Synopsys Galaxy Power Enables ARM, IBM and NVIDIA to Realize
Power-efficient Designs
Design Automation Conference, SAN DIEGO, June 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Synopsys Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), the world leader in semiconductor design
software, announced that Galaxy(TM) Power offers the industry's first
comprehensive low-power solution for today's most advanced, high-performance
90-nanometer (nm) designs. ARM, IBM and NVIDIA have selected Synopsys' Galaxy
Power to achieve best-in-class low-power optimization in their next-generation
designs. Synopsys' Galaxy Power delivers 2X power reduction without impacting
the implementation flow, and offers new capabilities for standby mode (state
retention) designs and support for multi-threshold designs.
"By using Synopsys' Galaxy Design Platform, we were able to design the
GeForce 6800, a complex 222-million transistor graphics processing unit
designed for ultimate performance with low power requirements," said
Dan Smith, director of engineering, NVIDIA. "With Synopsys' low power
solution, we are able to achieve significant dynamic power reduction with
greater than 12 percent savings in area. As a result, Galaxy Power is now a
standard for power management in our design flow."
"We have collaborated with Synopsys and qualified its Galaxy Power
solution for our 90nm ASIC design flow," said Richard Busch, director, ASIC
Business Unit, IBM Systems and Technology Group. "Our customers can now
optimize chips designed to reduce power using Galaxy Power as an integrated
solution within IBM's ASIC methodology flow."
Synopsys Galaxy Power offers a customer-proven solution for low-power
optimization and power integrity. For low power, Galaxy Power delivers power
grid synthesis and power optimization with support for automatic hierarchical
clock-gating, multi-voltage designs, multi-threshold leakage, and state
retention power-gating. Vector-free power analysis and sign-off level power
integrity -- including voltage-drop and electromigration analysis -- are also
part of Galaxy Power. Galaxy Power provides a seamless flow with test (DFT
Compiler(TM) and TetraMAX(R)), timing (PrimeTime(R) and PrimeTime SI) and
verification (Formality(R) and VCS(R)). The full complement of capabilities in
Galaxy Power gives designers a predictable, 90-nm-proven design flow that
speeds timing, area and power convergence, enabling rapid design closure.
"ARM has partnered with Synopsys on low energy design, and we have jointly
developed a test chip with the Synopsys Galaxy Design Platform and the ARM(R)
Intelligent Energy Manager (IEM) technology to demonstrate up to 60 percent
core energy reduction in a typical MP3 use case," said Clive Watts, IEM
product manager, ARM. "At DAC 2004, ARM and Synopsys are highlighting the
ARM926EJ-S(TM) applications processor-based IEM demonstrator system
implemented using Synopsys' Galaxy Design Platform."
"Synopsys is delivering production-proven power solutions that enable
market leaders to speed design convergence and reduce overall fabrication
cost. Our customers are reporting 60 to 95 percent leakage power reduction
with no degradation in chip performance, and significant area savings," said
Antun Domic, senior vice president and general manager of Synopsys
Implementation Group. "ARM, IBM and NVIDIA have selected Galaxy Power for its
unique ability to deliver mission-critical power reduction within the Galaxy
Design Platform."
About Synopsys
Synopsys, Inc. is the world leader in electronic design automation (EDA)
software for semiconductor design. The company delivers technology-leading
semiconductor design and verification platforms and IC manufacturing software
products to the global electronics market, enabling the development and
production of complex systems-on-chips (SoCs). Synopsys also provides
intellectual property and design services to simplify the design process and
accelerate time-to-market for its customers. Synopsys is headquartered in
Mountain View, California, and has more than 60 offices located throughout
North America, Europe, Japan and Asia. Visit Synopsys online at
http://www.synopsys.com .
NOTE: Synopsys, PrimeTime, TetraMAX, Formality and VCS are registered
trademarks of Synopsys, Inc., and Galaxy, DFT Compiler are trademarks of
Synopsys. All other trademarks or registered trademarks mentioned in this
release are the intellectual property of their respective owners.
SOURCE Synopsys, Inc.
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CONTACT:
media, Nancy Renzullo of Synopsys, Inc.,
+1-650-584-1669, or renzullo@synopsys.com; or Sarah Seifert of
Edelman Public Relations, +1-650-429-2776, or
sarah.seifert@edelman.com, for Synopsys, Inc.
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