Synopsys Supports Microsoft Windows HPC Server 2008

Sep 30, 2008 (M2 PRESSWIRE via COMTEX) -- SNPS | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- Synopsys, a provider of software and IP for semiconductor design and manufacturing, announced that it has qualified its Saber and System Studio products for high performance computing (HPC) on the Microsoft Windows HPC Server 2008 and is partnering with Microsoft in its HPC Global launch.

Synopsys stated that its design and verification tools leverage the power of the Windows HPC Server 2008-based environment to accelerate advanced electronic design. The enhanced compute capabilities provide Synopsys customers the flexibility of a Windows-based platform and the scalability of running numerous compute-intensive jobs in a single environment. The resulting productivity, performance and reliability enhancements allow electronic design companies to accelerate development and time to market in such industries as wireless, consumer electronics, automotive and aerospace.

"Supporting high performance computing not only enhances the productivity of our customers, it also gives the design community the freedom of a Windows-based platform," said Karen Bartleson, senior director of Interoperability at Synopsys. "Time to results and reliability are paramount to our customers in the automotive, aerospace and wireless industries. Being able to process thousands of simulations in parallel, and thus accelerate our customers' time to market, will greatly increase their competitiveness."

"Microsoft and its partners continue to take HPC mainstream -- opening the door for engineers to use HPC at the division, workgroup and desktop levels," said Vince Mendillo, director of HPC marketing at Microsoft. "Our customers demand a high performance computing solution that cost-effectively allows them to solve difficult problems in less time. We're very excited to deliver Synopsys' design and verification solutions to our EDA customers."

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