Easy-to-Use, Best-in-Class FPGA Design Tool Also Supports SystemVerilog

Lattice Semiconductor Corporation[1] (NASDAQ: LSCC), the low power programmable leader, today announced
availability of the latest version of its popular software design toolfor FPGAs, Lattice Radiant™ 2.1. The version includes support for thecompany’s new general-purpose Lattice Certus™-NX FPGAs, the secondfamily introduced within six months using Lattice Nexus™ FPGAdevelopment platform, plus native support for the SystemVerilog hardwaredescription and verification language to increase functionality anddesign flexibility. Lattice Radiant design software acceleratesdevelopment of Lattice FPGA-based applications for a range of markets,including industrial/automotive, communications/compute, and consumer.
The new version of Radiant supports SystemVerilog throughout the entiredesign flow, from the native synthesis tool through the schematicviewer, hierarchical viewer, configuration wizards, and debugging tool.This highly productive coding method simplifies on-chip debugging andother tasks to streamline the design process and get Lattice FPGA-basedproducts to market faster. Lattice has made Radiant even easier to useas the tool’s drag-and-drop GUI has been redesigned with support foran I/O planner that enforces correct pin placement for each I/O signal or bus.
In comparison to design software offered by other FPGA vendors, LatticeRadiant provides best-in-class file size and download times. Radiantsoftware is 20x smaller in file size and 10x faster to install than thecompetition, so customers can quickly download the tool and startdesigning their Lattice FPGA-based applications.
“Many FPGA designers are moving to design solutions that leverageSystemVerilog as it gives them more coding efficiency and granularcontrol over their application at every step in the design flow,” saidRoger Do, Senior Product Line Manager, Lattice Semiconductor. “Whenused to develop embedded systems based on our latest low power, smallform factor FPGA architecture, the Lattice Radiant design tool enablesdevelopers to quickly add low power processing and connectivity to
applications that operate within the network.”
In addition to the Certus-NX family, Lattice Radiant also supports theCrossLink™-NX FPGAs for embedded and smart visions applications, aswell as the ultra-low power, small form factor Lattice iCE40UltraPlus™ FPGAs.
For more information about the Lattice Certus-NX FPGA family, pleasevisit http://www.latticesemi.com/CertusNX [2].
For more information about Lattice Radiant design software, please visit http://www.latticesemi.com/LatticeRadiant. [3]