Forte Design Systems, CircuitSutra partner on design services, IP co-development

USA & INDIA: Forte Design Systems, the #1 provider of software to enable design at a higher level of abstraction, and CircuitSutra will partner to provide design services throughout India to support the growing system-on-chip (SoC) market.

As part of the agreement, Forte and CircuitSutra, an Electronics System Level (ESL) design IP and services company, will co-develop ARM AMBA AXI and OCP-IP models compatible with Forte's Cynthesizer SystemC high-level synthesis (HLS). They will work together to deliver onsite consulting and training for Cynthesizer users in India.

The CircuitSutra team has been trained and is qualified as expert-level Cynthesizer users.

"CircuitSutra's mission to help semiconductor companies and the electronics systems companies adopt SystemC based ESL methodologies neatly corresponds to Forte's," remarks Brett Cline, Forte's VP of marketing and sales. "India offers tremendous opportunity to expand SystemC HLS usage and we believe CircuitSutra will play a big role in this effort."

Adds Umesh Sisodia, CEO of CircuitSutra: "Forte's continued focus on SystemC-based HLS is impressive, as is its commitment to support and service. We take pleasure in having the opportunity to work with Forte. The ESL IP that we will co-develop will help the mutual customers to quick start their HLS based design projects."