Date Modified:     06/07/2004
Company Name:     Xilinx/Hier Design Inc.
Booth Number:    4343,

Booth Number(s):  4343

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Xilinx/Hier Design Inc. features products in the following categories:

• IC/ASIC Design Tools
PLD Design Tools

80 Word Final Program Company Abstract

PlanAhead(TM) provides hierarchical floorplanning and analysis for high-end FPGAs which shortens design closure time, increases design performance, minimizes ECO time, and otherwise helps designers reach their physical design requirements. It is the first and only FPGA design tool to provide an IP reuse and teamwork methodology - an
essential requirement for ASIC prototyping. The PlanAhead software
provides a faster, less iterative, and more predictable path from logic
synthesis through physical design. Its intuitive graphical interface
enables designers to more easily comprehend, modify, verify and
implement their FPGAs.

Company Description

Founded in 2001, Hier Design Inc. is creating the next EDA beachhead by providing the first ASIC-style methodology for the design of high-end field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). Founded in 2001, its investors include ITU Ventures, Xilinx Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX), Cadence Design Systems Inc. (NYSE: CDN), Innotech Corporation, Lanza Tech Ventures and private investors.