Sun and Synopsys

Multimedia, graphics, video, and communications put pressure on you to create smaller, low-cost, low-power products. And you need to deliver products that work correctly the first time, in a tightly compressed schedule. Synopsys on Sun can help you improve your designs in almost every metric, including performance, quality, cost, power consumption, and time-to-market.

Synopsys, Inc. is a world leader in electronic design automation (EDA) software for semiconductor design. The company delivers technology-leading system and semiconductor design and verification platforms, IC manufacturing and yield optimization solutions, semiconductor intellectual property, and design services to the global electronics market. These solutions enable the development and production of complex integrated circuits and electronic systems. Through its comprehensive solutions, Synopsys addresses the key challenges designers and manufacturers face today, including power management, accelerated time to yield, and system-to-silicon verification.

Alliance Overview

Synopsys and Sun have been working together for over 20 years to provide innovative solutions for electronic design automation (EDA) for both commercial and academic use. Synopsys develops a number of their products on the Solaris OS, and Sun Microelectronics uses Synopsys VCS Functional Verification Solution for verification of microprocessors, chip sets, and complete systems.