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Synopsys Expands Collaboration with Broadcom for 7nm and 5nm Designs
Broad Deployment of Synopsys' Fusion Design Platform Accelerating Delivery of Market-shaping Solutions MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --

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[{"type":"text","content":"Broad Deployment of Synopsys' Fusion Design Platform Accelerating Delivery of Market-shaping Solutions\n\n\nMOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --\nHighlights:\nMulti-year collaboration delivers optimized 7nm design flow and methodology for high-volume production designs using Synopsys' Fusion Design Platform Best-in-class digital-implementation tools including Fusion Compiler, IC Compiler II, Design Compiler NXT, PrimeTime and StarRC products are providing new opportunities for silicon differentiation at 5nmSynopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) today announced its expanded collaboration with Broadcom Inc. for the creation of semiconductor solutions using Synopsys' Fusion Design Platform™ to address a host of design challenges at 7nm and beyond. \nBuilding upon multiple successful 7nm designs, Synopsys and Broadcom are expanding the collaboration to include the creation of 5nm designs based on Synopsys' Fusion Design Platform. By encompassing tools, flows and methodologies from Synopsys, this collaboration has enabled Broadcom to extract maximum benefits from the latest silicon-process offerings and efficiently deliver value to its customers.\n\"We are excited with our expanded collaboration with Synopsys on 7nm and 5nm designs and look forward to continuing the combined efforts to deliver high-volume production designs leveraging Synopsys' Fusion Design Platform,\" said Yuan Xing Lee, vice president and head, Central Engineering at Broadcom Inc. \"As a global infrastructure technology leader, Broadcom is continually striving for excellence and innovation providing highly differentiated products that enable our customers to excel in their respective markets.\" \nSynopsys' Fusion Design Platform is architected to enable design teams to achieve the optimal levels of power, performance and area (PPA) in the most convergent manner possible to ensure the fastest and most predictable time-to-results (TTR). Spanning test-insertion and optimization, RTL synthesis, place and route and design closure-and-signoff, the Synopsys Fusion Design Platform offers a highly converged solution that enables new levels in predictable PPA to address the challenges inherent across the industry's most advanced designs.\n\"Close partnerships and collaborations are paramount to ensuring our customers are able to extract maximum entitlement and value ...