memories or
over interfaces directly to Springsoft's Fast Signal Database (FSDB).
Forte will demonstrate Cynthesizer in Booth #1225 at the 46th Design
Automation Conference (DAC) that will take place July 26-31at the
Moscone Center in San Francisco. To schedule a private demonstration of
Cynthesizer, go to
www.ForteDS.com/DAC2009. For details about DAC,
visit: www.dac.com.
Cynthesizer comes standard with Forte's transaction level modeling (TLM)
synthesis capability, with U.S. pricing starting at $275,000.
Cynthesizer's Partitioning and Interface Generator features start at
$40,000 (U.S.) as an add-on to Cynthesizer to further improve
productivity.
Forte Design Systems is a leading provider of software products that
enable design at a higher level of abstraction. Its innovative
high-level synthesis technology allows design teams creating complex
electronic systems from algorithmic designs using ASICs, FPGAs, and SoCs
to significantly reduce their overall design and verification time.
Forte is headquartered at 100 Century Center Court, San Jose, Calif.
95112. For more information, visit
www.ForteDS.com.
Forte acknowledges trademarks or registered trademarks of other
organizations for their respective products and services.
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