This year, a record-breaking 2,032 users attended SNUG San Jose, a 29
percent increase in participants over SNUG 2007. The conference featured 40
technical presentations and 32 tutorials, plus demos, panels and vision
sessions, all presented by more than 160 Synopsys users and experts to fellow
design engineers. SNUG
Low-power design and advanced design techniques using both 65 and 45nm
processes were highlights of the three-day program. Low-power techniques were
demonstrated in the areas of synthesis, place and route, IP and verification.
The Best Paper, First Place, and Best First-Time Presenter awards went to
the team of
The Best Paper, Second Place, went to
The Best Paper, Third Place, went to
The Technical Committee Award went to the team of
There were two recipients of the Technical Committee's Honorable Mention
Award: the team of Bingxiong Xu and
"SNUG is a user-driven conference with high technical content," said SNUG
San Jose Technical Chair
"When I look at the products that have come to market over the years, containing the chips that our customers have designed using Synopsys solutions, I am amazed at the progress that has taken place," said de Geus. "We are fortunate to work with companies with whom we can be a true partner, rather than merely a supplier. We have learned together that only this kind of real partnership enables us to provide our customers with the productivity solutions they need to succeed in such a competitive marketplace."
The SNUG global program is sponsored by leading semiconductor, IP and compute platform companies, including Platinum Sponsors ARM, Common Platform (Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, IBM, Samsung) and TSMC; Gold Sponsors HP, Sun Microsystems and Virage Logic; and Silver Sponsor UMC.
About Synopsys
Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) is a world leader in electronic design
automation (EDA) software for semiconductor design. The company delivers
technology-leading system and semiconductor design and verification platforms,
IC manufacturing and yield optimization solutions, semiconductor intellectual
property and design services to the global electronics market. These solutions
enable the development and production of complex integrated circuits and
electronic systems. Through its comprehensive solutions, Synopsys addresses
the key challenges designers and manufacturers face today, including power
management, accelerated time to yield and system-to-silicon verification.
Synopsys is headquartered in
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