Forte Design Systems
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1 January 2001  |
| Headquarters |  San Jose, California, USA |
Key people | Sean Dart, CEO/Chairman
John Sanguinetti, CTO and founder Brett Cline, VP of Marketing and Sales |
| Website | [http://www.Forteds.com |
Forte Design Systems, Inc. Forte is a leading provider of High Level Synthesis software products, also known as ESL synthesis or behavioral synthesis that enable design at a higher level of abstraction. Forte's flagship product is Cynthesizer.
History
The company was founded in 1998 as C2 Design Automation by John Sanguinetti and a team of engineers. In 2000, it merged with Chronology (founded in 1990) to become Forte Design Systems.
Management Team
- Sean Dart, President and Chief Executive Officer
- John Sanguinetti, CTO and Founder
- Brett Cline, VP of Marketing and Sales
- Mike Meredith, VP of Technical Marketing
Product
Cynthesizer is a High Level Synthesis product that allows design teams to create complex electronic systems using ASICs, FPGAs and SoCs from algorithmic designs. Cynthesizer takes high-level SystemC description and automatically creates Verilog RTL code. Designers can use Cynthesizer to automatically build designs with custom interfaces and architectural requirements, retarget designs to new speeds and process technologies without code changes and supports derivative designs and reuse.
References
- "Hardware design and levels of abstraction", EETimes 2007.
- "Forte Design Systems' Forte", EDA Café 2006.
- "Got system-level synthesis?", EEDesign 2005.