Synopsys Extends Compute Platform Support to Include Solaris 10 OS-Based
x86_64 Platforms
Broad support provided across its industry-leading electronic design
automation solutions
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Synopsys, Inc.
(Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design and
manufacturing, today announced broad support across its advanced electronic
design automation (EDA) product lines for Sun Microsystems' Solaris(TM) 10
Operating System (OS) on x86_64-based systems. The combination of Synopsys'
powerful EDA solutions and the proven Solaris 10 OS on robust x86_64
processors can provide significant productivity gains for engineering teams
developing next-generation system-on-chip (SoC) designs. Synopsys products
running on the Solaris 10 OS with x86_64 platforms are expected to provide
engineering teams with a higher level of performance and productivity gains
because these EDA tools and systems are able to provide the sophisticated
solutions needed for the design and verification of today's SoCs.
"I am pleased to see Sun and Synopsys build on their long standing
collaboration to help deliver world class electronic design automation
solutions to customers," said Juan Carlos Soto, vice president of Global
Market Development and Engineering at Sun Microsystems, Inc. "With this
announcement, customers have even more hardware choices that leverage the
Solaris OS and its proven scalability and performance to use Synopsys
solutions to develop state of the art processors and ASICs."
"Our leading-edge EDA tool families' broad support for Solaris 10 on
x86_64 processors offers our customers more choice and flexibility in the
compute platforms available for SoC design," said Rich Goldman, vice president
of Corporate Marketing and Strategic Market Development at Synopsys. "Our
customers value the ability to choose optimal combinations of operating
systems and hardware on which to execute our state-of-the-art product suites."
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 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,
system-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 60 offices
located throughout North America, Europe, Japan, Asia and India. Visit
Synopsys online at http://www.synopsys.com/.
Synopsys, is a registered trademark of Synopsys, Inc. Sun, Sun
Microsystems and Solaris are trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the
United States and other countries. Any other trademarks or registered
trademarks mentioned in this release are the intellectual property of their
respective owners.
Editorial Contact:
Yvette Huygen
Synopsys, Inc.
650-584-4547
yvetteh@synopsys.com
Ellen Van Etten
MCA
970-778-6094
evanetten@mcapr.com
SOURCE Synopsys, Inc.
Yvette Huygen of Synopsys, Inc., +1-650-584-4547, yvetteh@synopsys.com; or
Ellen Van Etten of MCA, +1-970-778-6094, evanetten@mcapr.com, for Synopsys,
Inc.
