Synopsys, Inc. Extends its Verification FastForward Program to the 2017.03 Release of its High-Performance VCS® Functional Verification Solution
January 30, 2017 at 07:35 pm IST
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Synopsys, Inc. announced it has extended its Verification FastForward Program to the 2017.03 release of its high-performance VCS® functional verification solution. The program enables the users of Cadence® Incisive® and Mentor Graphics® Questa® tools to quickly migrate to VCS 2017.03. This new VCS release delivers significant simulation performance gains for large SoC designs using native FGP and additional engine optimizations for existing x86 CPU server configurations. General availability of VCS 2017.03 is planned in March 2017. Cadence Incisive and Mentor Questa users interested in joining the FastForward Program should contact their Synopsys representatives. The Verification FastForward Program includes technical services, training and expert verification support.
Synopsys Inc. specializes in the development and marketing of software programs aimed mainly at manufacturers of semi-conductors, computers and electronic equipment. Net sales break down by activity as follows:
- sale of software and hardware (82.4%): sale of software for the automation of integrated circuit design, pre-designed circuits for semiconductors, software and hardware for the validation of electronic systems, etc.;
- provision of services (17.6%): consulting, maintenance and technical assistance services in the areas of software security, quality and compliance.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: the United States (47.7%), China (15.2%), Korea (10.9%), Europe (10.2%) and other (16%).
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