Magma folds synthesis into integrated tool suite

摘要

Proclaiming the "end of synthesis as we know it," Magma Design Automation Inc. this week will unveil Blast Create, a single tool that combines silicon virtual prototyping, RTL and physical synthesis, and analysis. Magma isn't so much offering new technology as a new concept―that synthesis should be a utility, not a separate point tool. With Blast Create 4.0, Magma is hoping to bring to front-end IC design the kind of tightly integrated tool suite that its Blast Fusion offers for physical design. But Magma faces a daunting task in trying to replace the Synopsys Inc. synthesis and timing-analysis tools that nearly all Blast Fusion customers use.