Oxford and Ipswich, UK, 18th January, 2005 – Orange Tree Technologies and SystemCrafter announce the SystemCrafter package for SystemC development work. The package consists of the SystemCrafter SC compiler, for the synthesis of SystemC to VHDL, and the ZestSC1 FPGA development board. The list price for the compiler is only $995, and the package of compiler and board is only $1490. This is a breakthrough in price for SystemC synthesis technology.