Synopsys High Performance Core (HPC) Design Kit

Synopsys HPC Design Kit, part of Synopsys’ Foundation IP portfolio. Developed in close collaboration with leading CPU, GPU and DSP IP providers including Imagination Technologies and CEVA, the Synopsys HPC Design Kit is a suite of high-speed and high-density memories and logic libraries that allow SoC designers to optimize any processor cores for maximum speed, smallest area, lowest power, or an optimum balance of the three for their specific application. With optimized standard cells and SRAMs, the HPC Design Kit enables designers to optimize all of the processors on an SoC with a single package, reducing design costs and improving time-to-market. Optimized reference scripts and expert core implementation services are also available to help design teams achieve their processor and SoC design goals in the shortest possible time.

Highlights

• One design kit for optimizing all processor cores on an SoC
• Includes ultra high-density memory compiler and more than 125 new standard cells and memory instances
• Up to 10% performance improvement, 10% area and 15% power reduction on DSPs like CEVA-XC DSP core
• Up to 10% performance improvement on CPU cores
• Up to 25% lower power with 10% area reduction on Imagination GPU cores such as the Imagination Technology PowerVR Series6 IP core

The HPC Design Kit is fully integrated with Synopsys EDA tools for efficient design and supports a broad range of process nodes and operating conditions. This makes it easier for customers to achieve the best possible PPA and seamless integration across various computing applications.

The HPC Design Kit allows SoC designers to optimize the Synopsys Embedded Vision (EV) Processor’s vector DSPs and convolutional neural network (CNN) engines. Depending on the requirements of the target application, designers using the HPC Design Kit for EV can optimize their implementation to achieve a 39% power reduction, a 10% reduction in area, or a 7% performance boost for their SoCs. To learn more, read the article Optimizing PPA for HPC & AI Applications with Synopsys Foundation IP

The HPC Design Kit is an add-on to the Duet Package of Embedded Memories and Logic Libraries.

HPC Design Kit Component Summary