[Info] Synplicity unveils Synplify DSP

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Synplicity unveils Synplify DSP, an alternate tool for Altera DSP Builder and Xilinx System Generator.

With the Synplify DSP software, users of the Simulink® design environment from the MathWorks can automatically take designs specified at the algorithm level and generate high-quality, synthesis-ready RTL code. By utilizing unique system-level optimizations, the Synplify DSP software can produce circuits that are up to 50 percent faster and 30 percent smaller than solutions created by alternative tools for implementing DSP in hardware. The design is implemented from the fixed-point model that has been verified in the Simulink environment.
In addition to generating high-quality RTL code, the Synplify DSP software also produces a test bench that can save designers additional time during the verification process.

The generated RTL model can then be verified in any HDL simulator using the stimulus from the Simulink environment. The result is a single-source verification methodology from system model to gates.

Included in the Synplify DSP software is a set of functional blocks commonly used in DSP design, such as filtering (FIR, IIR), transforms, math functions, CORDIC, signal operations, memories and control logic.

Pricing for the Synplify DSP software starts at US$29,000 for a one-year, time-based license. Beta software is available now with production expected in June 2004

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Synplify DSP software claims the product circuits that are up to 50% faster and 30% smaller than solutions created by alternative tools for implementing DSP in hardware.