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DesignWare® IP Success Stories

Find out how Synopsys customers use DesignWare IP to reduce risk and time-to-market for their IC designs.

PDF to Successs StoryDesignWare PHY IP Saves Two Man Years of Engineering Effort for 10GBASE-T Copper Transceiver
"Faced with a critical time to market window, we turned to Synopsys because they provided a XAUI PHY that had the best feature set compared to other vendors, was silicon proven and well established in the market."
-- Mike McConnell, Co-Founder, KeyEye Communications

PDF to Successs StoryProven DesignWare IP for PCI Express Reduces Integration Risk and Speeds Time-to-Market for Stretch
"We were facing a very limited market window and the DesignWare IP for PCI Express enabled us to tape-out on schedule with timing closure, and achieve first-pass silicon success."
-- Phil Lowe, Director of ASIC, Stretch

PDF to Successs StoryDesignWare Verification IP with the VMM Methodology Shortens Testbench Development Time for DSP Group
"Using the VMM for SystemVerilog saved us months on development time. Having DesignWare Verification IP, which supported this methodology, was also critical for this project."
-- Dany Brown, Verification Team Leader, DSP Group

PDF to Successs StorySilicon-Proven DesignWare USB 2.0 PHY IP Lowers Risk and Enables First Pass Silicon Success for Hisilicon Technologies
"Time-to-market was a top priority for us. With the DesignWare USB 2.0 PHY IP, we were able to achieve first pass silicon success and meet our project schedule."
-- Jason Chao, Senior Director, HiSilicon Technologies

PDF to Successs StoryLeading DesignWare IP for PCI Express Helps AGEIA Achieve High Performance Goals for Game Physics Processor
"After careful analysis, we found that the DesignWare IP for PCI Express provided us with the latency, throughput and feature requirements that we needed."
-- Otto Schmid, Vice President of Hardware Engineering, AGEIA

PDF to Successs StoryHigh Quality DesignWare Verification IP for PCI Express Speeds Time-to-Market for Tarari by Three Months
"Synopsys' proven DesignWare Verification IP gave us a huge schedule advantage by enabling us to develop the verification environment in just three months versus the six in our previous project."
-- Samir Patel, Sr. Design and Verification Engineer, Tarari

PDF to Successs StoryHigh Quality IP Saves Open-Silicon Three Months on Schedule
"In selecting an IP supplier we look at quality, features and support. Synopsys came out on top in all three areas by providing production-proven and certified IP with the required set of features. We also appreciated the responsiveness of the expert support team, who was there for us every step of the way."
-- Hans Bouwmeester, Director of IP, Open-Silicon

PDF to Successs StoryHigh Quality, Great Support and Latest Feature Set Made DesignWare IP the Right Choice for Cavium Networks
"Above all we need IP that we can trust, and Synopsys has proven its trustworthiness to us."
-- Anil Jain, Vice President of IC Engineering, Cavium Networks

PDF to Successs StoryComplete DesignWare IP for PCI Express Helps Reduce Power Consumption and Lower Area for Ralink Chipset
"Lowering the power consumption for our chipset was our main goal. Synopsys provided us with a complete, PCI Express IP solution that helped us deliver a product that is extremely competitive in both power and area."
-- Rick Jeng, Executive Vice President, Ralink

PDF to Successs StoryCombination of Tools, IP and Services Help Teradici Achieve First Silicon Success
"We received first samples in early December, and immediately had critical high-speed interconnect IP and processor cores running successfully. Within another week, our most complex logic was fully operational. Having access to Synopsys' industry leading tools, IP, and services enabled Teradici to achieve first silicon success."
-- Maher Fahmi, VP Silicon Engineering, Teradici

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PDF to Successs StoryHigh Quality DesignWare IP for PCI Express, XAUI and DDR Lowers Power and Area for iVivity
"We chose Synopsys IP because of its top notch quality and reliability. The IP was also smaller and lower in power, compared to other vendors we evaluated, which helped us to achieve our power and reliability targets."
-- Jim O'Connor, Senior VP of Engineering, iVivity

PDF to Successs StoryHigh Quality DesignWare IP for PCI Express Helps SiCortex Enable First Pass Silicon Success
"Synopsys' complete, integrated PCI Express IP solution enabled us to easily implement over 100 PCI Express Root Complex ports in our system. The DesignWare IP worked, it worked the first time, and we look forward to working with Synopsys again on our next design."
-- Bob Supnik, Vice President of Engineering, SiCortex

PDF to Successs StorySynopsys DesignWare® Ethernet VIP Saves Two Months Time to Market on Commex Chip
"You need a supplier you can count on to create a verification environment that's trustworthy. Synopsys has that kind of credibility."
-- Avi Ganor, Vice President of R&D, Commex

PDF to Successs Storyaustriamicrosystems (DesignWare USB 2.0 OTG PHY and Controller)
"We chose Synopsys because it was the only IP supplier that provided both a USB 2.0 PHY and controller as a complete solution; and because of the quality we saw in Synopsys DesignWare Libraries on previous projects."
-- Mario Manninger, Head of Engineering for the Communications Business Unit, austriamicrosystems

PDF to Successs StoryPixim (Verification IP for AMBA)

PDF to Successs StoryAgere (DesignWare IP for PCI Express)

PDF to Successs StoryGenesis Microchip (DesignWare Memory Models)

PDF to Successs StoryS3 Graphics (DesignWare Verification IP)

PDF to Successs StoryDatang Telecomm Technology Co., Ltd (DTT) (DesignWare Library and DesignWare Verification Library)

PDF to Successs StoryNetsilicon  (DesignWare Verification IP/VCS/Vera)

PDF to Successs StoryAnchor Chips  (DW 8051)

PDF to Successs StoryInari  (DW 8051)

PDF to Successs StoryApple  (DesignWare Library)

PDF to Successs StoryCreative  (DesignWare Library)

PDF to Successs StoryLANCity  (DesignWare Library)

PDF to Successs StorySymbol  (DW 8051)

PDF to Successs StoryAtmel  (DW 8051)

PDF to Successs StoryNEC  (DesignWare Building Block IP)

PDF to Successs StoryNvidia  (DesignWare Library)

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