Multicore Processing Speeds Runtime by 3X, Accelerates Time-to-Quality
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Nov. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Synopsys, Inc.
(Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design,
verification and manufacturing, today announced that Arrow Electronics
successfully deployed Synopsys' TetraMAX® automatic test pattern generation
(ATPG) with multicore processing to significantly reduce the time needed to
generate high-quality manufacturing tests. Stringent quality goals combined
with increasing design complexity stimulated the need to improve ATPG
performance at Arrow. By utilizing TetraMAX ATPG's multicore processing
capability on their quad-core compute servers, Arrow's Custom Logic Solution
(CLS) ASIC design engineers cut more than a week from their test development
time for a 30 million-gate system-on-chip, meeting their test quality goals
ahead of schedule.
"To meet Arrow's quality goals, our CLS ASIC designers rely on at-speed
manufacturing tests that can take days to generate," said Erich Van Stralen,
ASIC test team manager at Arrow Electronics. "For our latest project, we used
TetraMAX ATPG running on quad-core machines, which reduced test pattern
generation time to less than 24 hours with no impact on fault coverage. We now
consider the Synopsys multicore ATPG capability essential to meeting our
quality goals on time."
Generating deep-submicron tests on a single processor core can take weeks or
longer, especially for very large designs. TetraMAX's multicore processing
capability employs algorithms to ensure that runtime performance scales well
with the number of processor cores used, speeding ATPG runtime on eight cores,
for example, by six times or more. Built into the Galaxy(TM) Implementation
Platform to eliminate time-consuming iterations between synthesis, scan
insertion and physical implementation, DFTMAX(TM) compression and TetraMAX
ATPG provide designers with a comprehensive solution for meeting their most
challenging quality and cost goals for test.
"Design engineers are under pressure to deliver increasingly complex products
to market in less time but with higher quality," said Gal Hasson, senior
director of marketing for synthesis and test at Synopsys. "TetraMAX's
multicore processing capability accelerates test pattern generation, enabling
customers, such as Arrow Electronics, to meet their test development schedules
in the presence of increasingly challenging test requirements."
About Synopsys
Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq:SNPS) is a world leader in electronic design automation
(EDA), supplying the global electronics market with the software, intellectual
property (IP) and services used in semiconductor design, verification and
manufacturing. Synopsys' comprehensive, integrated portfolio of
implementation, verification, IP, manufacturing and field-programmable gate
array (FPGA) solutions helps address the key challenges designers and
manufacturers face today, such as power and yield management,
software-to-silicon verification and time-to-results. These technology-leading
solutions help give Synopsys customers a competitive edge in bringing the best
products to market quickly while reducing costs and schedule risk. Synopsys is
headquartered in Mountain View, California, and has more than 65 offices
located throughout North America, Europe, Japan, Asia and India. Visit
Synopsys online at http://www.synopsys.com/.
Synopsys, Galaxy, TetraMAX, and DFTMAX are registered trademarks or trademarks
of Synopsys, Inc. Any other trademarks mentioned in this release are the
intellectual property of their respective owners.
Editorial Contacts:
Sheryl Gulizia
Synopsys, Inc.
650-584-8635
sgulizia@synopsys.com
Lisa Gillette-Martin
MCA, Inc.
650-968-8900 ext. 115
lgmartin@mcapr.com
SOURCE Synopsys, Inc.
Sheryl Gulizia of Synopsys, Inc., +1-650-584-8635, sgulizia@synopsys.com; or
Lisa Gillette-Martin of MCA, Inc., +1-650-968-8900, ext. 115,
lgmartin@mcapr.com, for Synopsys, Inc.
