Mentor Graphics Announces Catapult C Synthesis Accelerated Libraries for Xilinx High-Performance...

Mentor Graphics Announces Catapult C Synthesis Accelerated Libraries for Xilinx High-Performance Virtex-5 FPGAs

WILSONVILLE, Ore.--(Business Wire)--Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ:MENT) today announced an
extension to its industry-leading ESL synthesis flow that enables
users to implement even higher performance DSP hardware than
previously achievable with Catapult for Xilinx devices. The new
Catapult C Synthesis accelerated library for Xilinx 65nm Virtex-5
FPGAs features a pushbutton flow, delivering significant DSP Fmax
performance improvements in the order of 50-80% over standard
libraries.

The massive increase in processing power required for
next-generation compute-intensive applications such as wireless
communication, video and imaging, and medical has created a need for
much higher levels of signal processing performance. Mentor's Catapult
C Synthesis tool for Xilinx Virtex-5 FPGAs performs efficient mapping
to the Virtex-5 hardware resources leveraging the XtremeDSP
capabilities of the device. The result is designs that operate 50-80
percent faster than results previously achieved by any high-level
synthesis tool.

"With Catapult C Synthesis, designers are able to take advantage
of significant productivity gains," said Shawn McCloud, Product Line
Director, High Level Synthesis, Mentor Graphics. "Through our close
collaboration with Xilinx, we have extended Catapult's ASIC-proven
technology to better utilize the XilinxVirtex-5 high-performance FPGA
fabric enabling an ESL synthesis flow that allows hardware designers
to easily implement complex high-speed algorithms."

"The Virtex-5 Accelerated Library for Catapult C improves user
productivity by enabling easy access to DSP optimized features in
Virtex-5," said Steve Lass, Senior Director of Software Marketing at
Xilinx. "Mentor's Catapult C accelerated library takes the ANSI C++
description and synthesizes the design, taking full advantage of the
DSP48E processing block in Virtex-5 FPGAs to build high-performance
and area-efficient designs."

About Mentor Graphics

Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ:MENT) is a world leader in
electronic hardware and software design solutions, providing products,
consulting services and award-winning support for the world's most
successful electronics and semiconductor companies. Established in
1981, the company reported revenues over the last 12 months of about
$825 million and employs approximately 4,300 people worldwide.
Corporate headquarters are located at 8005 S.W. Boeckman Road,
Wilsonville, Oregon, 97070-7777. World Wide Web site:
http://www.mentor.com/.

Mentor Graphics and Catapult are registered trademarks of Mentor
Graphics Corporation. All other company or product names are the
registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners.

Mentor Graphics
Larry Toda, 503-685-1664
larry_toda@mentor.com
Ry Schwark, 503-685-1660
ry_schwark@mentor.com

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