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Actel, Synplicity, and VeriBest Launch Integrated Tool Environment for PLD Design

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Actel Corporation, Synplicity, Inc., and VeriBest, Inc. have joined forces to develop an integrated tool environment for Programmable Logic Device (PLD) design. The suite of tools, based on VHDL and Verilog standards, is being developed for the PC environment and is expected to be released in Q1 1999. The tools will include enhanced VHDL and Verilog synthesis, advanced simulation, and integrated management capabilities.

Key Takeaways:

  • Actel, Synplicity, and VeriBest are collaborating to develop an integrated tool environment for PLD design, targeting the PC environment.
  • The tool suite is based on VHDL and Verilog standards, with enhanced synthesis, simulation, and management capabilities.
  • The release of the tool suite is expected in Q1 1999.
  • The collaboration aims to provide logic designers with the capability and confidence to move up to higher complexity designs.
  • Actel is the world's leading supplier of antifuse-based FPGAs and associated software development tools.
  • Synplicity delivers logic synthesis and embedded synthesis technologies to programmable logic designers through its fast, easy-to-use, and affordable tools.
  • VeriBest is a broad-line supplier of enterprise EDA tools that enable customers to solve their critical business issues.

Statistics:

  • The tool suite is expected to be released in Q1 1999.
  • The collaboration involves three companies: Actel Corporation, Synplicity, Inc., and VeriBest, Inc.
  • Actel is traded on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol ACTL.
  • Synplicity was founded in 1994.
  • VeriBest has its headquarters in Boulder, Colorado, with development offices in Huntsville, AL, and Mountain View, CA.
  • VeriBest's email address for more information is info@veribest.com.
  • Synplicity's email address for more information is info@synplicity.com.

Sources:

  • Actel Corporation, "About Actel", accessed November 18, 1998, http://www.actel.com.
  • Synplicity, "About Synplicity", accessed November 18, 1998, http://www.synplicity.com.
  • VeriBest, "About VeriBest", accessed November 18, 1998, http://www.veribest.com.

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