Mentor Graphics Corp. (NASDAQ: MENT) today announced that it has
acquired certain assets of Oasys
Design Systems, Inc., creator of the Oasys
RealTime RTL physical synthesis platform. The Oasys RealTime™
product helps SoC/ASIC design teams to realize improved quality of
results and faster turnaround time for today’s complex SoCs, ASICs, and
IP blocks. This acquisition aligns with Mentor’s goal to deliver a
best-in-class digital implementation platform to address the
performance, power and area (PPA) challenges at advanced nodes. Terms of
the transaction were not disclosed.
Oasys Design Systems is a privately held company founded by a team of
RTL synthesis veterans with decades of experience delivering successful
synthesis products. The Oasys team, led by its founders, Paul van
Besouw, Johnson Limqueco, and Harm Arts, has created a next-generation
RTL physical synthesis technology, which optimizes at a higher level of
abstraction. This enables faster turnaround times and the capacity to
synthesize the entire top level of the largest designs, all while being
physically aware for better correlation with physical design. Its
“placement first” synthesis methodology and integrated RTL floorplanning
capability enable physical backend issues to be analyzed and addressed
at RTL stages before hand-off to the back-end groups for physical design
implementation.
“The Oasys team has done an exceptional job in developing an innovative
synthesis platform that delivers compelling value at advanced nodes,”
said Pravin Madhani, general manager of the Place & Route Division at
Mentor Graphics. “Today, the Olympus-SoC netlist-to-GDSII solution is in
active use at leading wireless, GPU, networking and set-top box design
houses, and has been used to implement some of the largest and most
complex SoCs in the industry. With this acquisition, Mentor will deliver
a best-in-class RTL-to-GDSII digital implementation platform to our
customers.”
“The Oasys RealTime engine is a major advancement in the state of the
art of RTL synthesis technology,” said Paul van Besouw, former chairman
and chief technology officer at Oasys Design Systems. “RealTime’s
ability to handle large designs, unique RTL code placement approach,
physical RTL synthesis and integrated floorplanning capabilities helps
deliver the best quality of results and reduces the time to design
closure. We are excited to be a part of Mentor Graphics and look forward
to delivering the next-generation RTL synthesis solution to the market.”
About Oasys Design Systems
Oasys is a privately held company that was founded in 2004 by a team of
leading RTL synthesis developers. The team created a next-generation
physical RTL synthesis platform that empowers SoC/ASIC design teams to
conquer the timing, power, area, and routability challenges of today’s
complex SoCs, ASICs, and IP blocks. The company is funded by Intel
Capital, Xilinx Ventures, and several private investors. The first
product from Oasys, RealTime Designer, was launched in 2009 and is being
used successfully by many of the top semiconductor vendors worldwide.
About Mentor Graphics
Mentor Graphics Corporation is a world leader in electronic hardware and
software design solutions, providing products, consulting services and
award-winning support for the world’s most successful electronic,
semiconductor and systems companies. Established in 1981, the company
reported revenues in the last fiscal year of nearly $1,090 million.
Corporate headquarters are located at 8005 S.W. Boeckman Road,
Wilsonville, Oregon 97070-7777. World Wide Web site: http://www.mentor.com/.
(Mentor Graphics, and Mentor are registered trademarks and Olympus-SoC
and Oasys RealTime are trademarks of Mentor Graphics Corporation. All
other company or product names are the registered trademarks or
trademarks of their respective owners.)
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