EDN

Monterey adds Synplicity synthesis to ASIC design flow

SAN MATEO, Calif. — Claiming to have a full RTL-to-GDSII design flow at last, Monterey Design Systems has added logic synthesis to its Dolphin placement and routing system. The Dolphin-RTL synthesis ...
Design-Reuse

Cutting a fast path to semiconductors: With special synthesis and processing, algorithms turn into silicon-but keep an eye on hardware

So you have an algorithm or a compute-intensive function you want to implement in hardware. Does that mean you have to go through the traditional ASIC design flow, writing register-transfer-level VHDL ...
EDN

Altera, Synopsys plan ‘ASIC-like’ design solutions for complex PLDs

SAN JOSE — Altera Corp. and Synopsys Inc. today announced plans to jointly develop ASIC-like design solutions for complex system-on-programmable-chip (SoPC) devices. The partnership will address the ...