Synplify Feature Comparison Chart

	Synplify®	Synplify Pro®	Synplify® Premier	Certify®
Design Flow Automation and Customization
Integration with FPGA vendor place & route and embedded system tools (EDK, SoPC Builder)
TCL scripting to drive custom flows and custom reports
Batch mode (floating/ network licenses only)
Management of multiple design implementations for larger team-oriented design projects
Best Quality of Results
Customized mapping software for each FPGA device family ensures optimal implementation and technology independence
Automatic memory and DSP inferencing provides implementation of a design with optimal area, power and timing quality of results
Timing knowledge of Altera megafunctions and Xilinx COREGen modules enables system-level optimizations
Integrated SynCore module generation for high-performing, area-efficient implementations of arithmetic/datapath functions from FPGA vendor-independent RTL
FSM extraction, optimization and debug, with user control
Enhanced logic synthesis to improve timing results by optimizing inside Xilinx IP
Faster Turnaround Times and Board Bring-Up
Incremental block-based and design preservation flows for consistent results
Automatic compile points incremental flow, for up to 4x faster runtime while maintaining QoR
Incremental static timing analysis
Continue-upon-error mode to reduce iterations required for board bring-up, by identifying multiple errors in one synthesis run
Up to 10x runtime increase using fast synthesis mode multiprocessing with automatic compile points
Physical Plus Synthesis to improve existing netlist for improved timing closure, correlation and congestion reduction
Hierarchical “Divide-and-Conquer” Flows for Faster Turnaround and Design Preservation
Hierarchical bottom-up flows
Mix and match bottom-up and top-down flows
Hierarchical reporting
Synchronization of geographically distributed / multi-machine parallel projects
Hierarchical Process Management Interface to monitor design progress and errors
Broad Language and Device Support
VHDL, Verilog, SystemVerilog, VHDL 2008
Support for devices from all FPGA vendors: Altera, Lattice, Microsemi (formerly Actel), SiliconBlue and Xilinx
Mixed language synthesis
Advanced Design Debug and Diagnosis
Integrated language-sensitive HDL source code editor with syntax checker
Interactive HDL Analyst Tool for fast isolation of performance and functional problems	Option
Divide-and-conquer hierarchical debug and bug isolation flows
Debug Design Operating on the Board from your RTL (Identify RTL Debugger)
Pinpoint and monitor operation on design nodes and conditions of interest by defining watch points and sophisticated trigger conditions
Automatic compilation and insertion of debug logic into the FPGA implementation
Incremental debug and fix-up
Automated Design for High Reliability and Safety-Critical Design Including DO-254
Repeatable synthesis results
Traceable and verifiable flows using controls that limit synthesis optimizations and that maintain critical logic and nodes within the design
Fault-tolerant FSM implementation (Hamming-3)
Automatic inference of error-correcting memories
Triple modular redundancy (TMR) with voting logic
Safe finite state machines (FSM) implementation and control with custom error detection and mitigation
Advanced FPGA-Based Prototyping Support and Easy ASIC Code Retargeting to FPGA
ASIC tool RTL language and SDC constraints compatibility
Automated gated clock conversion
Netlist editor and compiler constraints feature streamlines ASIC design import and retargeting
HAPS prototyping system integration
DesignWare IP integration and optimization
Integration with VCS Simulator for simulation data analysis
FPGA DesignWare IP support Synchronized with your ASIC
Complete DesignWare Library Building Block IP integration
Synopsys coreTools integration, for FPGA designs that include DesignWare digital cores
Advanced Power Optimization and Estimation
Generate high-quality switching data to drive power optimizations
Automated power conservation for unused RAM blocks
Automatic power optimization of Xilinx DSP48 primitives
Convert ASICs into Multi-FPGA Prototypes
Automated and manual design partitioning
Accurate prototype performance viewing using multi-chip, system-level static timing analysis
Implement Synopsys HAPS Prototyping Solution immediately with extensive library of motherboard and daughter board descriptions
HAPS Prototyping Solution’s clock synchronization methodology and IP eases ASIC clock conversion to FPGA-based resources and avoids clocking errors
High-Speed Time Domain Multiplexing (HSTDM) I/O sharing for Synopsys HAPS Prototyping Solutions increase FPGA interconnection bandwidth