Viewlogic Strengthens Leadership in FPGA and CPLD Design Solutions with New OEM Agreements

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Viewlogic Systems, Inc., the leader of integrated e-product design software, announced two new OEM agreements for its Workview Office product line with Lattice Semiconductor Corp. and Lucent Technologies Inc. in November 1998. The agreements will enable the companies to resell the Workview Office 7.5 suite of design tools, featuring a complete language-based design solution and IntelliFlow, a fully automated FPGA design process manager.

Key Takeaways:

  • Viewlogic's Workview Office 7.5 suite of design tools will be resold by Lattice Semiconductor Corp. and Lucent Technologies Inc. through multi-year distribution agreements.
  • The Workview Office suite includes IntelliFlow, a fully automated FPGA design process manager, and a complete language-based design solution.
  • The agreements will enable the companies to target FPGAs and CPLDs using a combination of ViewDraw, VHDL, and Verilog in a fully automated environment with IntelliFlow.
  • IntelliFlow reduces the learning curve and simplifies complex design flows by providing an easy-to-use graphical interface.
  • The agreements also include a vendor design toolkit, which will include Workview Office 7.5 and each vendor's respective design software and libraries from a single CD and single installation.
  • FPGA Express Lite from Synopsys, version 3.0, will be included in the vendor design toolkit, supporting Lucent's OR2A/T and OR3C/T devices and Lattice's ispLSI devices.
  • Synopsys has worked closely with Viewlogic and Lucent to refine support for the ORCA 3C family of FPGAs and with Viewlogic and Lattice on support for Lattice's new SuperFAST, SuperBIG, and SuperWIDE CPLD families.
  • The agreements will deliver a tightly integrated set of tools for the design of FPGAS and CPLDs, including tools for schematic and graphical design entry, co-simulation of VHDL, Verilog HDL, and schematics, and VHDL and Verilog synthesis.

Statistics:

  • Viewlogic's Workview Office 7.5 suite of design tools will be resold by Lattice Semiconductor Corp. and Lucent Technologies Inc.
  • The agreements are multi-year distribution agreements.
  • IntelliFlow, a fully automated FPGA design process manager, will be included in the Workview Office suite.
  • The vendor design toolkit will include Workview Office 7.5 and each vendor's respective design software and libraries from a single CD and single installation.
  • FPGA Express Lite from Synopsys, version 3.0, will be included in the vendor design toolkit, supporting Lucent's OR2A/T and OR3C/T devices and Lattice's ispLSI devices.

Sources:

  • Business Wire, "Viewlogic Strengthens Viewlogic's Leadership in FPGA and CPLD Design Solutions Viewlogic Systems, Inc., the leader of integrated e-product design software, today announced two new OEM agreements for its Workview Office(R) product line."
  • Viewlogic Systems, Inc. website: http://www.viewlogic.com
  • Lattice Semiconductor Corporation website: http://www.lscc.com
  • Lucent Technologies website: http://www.lucent.com
  • Synopsys, Inc. website: http://www.synopsys.com