Oasys today announced that it has closed a deal with Juniper
Networks. This is significant for a number of reasons.
Firstly, Juniper designs incredibly complex chips with
aggressive performance, since as much as anything their ability to do so is
what differentiates them from their competition. Because RealTime Designer can
handle Juniper’s designs means it can handle pretty much the most challenging
designs in the industry.
Secondly, Juniper has historically been a Synopsys house
using Synopsys for both synthesis and place and route. Winning a benchmark in
that kind of environment is significant. As Debashis Basu, the VP of Silicon
Development at Juniper says, “It’s a great tool that fits a very real
performance need.”
Thirdly, Juniper have gone public on their adoption of
RealTime Designer and so are a reference account, rather than keeping their
heads down to avoid any potential bad feeling with their primary tool supplier,
Synopsys.
Here's is Aart in a Synopsys press release on why accounts like Juniper are so important: "Technology leaders like Juniper Networks achieve success through innovation in both silicon and system design, and therefore strategically align with partners who share the same passion and commitment to developing breakthrough technology," said Aart de Geus, chairman and CEO of Synopsys.
I couldn't put it better myself. Winning
in a high-profile account like Juniper Networks is a
great achievement for the Oasys team.
