The latest on the tool, database, APIs, algorithms, and components.

  May 2004
    Glitch/Cross-talk analysis capability added.

  March 2004
    Physically accurate net-delay and cell delay calculation introduced.

  January 2004
    GUI enhanced to support layer by layer congestion map and color coded criticallity and temperature.

  November 2003
    Congestion-driven global router available.

  October 2003
    Capability to calculate, store and display congestion map added.

  September 2003
    Global router introduced.

  August 2003
    News article about SynApps in EE Times.

  July 2003
    SynApps Corp. mentioned in EE Times article.
    GUI enhanced for 24 bit color and full layer transparency.

  June 2003
    Further improved database memory.Current Memory Statistics.
    SynApps demos its products at Design Automation Conference in Anaheim.

  May 2003
    Verilog / VHDL logic synthesis capabilities now available (in partnership with Verific). 
    A new website with online support/bug-report pages launched.

  April 2003
    Smart incremental placement capability is now available. This can handle legalization, empty
        area searches and minimize impact on existing placement depending on user preferences. 
    XML based database traversal/editing capability added.

  March 2003
    Added place_decompact_rows and place_compact_rows commands.
    Added place_legalize command.
    SNAP ported to Linux (RH 7.2 and higher).

  February 2003
    Improved database memory. Current Memory Statistics.
    Added support for generic gates in verilog reader and in database.
    Added efficient properietary data structures for quick layout searches, empty areas searches, incremental placement update, etc. 
    Added parser support for compiler directives in verilog.

  January 2003
    Added online help and user manual. 
    GDSII writer is now available
    A number of commands that report various data on the database objects were added. 
    SPEF writer added 

  December 2002
    Upgraded to tcl 8.4.1.
    Added support for Tk 8.4.1 which means that one can now create their own GUI from the command line.

  August 2002
    Special nets in DEF are now supported.

  June 2002
    Binary reader/writer for database introduced.

  April 2002
    First version of SNAP GUI released.
    Support for basic cell-level floorplanning commands introduced in SNAP.

  February 2002
    Timing and delay engine enhanced to operate efficiently in incremental mode.

  January 2002
    Added support for name_map in SPEF reader.
    
  December 2001
    SNAP introduces support for ALF with related enhancement to the database to store ALF data. 

  November 2001
    Added API level access to enumerated timing paths.
    SNAP ported to Solaris 8.

  October 2001
    VCD reader and SDF (annotation data only) reader available.
    DEF writer component is now available.
    
  August 2001
    Static timing analysis enhanced to perform "true" min/max analysis simultaneously over multiple operating conditions.
    
  July 2001
    Full function processing capability and BDD based storage capability introduced to the database. 
    SPEF reader released as individual component and also integrated in SNAP.
    
  June 2001
    DEF/LEF reader available as integrated components in SNAP and for external integration.

  May 2001
    API level access to database, timing database, delay engine and static timing engine released (for NEC).

  April 2001
    First tool version of SNAP released with TCL based command interpreter.
    Static timing analysis package available. 

  March 2001
    Verilog netlist writer introduced to SNAP components.
    SNAP library parser is now available.
    Verilog parser component available.

  October 2000
    Orphan (i.e., potential logic errors caused by forks) reporting is now available for asynchronous timing engine. 

  June 2000
    External delay and constraint annotation are now supported.

  April 2000
    Delay back-annotation capability and controls available in timing engine.

   March 2000
    Synthesis component available for external integration.
    Added commands to report delay calculation equations.

  February 2000
    Added detailed path reporting and to/from/thru support for timing reports.

  December 1999
    SNAP Asynchronous timing engine released for Theseus Logic.

  November 1999
    First version of SNAP delay engine available.

  October 1999
    First version of SNAP core database (netlist, physical) completed.
    First version of SNAP timing database completed and deployed.