Freescale licenses Synopsys' DesignWare IP portfolio to accelerate SoC designs

MOUNTAIN VIEW, USA: Synopsys Inc has announced that Freescale Semiconductor, a global leader in the design and manufacture of semiconductors for the automotive, consumer, industrial and networking markets, has licensed Synopsys' DesignWare IP for Freescale's system-on-chip (SoC) designs.

The multi-year agreement gives Freescale access to Synopsys' broad portfolio of DesignWare interface and analog IP such as USB, HDMI, PCI Express, SATA, and MIPI interfaces, as well as data converters, audio codecs and video front -ends. Synopsys' established leadership in delivering high-quality IP that supports the most widely used interfaces and advanced processes combined with an expert worldwide technical support team enables Freescale to reduce risk and speed time-to-market for their semiconductor designs.

"Access to Synopsys' very broad IP portfolio helps us keep pace with the complexities of new standard interfaces and migration to ultra-deep sub-micron processes," said Ken Hansen senior fellow, VP and CTO at Freescale Semiconductor. "Freescale has chosen Synopsys because of its robust architectures, protocol certification record, extensive silicon validation process and worldwide support teams that are located near our key design centers. This will enable our designers to focus their efforts on delivering differentiated products to the market."

"Synopsys' collaboration with Freescale has resulted in the successful development of SoCs for a range of applications, and we look forward to continuing this close relationship," said John Koeter, VP of marketing for the Solutions Group at Synopsys. "As the industry's trusted IP partner, Synopsys provides a broad portfolio of silicon-proven, IP solutions that help customers such as Freescale integrate critical functionality into their SoCs with less risk and improved time-to-market."