SAN JOSE, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 02/25/13 -- AT DVCon Expo 2013 Booth #301

WHO: Forte Design Systems™ (www.ForteDS.com), the #1 provider of SystemC synthesis products, enabling design at a higher level of abstraction and improving design results

WHAT: Will demonstrate Cynthesizer™ high-level synthesis' support for IEEE 1666™-2011 SystemC, its Interface Generator™ intellectual property (IP) creation tool and other new high-level synthesis features. Forte will highlight also its world-class floating point IP and design services.

WHEN: Tuesday and Wednesday, February 26-27, from 3:30 p.m. until 6:30 p.m.

WHERE: DVCon Expo in Booth #301 at the Doubletree Hotel in San Jose, Calif.

Forte will give away one Google Nexus 7 at 6 p.m. Wednesday to DVCon attendees who stop by its booth and register to win.

For more information about Forte Design Systems and Cynthesizer, go to: www.ForteDS.com.

The complete DVCon program can be found at: www.dvcon.org.

About Forte Design Systems

Forte Design Systems™ is the #1 provider of electronic system-level (ESL) synthesis software, confirmed by Gary Smith EDA, provider of market intelligence for the global Electronic Design Automation (EDA) market. Forte's software enables design at a higher level of abstraction and improves design results. Its innovative synthesis technologies and intellectual property offerings allow design teams creating complex electronic chips and systems to reduce their overall design and verification time. More than half of the top 20 worldwide semiconductor companies use Forte's products in production today for ASIC, SoC and FPGA design. Forte is headquartered in San Jose, Calif., with additional offices in England, Japan, Korea and the United States. For more information, visit www.ForteDS.com.

Forte Design Systems and Cynthesizer are registered trademarks for Forte Design Systems. Forte acknowledges trademarks or registered trademarks of other organizations for their respective products and services.