The Synopsys Compute Platforms Roadmap gives customers a look ahead at Synopsys' compute platforms support plans for hardware architectures and operating systems. Not all Synopsys products are released on all platforms listed in this Roadmap. The Synopsys Release Library at https://solvnet.synopsys.com/DownloadCenter/dc/product.jsp, is the best source of information on product/platform availability.

Information contained in this page reflects Synopsys' plans as of the date of this presentation. Such plans are subject to completion and are subject to change. Products may be offered and purchased only pursuant to an authorized quote and purchase order. Synopsys is not obligated to develop the software with the features and functionality discussed in the materials.

Foundation Changes

• X-Foundation (2006.03, 2006.06, 2006.09):
• Sun SPARC 2 hardware is no longer supported.
• Y-Foundation (2006.12, 2007.03, 2007.06):
• The Sun SPARC baseline OS becomes Solaris 9 for both 32-bit and 64-bit.
• Binary compatibility support for Solaris 10 on Sun SPARC added
• Binary compatibility support for RHEL v4 added for x86 and x86_64 for both 32-bit and 64-bit
• The IBM AIX baseline OS becomes AIX 5.3.
• Z-Foundation (2007.09, 2007.12, 2008.03):
• Support for RHEL v3 on both x86 and x86_64 extended for this foundation (change from previous roadmap)
• HP-UX on PA-RISC no longer supported in this foundation
• A-Foundation (2008.06, 2008.09, 2008.12):
• The x86 baseline for RHEL becomes RHEL v4
• The x86_64 baseline for RHEL becomes RHEL v4 for both 32-bit and 64-bit
• Binary compatibility support for RHEL v5 added for x86 and x86_64 for both 32-bit and 64-bit
• Binary compatibility support for SLES10 added for x86 and x86_64 for both 32-bit and 64-bit
• RHEL on Itanium no longer supported in this foundation
• Solaris 10 on x86_64 supported by VCS in this foundation
• C-Foundation(2009.03, 2009.06, 2009.09):
• Windows Vista supported by select products
• Solaris x86 support expanded beyond VCS
• D-Foundation (2009.12, 2010.03, 2010.06):
• The IBM AIX baseline OS becomes AIX 6.1.

* Review these recommendations before making your hardware and operating systems plans.

Synopsys Synchronized Release Model (SRM)

The Synopsys Synchronized Release Model consists of:

• A common foundation of operating systems, compilers and tools that is set every 9 months
• Quarterly product release opportunities - 3 per foundation, 4 per year
• Product updates and feature releases can be made with any release opportunity

A foundation can change every 9 months. Mature operating systems, such as Solaris, can be expected to remain static for many foundations. Newer operating systems, such as Linux, may change with every foundation to keep up with market demand and vendor releases. Synopsys typically builds on a single operating system baseline version for each SRM Foundation.

The following table shows foundations and corresponding release opportunities:

Foundation	Release Opportunity
A-Foundation	2007.09 2007.12 2008.03
B-Foundation	2008.06 2008.09 2008.12
C-Foundation	2009.03 2009.06 2009.09
D-Foundation	2009.12 2010.03 2010.06

Supported Operating Systems Roadmap

Platform	A-Foundation 2007.09 2007.12 2008.03	B-Foundation 2008.06 2008.09 2008.12	C-Foundation 2009.03 2009.06 2009.09	D-Foundation 2009.12 2010.03 2010.06
Sun SPARC 32/64-bit	Solaris 9 Solaris 10	Solaris 9 Solaris 10	Solaris 9 Solaris 10	Solaris 9 Solaris 10
x86/x86_64 Solaris	Solaris 10	Solaris 10	Solaris 10	Solaris 10
x86/IA32 Linux	Red Hat Enterprise Linux v4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux v5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10	Red Hat Enterprise Linux v4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux v5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10	Red Hat Enterprise Linux v4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux v5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10	Red Hat Enterprise Linux v4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux v5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
x86_64 Linux	Red Hat Enterprise Linux v4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux v5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10	Red Hat Enterprise Linux v4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux v5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10	Red Hat Enterprise Linux v4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux v5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10	Red Hat Enterprise Linux v4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux v5 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
IBM RS6000 32/64-bit	AIX 5.3	AIX 5.3	AIX 5.3	AIX 6.1
x86/IA32 Microsoft Windows	Windows 2000 SP3 Windows XP Professional	Windows 2000 SP3 Windows XP Professional	Windows XP Professional Windows Vista	Windows XP Professional Windows Vista

NOTE:

• All Synopsys products are not available on all compute platforms. Consult the Synopsys Solvnet Download Center for platform support information on your specific products.
• Broad support for Solaris on x86_64 beyond VCS begins with C-Foundation
• x86_64 binaries labeled AMD64 are Red Hat Enterprise Linux executables which run on the nAMD64 (Opteron) and the EM64T (Xeon64) processors on RHEL.
• x86_64 binaries labeled EM64T are SUSE Linux Enterprise Server executables which run on the EM64T (Xeon64) and the AMD64 (Opteron) processors on SLES.