So after I read that great Mentor item I reread this one again


SUNNYVALE, Calif., Dec. 14, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- QuickLogic Corporation (NASDAQ:QUIK), a developer of ultra-low power multi-core voice-enabled SoCs, embedded FPGA IP, display bridge and programmable logic solutions, announced that it has collaborated with Mentor®, a Siemens business, to provide a seamless design and development environment for its embedded FPGA (eFPGA) technology. Specifically, Mentor's Precision Synthesis software has been optimized to support the QuickLogic ArcticPro™ architecture used in the company's eFPGA IP.  

QuickLogic will distribute this new version of Precision Synthesis as part of its Aurora™ development tool suite to provide high performance synthesis technology to eFPGA designers in their next SoC with embedded FPGA IP. The combination of the two tool sets will deliver a seamless development environment supporting a complete design flow, from RTL to programming bitstream, for the embedded FPGA portion of the design.

The tools from both companies have been tuned for implementation efficiency and design performance to enable the effective targeting of designs to the eFPGA IP. By embedding eFPGA technology, SoC developers gain post-manufacturing design flexibility to support design fixes, upgrades, market variants, and rapidly evolving standards or market requirements.

"We are pleased to collaborate with Mentor to give our customers complete design flow support for our eFPGA technology," said Mao Wang, director of product marketing at QuickLogic Corporation. "Mentor has done an excellent job in enabling their Precision Synthesis software to generate an optimized synthesis netlist for the QuickLogic ArcticPro-based eFPGA architecture."

"QuickLogic's eFPGA IP has the potential to be a transformative technology for our SoC customers, and we are looking forward to delivering an outstanding synthesis solution for their Aurora development tools and a continued growth in our partnership," said Ellie Burns, director of marketing, Calypto Systems Division at Mentor.


will add a few snips from the Mentor CEO..

 We’ve seen a push toward much more heterogeneous systems, that includes more kinds of components, accelerators on a single chip, more chips in a package, and more components on a board. What does this mean for designers?

Rhines: This is what is great about EDA right now. If you distinguish what is different about a system and IC designer, traditionally it has been that one designs components while the other integrates disparate technologies into system solutions. System suppliers typically run higher margins than component suppliers. In SoCs, people who do more complex integration run higher margins on their ICs than people who sell commodity components, like memory components. We’re moving into the age of design automation for systems, which means we can add more value, but it requires new expertise. If you look in IoT modules, now suddenly we have to worry about Zigbee, Bluetooth, RF, digital, analog, MEMS, and photonics, and all of this working together on this little IoT module. 


Capypto snip....


 Our high-level synthesis and power optimization tools we have with the Calypto family doubled its revenue last year. The new technologies that are solving the new problems are where the growth occurs.


 a continued growth in our partnership," said Ellie Burns, director of marketing, Calypto Systems Division at Mentor.