Synopsys and First Silicon Solutions Speed Development of Large PCI Express Designs
September 25 2006 - 10:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
High-Performance Sitka Evaluation and Development Platform Allows
Designers to Test and Debug Applications Using the DesignWare PCI
Express IP in Hardware MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., and PORTLAND, Ore.,
Sept. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS), a
world leader in semiconductor design software, and First Silicon
Solutions (FS2), a division of MIPS Technologies, Inc.
(NASDAQ:MIPS) and a leader in on-chip instrumentation intellectual
property (IP) for high-performance debug solutions, today announced
the availability of the Sitka evaluation and development platform
for Synopsys' DesignWare(R) PCI Express(R) (PCIe) IP. The Sitka
board, the result of collaboration between the two companies,
functions as a standard PCIe add-in card with support for up to
eight PCIe lanes (each lane is a 2.5 Gbps communication channel).
With this new platform, designers can test and debug their
system-on-chip (SoC) designs using the DesignWare PCIe IP while
performing interoperability testing between their SoC design and a
PCIe PHY. Designers using the Sitka board to prototype SoCs can
reduce their design risk, cut development time and enable
predictable success in their complex SoCs. With the Sitka board,
designers can prototype large designs by synthesizing their SoC
into two large on-board Xilinx Virtex(TM)-4 FPGAs. These two FPGAs
are interconnected through 272 I/O pins and can be configured for
operating at up to 1 Gbps point-to-point interconnect, providing
high throughput data transfers or sets of unidirectional channels.
The FPGAs are configured via the on-board ROM. The ROM can hold
multiple FPGA configurations allowing the designer to test design
variations and switch between different PHYs and the Xilinx Rocket
I/O(TM). "Partnering with Synopsys, the market leader in PCI
Express IP, we are providing designers a high-performance board
that can be used to evaluate large, complex PCI Express-based
designs," said Rick Leatherman, vice president and general manager
of FS2. "Coupling our expertise in hardware verification and debug
technology with Synopsys' expertise in PCI Express, we were able to
create a solution that allows designers to fully develop, test and
debug their SoC designs with PCI Express before committing to
silicon." Synopsys has used the Sitka board for compliance testing
of the combined DesignWare PCI Express digital cores and DesignWare
PCI Express PHY at the PCI Special Interest Group (PCI-SIG(R))
Compliance Workshops. For design development and prototyping, the
Sitka board provides multiple options for the PHY interface. For
initial prototyping, designers can use the built-in Xilinx Rocket
I/O SERDES connected directly to the Sitka PCIe interface. For more
extensive PCIe and PHY compatibility testing with their designs,
designers can use a PCIe PIPE-compliant PHY and connect through the
standard PIPE-C- compliant expansion connector. For DesignWare PCIe
digital IP evaluations, Synopsys provides an FPGA configuration
that allows the Sitka board to be used as a PCI Express-based
10/100 Ethernet adapter. "Our customers have been asking us for a
hardware development environment that provides high-performance
hardware and the capacity to handle large designs with our proven
DesignWare PCI Express IP," said Guri Stark, vice president of
Marketing for the Solutions Group at Synopsys. "By working closely
with FS2, we've created a board that is unmatched in the industry
today and enables designers to get to market faster while reducing
their risks and lowering costs." Availability The Sitka development
and evaluation board is available now through FS2. About DesignWare
Cores Synopsys DesignWare Cores provide system designers with
silicon-proven, digital, and mixed-signal connectivity IP for some
of the world's most recognized products, including communications
processors, routers, switches, game consoles, digital cameras,
computers and computer peripherals. Provided as synthesizable RTL
source code or in GDS format, these cores enable designers to
create innovative, cost-effective system-on-chips and embedded
systems. Synopsys provides flexible licensing options for the
DesignWare Cores. Each core can be licensed individually, on a
fee-per-project basis, or users can opt for the Volume Purchase
Agreement, which enables them to license all the cores as part of
one simple agreement. For more information on DesignWare IP, visit:
http://www.designware.com/. About FS2 First Silicon Solutions
specializes in hardware verification and debug technologies
including on-chip instrumentation, custom silicon IP, development
tools and design services for programming, testing and debug of
embedded systems in FPGA, SoC, SOPC, ASSP and ASIC designs. FS2
provides full system solutions with IP blocks for processor, logic
and complex system-level designs, along with hardware and software
tools for improved debug and analysis at all stages in the
development cycle -- from system design and verification to
software development and optimization. FS2 products enable silicon
vendors and their customers to take their designs from "first
silicon" to production faster, with a better understanding of the
design performance and overall operation -- for faster
time-to-market and higher quality products. FS2 was acquired in
September 2005 by, and is a division of, MIPS Technologies, Inc.
Additional information about First Silicon Solutions is available
at http://www.fs2.com/. About Synopsys Synopsys, Inc. is a 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 offices in more than 60 locations
throughout North America, Europe, Japan and Asia. Visit Synopsys
online at http://www.synopsys.com/. Synopsys and DesignWare are
registered trademarks of Synopsys, Inc. PCI Express is a registered
trademark of PCI-SIG. Any other trademarks or registered trademarks
mentioned in this release are the intellectual property of their
respective owners. Editorial Contacts: Yvette Huygen Synopsys, Inc.
650-584-4547 Tara Yingst A&R Edelman 650-762-2942 DATASOURCE:
Synopsys, Inc. CONTACT: Yvette Huygen of Synopsys, Inc.,
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