MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 21, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --
Highlights:
- PrimePower advances Synopsys' leadership in low-power digital design with expanded signoff power analysis to drive early
SoC design and signoff-accurate power and reliability closure, reducing design and verification cycle times
- Innovative and revolutionary technologies based on golden PrimeTime signoff timing deliver uniquely accurate peak power
analysis with emulation-based activity profiles
- Extends Synopsys' low-power solution, including ZeBu system-level, SpyGlass® Power RTL, and PowerReplay early
gate-level, to PrimePower signoff and reliability analysis, connecting billions of software cycles to dozens of critical
analysis cycles for signoff
- Strengthens Synopsys Digital Platform and Fusion Technology with the full-flow fusion of signoff power analysis for
out-of-the-box best-in-class design power QoR
Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) today introduced PrimePower, an expanded power analysis solution created to accelerate
system-on-chip (SoC) design closure by extending signoff power analysis to drive early design implementation and accurate
reliability analysis. Revolutionary technologies based on Synopsys' golden PrimeTime® static timing analysis and
signoff empower designers to perform faster and uniquely accurate power analysis and power-driven optimizations earlier in the
implementation phase with RTL simulation vectors. PrimePower's native interface with Synopsys' ZeBu® emulation system
provides a comprehensive system-level-to-signoff power analysis solution, enabling designers to efficiently and accurately
pinpoint and fix power and reliability issues to achieve robust design closure.
Reliability has emerged as a critical requirement in advanced-node designs, where aggressive transistor scaling, decreased
voltage margins, and increased power have made reliability analysis a much more significant issue in design. PrimePower addresses
the increased reliability concerns at sub-7-nanometer (nm) nodes by expanding power and reliability signoff and engineering
change order (ECO) closure capabilities from physical awareness to cell electromigration (EM) effects. PrimePower's native
integration with PrimeTime enables concurrent signoff timing, power, and reliability ECO for single-pass design closure. In
addition, its timing and power interfaces enable efficient reliability signoff analysis and deliver robust SoC designs with
improved endurance for high-intensive computing tasks throughout the design life cycle.
"HiSilicon builds AI-enabled SoCs on leading-edge semiconductor processes. These SoCs perform the most compute-intensive tasks
throughout their service life," said Huatao Yu, senior manager of worldwide physical design at HiSilicon. "PrimePower enabled
advanced reliability modeling and unique signoff-driven auto-fixing in our design flow, saving us weeks of design iterations
while enabling lifetime robustness for these intelligent chips."
The new PrimePower solution strengthens the Synopsys Design Platform by not only enabling early RTL-based analysis and
optimizations, but also providing a single DNA backbone for power analysis throughout the digital low-power design flow, from
physical implementation to signoff. A key component of the recently announced Fusion Technology™ solution, PrimePower
signoff technology in the Synopsys Design Platform delivers out-of-the-box perfect correlation and best-in-class design power
quality of results (QoR) for enhanced SoC performance, power, and area (PPA) closure.
"Emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, visual computing, and virtual reality are driving innovation for power
and reliability of advanced chips," said Michael Jackson, corporate vice president of marketing
for the Design Group at Synopsys. "PrimePower connects signoff power and reliability-driven design optimization with system
emulation, augmenting Synopsys' low-power design portfolio and enabling an efficient path to robust chip designs that can endure
real-world compute-intensive scenarios, such as AI self-driving or mobile-VR game play simulations."
Learn more about PrimePower at: www.synopsys.com/PrimePower.
About Synopsys
Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) is the Silicon to Software™ partner for innovative companies developing the
electronic products and software applications we rely on every day. As the world's 15th largest software company,
Synopsys has a long history of being a global leader in electronic design automation (EDA) and semiconductor IP and is also
growing its leadership in software security and quality solutions. Whether you're a system-on-chip (SoC) designer creating
advanced semiconductors, or a software developer writing applications that require the highest security and quality, Synopsys has
the solutions needed to deliver innovative, high-quality, secure products. Learn more at www.synopsys.com.
Editorial Contact:
James Watts
Synopsys, Inc.
650-584-1625
jwatts@synopsys.com
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