Articles 


FPGA-based rapid prototyping of ASIC, ASSP, SoC designs
The complexity, cost and time to market pressures of today’s ASIC, ASSP and SoC designs demand fast, efficient, and cost-effective verification at both the chip and system levels. This article discusses several verification options including Synopsys’ Confirma Rapid Prototyping platform.
Oct 21, 2009

Accelerating Embedded Software Development with Rapid Prototyping
In this article Neil Songcuan, Technical Marketing Manager at Synopsys, discusses the challenges faced by Embedded Software Developers and how rapid prototyping can help them to accelerate development, maintain cost effectiveness and retain a competitive advantage in today's environment.
Oct 05, 2009

FPGA prototyping gains ground
At the Design Automation Conference (DAC) in Anaheim, Calif., Mark LaPedus, semiconductor editor from EE Times, caught up with Andy Haines, vice president of marketing of Synplicity, which was recently acquired by Synopsys.
Jun 12, 2008

FPGA-based prototyping grows up
ASIC, ASSP and SoC development is, and will always be, a risky and expensive business.
Mar 10, 2008

FPGA-based prototyping-productivity to burn
These days, a large portion of ASIC, SoC, and ASSP designs are at least partially prototyped in one or more FPGAs. This amounts to many thousands of prototyping projects per year.
Jan 30, 2008