- Prodigy Player Pro-7 Advances S2C's Auto-Partitioning, and System-Level 
Timing Analysis

S2C, a leading global supplier of FPGA-based prototyping solutions for 
accelerated SoC verification, announced the release of its enriched prototyping 
software dubbed Prodigy Player Pro-7.  The new software suite breaks out Player 
Pro-RunTime, to strengthen prototype platform control and hardware test for its 
high-capacity platforms; Player Pro-CompileTime, to enhance the automation of 
multi-FPGA partitioning and pre/post-partition timing analysis; and Player 
Pro-DebugTime, to improve the efficiency of multi-FPGA debug probing and trace 
viewing with S2C's class-leading MDM Pro debug tools.

Emphasizing large-scale SoC design prototyping, Player Pro-7 offers enhanced 
support for multi-FPGA implementations, including:

RTL Partitioning and Module Replication to support Parallel Design Compilation 
and reduce Time-to-Implementation
Pre/Post-Partition System-Level Timing Analysis for Increased Productivity
SerDes TDM Mode for Optimal Multi-FPGA Partition Interconnect and Higher 
Prototype Performance
Multi-FPGA prototyping has never been easy.  Not in the early days of 
commercial FPGA prototyping products circa 1985 with relatively small FPGAs – 
and, not today with massive FPGAs like the Xilinx VU19P and the Intel Stratix 
GX 10M.  The challenges are not merely the ever-growing chip design sizes but 
also the need to validate SoC software prior to first silicon.  This Player 
Pro-7 software release heralds S2C's continued progress toward delivering an 
easier path to affordable, high capacity, high performance, high productivity 
FPGA prototyping solutions.

The new Player Pro-7 software enhancements are available for all S2C Prodigy 
Logic System and Logic Matrix prototype hardware platforms, speeding prototype 
implementation, and reducing overall time-to-prototyping.  As S2C tracks the 
dynamic landscape of high-performance SoC design with increasing gate-counts, 
more frequent multi-core prototype implementations, and the exploding 
verification demands of software-dependent hardware, the new Player Pro-7 
software clearly signals S2C's resolve to advance its position as a leading 
global supplier of FPGA-based prototyping solutions.

"The new improvements with our Player Pro-7 software will 'ease the pain' of 
implementing multi-FPGA prototypes and increase our customer's productivity", 
commented Toshio Nakama, CEO of S2C, Inc.  "We're committed to our belief that, 
when it comes to multi-FPGA prototyping for large-scale designs, 'If we build 
it, they will come'".

"The combination of S2C's Prodigy Logic System hardware and Prodigy Player Pro 
software is a proven choice for accelerating system validation and software 
development. We applaud S2C's Player Pro-CompileTime software for its automated 
RTL-to-FPGA flow that delivers high performance and faster prototype 
implementation times compared with the previous generation Player Pro 
software." said Dr. Liewei Xu, General Manager at Fudan Microelectronics Group. 
"We are excited to see S2C's continued innovation in prototyping solutions, 
that delivers significant benefits to engineering projects and accelerates 
time-to-market."

Availability

The Player Pro-7 is available now. For more information, please contact your 
local S2C sales representative, or visit www.s2cinc.com

About S2C

S2C, is a global leader of FPGA prototyping solutions for today's innovative 
SoC/ASIC designs. S2C has been successfully delivering rapid SoC prototyping 
solutions since 2004. With over 500 customers and more than 4,000 systems 
installed, our highly qualified engineering team and customer-centric sales 
team understands our users' SoC development needs. S2C has offices and sales 
representatives in the US, Europe, Israel, China, Korea, Japan, and Taiwan.

Media Contact

Amy Gong
MARCOM Manager
Email: marketing@s2ceda.com

SOURCE:S2C