( ESNUG 425 Item 6 ) -------------------------------------------- [03/24/04]
Subject: ( ESNUG 423 #10 ) Aart on Behavioral Compiler End-of-Life
> Synopsys sent letters this week to their customers notifying them that
> the Behavioral Compiler and CoCentric SystemC Compiler products are
> officially being end-of-life'd. With Synopsys continuing to back away
> from SystemC, does SystemC stand a chance? And If Synopsys doesn't
> think they can make money in SystemC behavioral synthesis, how can
> Forte expect to?
While behavioral synthesis tools (Behavioral Compiler and SystemC Compiler)
offered some great productivity advantages over RTL synthesis, we found
that most customers were either not willing to take the QoR (quality of
results) hit necessary to use these products, or they were not willing to
complicate their verification flow.
Ultimately, some great technology was developed in behavioral synthesis
(for example, circuit retiming) that we then folded into Design Compiler
to increase the value of our RTL synthesis solution. In the meantime,
many designers have turned to commercial IP as a way to increase
productivity while maintaining high QOR.
On the verification side, we continue to invest in our system-level
solution by enhancing our System Studio and providing integration to RTL
verification flows in the Discovery Platform.
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