MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, January 14 /PRNewswire/ --

- High-Quality USB 2.0 nanoPHY IP Delivers Exceptionally High Yield, 
Small Area, and Low Power Consumption for Advanced WiMAX Mobile Station

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for
semiconductor design and manufacturing, today announced that Sequans
Communications has achieved first-pass silicon success for its
high-performance SQN1130 WiMAX mobile station system-on-chip (SoC) utilizing
Synopsys DesignWare(R) USB 2.0 nanoPHY IP. Sequans, the world's leading WiMAX
chipmaker, selected Synopsys' silicon-proven IP because it met their area,
power and performance requirements. With DesignWare IP, Sequans was able to
achieve greater than 99.7 percent yield, as measured in more than a quarter
of a million chips. Sequans also benefitted from having comprehensive
well-written documentation and access to an experienced technical support
team, enabling them to reduce integration risk and speed time-to-market.

Sequans' advanced Mobile WiMAX baseband chip, the SQN1130, implements a
unique, low-complexity MIMO algorithm, mimoMAX(TM), that delivers high data
throughput with very low power consumption. Sequans needed a USB 2.0 PHY core
that would meet their low power and small area requirements. After evaluating
several IP providers, Sequans selected Synopsys DesignWare USB nanoPHY IP
because it was 30 percent lower in area and up to 15 percent lower in power
compared to other IP offerings. In addition, the tunability feature of the
DesignWare USB 2.0 nanoPHY IP allowed Sequans to maximize performance in the
USB system by enabling quick, post-silicon adjustments that occur due to
unexpected chip/board parasitics or process variations, without modifying
their existing design.

"Faced with a critical time-to-market window, it was essential for us to
select an established USB IP provider who had an extensive track record of
proven products in the market and a knowledgeable technical support team,"
said Laurent Sibony, director of ASIC design at Sequans Communications. "We
knew Synopsys DesignWare USB IP would be of high quality. Developing the IP
internally was never an option for us because it was not our core competency.
Instead, we relied on Synopsys' expertise in standards-based IP to help us
meet our goals and achieve first-pass silicon success for our SQN1130 chip."

"Companies such as Sequans who are developing innovative products rely on
Synopsys to provide proven IP solutions that will help them win in a
competitive market," said John Koeter, vice president of marketing for the
Solutions Group at Synopsys. "As a leading provider of USB IP, Synopsys is
focused on developing high-quality IP that is technically differentiated in
terms of feature set, area and power, enabling designers to reduce
integration risk and meet their design requirements."

Availability

The DesignWare USB 2.0 nanoPHY IP is available now and is an integral
part of the Eclypse(TM) Low Power Solution. For more information, visit:
http://synopsys.com/dw/ipdir.php?ds=dwc_usb2_nanoPHY.

About DesignWare IP

Synopsys offers a broad portfolio of high-quality, silicon-proven
digital, mixed-signal and verification IP for system-on-chip designs. As a
leading provider of connectivity IP, Synopsys delivers the industry's most
comprehensive solutions for widely used protocols such as USB, PCI Express,
SATA, Ethernet and DDR. In addition to connectivity IP, Synopsys offers
SystemC transaction-level models to build virtual platforms for rapid,
pre-silicon development of software. When combined with a robust IP
development methodology, extensive investment in quality and comprehensive
technical support, DesignWare IP enables designers to accelerate
time-to-market and reduce integration risk. For more information on
DesignWare IP, visit http://www.synopsys.com/designware.

About Synopsys

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) is the world leader in electronic design
automation (EDA), supplying the global electronics market with the software,
intellectual property (IP) and services used in semiconductor design and
manufacturing. Synopsys' comprehensive, integrated portfolio of
implementation, verification, IP, manufacturing and field-programmable gate
array (FPGA) solutions helps address the key challenges designers and
manufacturers face today, such as power and yield management,
software-to-silicon verification and time-to-results. These
technology-leading solutions help give Synopsys customers a competitive edge
in bringing the best products to market quickly while reducing costs and
schedule risk. Synopsys is headquartered in Mountain View, California, and
has more than 60 offices located throughout North America, Europe, Japan,
Asia and India. Visit Synopsys online at http://www.synopsys.com/.

Synopsys and DesignWare are registered trademarks and Eclypse is a
trademark of Synopsys, Inc. Any other trademarks or registered trademarks
mentioned in this release are the intellectual property of their respective
owners.

Editorial Contacts:

    Sheryl Gulizia
    Synopsys, Inc.
    +1-650-584-8635
    sgulizia@synopsys.com

    Lisa Gillette-Martin
    MCA
    +1-650-968-8900 x115
    lgmartin@mcapr.com