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ClioSoft Selects AST for Distribution and Technical Representation in Israel

Cliosoft — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:03:53 +0000

AST to help meet increasing demand for hardware configuration management systems

FREMONT, Calif., July 29, 2010 – ClioSoft, Inc., developer of the premier hardware configuration management (HCM) system for the electronics design industry, has selected Advanced Semiconductor Technology Ltd. (AST) to be its exclusive distributor and technical representative in Israel. The agreement covers sales and support for ClioSoft’s SOS design data collaboration platform, which promotes collaboration and enables efficient management of hardware design data from concept to tape-out.

“Increasing demand for hardware configuration management in the Israeli electronics industry was the driver for this relationship,” said Srinath Anantharaman, founder and CEO of ClioSoft. “AST’s experience representing Synchronicity’s DesignSync family of products for the last nine years gives them unparalleled technical and market expertise in design data management and makes them the perfect partner for us.”

ClioSoft’s HCM products address the needs of large distributed enterprises by providing integrated data management within existing tool flows, easing management of hierarchically distributed designs and facilitating reuse of intellectual property. SOS works with data from any design flow, and is also seamlessly integrated with Cadence’s Virtuoso® AMS and Custom IC Design Platform, Synopsys’ Galaxy Custom Designer, Mentor’s ICstudio, and SpringSoft’s Laker™ Custom Layout Automation System.

“Although software configuration management is a given for most software teams, we are now seeing more and more demand for hardware configuration management,” said Gideon Amir, founder and CEO of AST. “ClioSoft has an excellent solution that is very easy to deploy for small teams and scales well to meet the demands of large multi-site design teams. We see a great opportunity for the SOS product line in Israel.”

About ClioSoft:

ClioSoft is the premier developer of hardware configuration management (HCM) solutions. The company’s SOS design data collaboration platform is built from the ground up to handle the requirements of hardware design flows. The SOS platform gives design teams the freedom and flexibility to choose the way they work, share and collaborate, enabling efficient management of design data from concept through tape-out and improving global team productivity. Custom engineered adaptors seamlessly integrate SOS with leading design flows – Cadence’s Virtuoso® AMS and Custom IC Design Platform, Synopsys’ Galaxy Custom Designer, Mentor’s ICstudio, and SpringSoft’s Laker™ Custom Layout Automation System. ClioSoft’s innovative Universal DM Adaptor technology “future proofs” data management needs by ensuring that data from any flow can be meaningfully managed.

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Media Contact:

Linda Marchant, Cayenne Communication, 919-451-0776, linda.marchant@cayennecom.com

ClioSoft SOS Hardware Configuration Management Platform Selected by Dongbu HiTek

Cliosoft — Wed, 12 May 2010 14:23:14 +0000

SOS viaDFII to manage design data & collaboration between engineers in Korea and the USA

FREMONT, Calif., May 12, 2010 – Dongbu HiTek of Seoul, Korea, specializing in delivering best-in-class analog and mixed signal semiconductor technologies and high value foundry services, has selected ClioSoft’s SOS™ hardware configuration management (HCM) platform to facilitate collaboration between design centers in Korea and the USA. ClioSoft, Inc., developer of the premier HCM system for the electronics design industry, provides the SOS platform for data management and version control of data within any design flow.

By giving members of design teams the flexibility to use existing design tools and then enhancing communication, collaboration, and data sharing, SOS improves design team productivity and reduces the risk of mask re-spins due to configuration errors. SOS viaDFII, selected by Dongbu HiTek, is a “design-aware” integration of HCM capabilities into Cadence’s Virtuoso® AMS and Custom IC Design flow that enables efficient management of design data from concept through tape-out.

“We choose best-in-class tools throughout our design flow, and were very pleased with how well and how quickly SOS viaDFII fit into our flow,” said Dr. Taek-Soo Kim, vice-president of Dongbu HiTek’s technical engineering division. “The fact that SOS viaDFII is so well integrated with Cadence Virtuoso made adoption of the data management solution very easy. Working with ClioSoft will help us significantly improve collaboration between our engineering teams in Korea and the USA.”

“Dongbu HiTek is one of the most respected analog foundries in the world,” said Srinath Anantharaman, founder and CEO of ClioSoft. “It is always challenging to collaborate effectively and efficiently across multiple sites, time zones and countries. We are proud to have Dongbu HiTek choose ClioSoft’s HCM solutions to enable efficient design data management and collaboration across the Pacific.”

About Dongbu HiTek:
Headquartered in Seoul, Korea, Dongbu HiTek Co., Ltd. specializes in delivering best-in-class analog and mixed signal semiconductor technologies as well as foundry services that add high value. The company’s specialized IC development and processing portfolio encompasses Analog, BCDMOS, High Voltage CMOS, CMOS RF , CMOS Image Sensor (CIS), Display Driver IC (DDI), and NOR Flash technologies. In addition to processing 200mm wafers at two world-class fabs at nodes ranging from 0.35 microns to 90 nanometers, the company also provides top quality design support (IP and design libraries), prototype development/verification, and packaging/module development. Dongbu HiTek’s stock is publicly traded under 000990 on the Korea Stock Exchange. For more information, visit www.dongbuhitek.com

About ClioSoft:
ClioSoft is the premier developer of hardware configuration management (HCM) solutions. The company’s SOS design data collaboration platform is built from the ground up to handle the requirements of hardware design flows. The SOS platform gives design teams the freedom and flexibility to choose the way they work, share and collaborate, enabling efficient management of design data from concept through tape-out and improving global team productivity. Custom engineered adaptors seamlessly integrate SOS with leading design flows – Cadence’s Virtuoso® AMS and Custom IC Design, Synopsys’ Galaxy Custom Designer, Mentor’s ICstudio, and SpringSoft’s Laker™ Custom Layout Automation System. ClioSoft’s innovative Universal DM Adaptor technology “future proofs” data management needs by ensuring that data from any flow can be meaningfully managed.

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MoSys Selects Enterprise Edition of ClioSoft SOS™ Hardware Configuration Management Platform to Leverage IP Reuse

Cliosoft — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 14:23:52 +0000

ClioSoft to provide enterprise-wide design data management for MoSys

FREMONT, Calif., April 6, 2010 – ClioSoft, Inc., the developer of the premier hardware configuration management (HCM) system for the electronics design industry, today announced that MoSys, Inc. (NASDAQ: MOSY), a leading provider of differentiated, high-density memory and high-speed interface (I/O) intellectual property (IP), has selected ClioSoft’s SOS Enterprise Edition hardware configuration management platform for rollout company-wide.

SOS Enterprise Edition addresses the needs of large distributed enterprises by providing integrated data management within existing tool flows, easing management of hierarchically distributed designs, facilitating reuse of intellectual property and ensuring immediate, live, virtual onsite support when needed. Seamlessly integrated with flows such as Cadence’s Virtuoso® AMS and Custom IC Design, Synopsys’ Galaxy Custom Designer, Mentor’s ICstudio, and SpringSoft’s Laker™ Custom Layout Automation System, SOS Enterprise Edition promotes collaboration and enables efficient management of design data from concept to tape-out.

“We are using ClioSoft’s SOS viaDFII HCM system to manage our Cadence Virtuoso AMS design data and are very pleased with the productivity improvement we have achieved,” said Samir Mitra, vice president of corporate development at MoSys, Inc . “SOS Enterprise Edition helps us easily partition projects and efficiently reuse IP across multiple projects.”

“We are proud to help the design teams at different sites of MoSys collaborate effectively and be more productive sharing design data and IP across the enterprise,” said Srinath Anantharaman, founder and CEO of ClioSoft.

About MoSys, Inc.
MoSys, Inc. (NASDAQ: MOSY) develops serial chip-to-chip communications solutions that deliver unparalleled bandwidth performance for next generation networking systems and advanced system-on-chip (SoC) designs. MoSys’ IP portfolio includes DDR3 PHYs and SerDes IP that support data rates from 1 – 11 Gigabits per second (Gbps) across a variety of standards. In addition, MoSys offers its flagship, patented 1T-SRAM(R) and 1T-Flash(R) memory cores, which offer a combination of high-density, low power consumption, high speed and low cost advantages for high-performance networking, computing, storage and consumer/graphics applications. MoSys IP is production-proven in more than 225 million devices. MoSys is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. More information is available on MoSys’ website at http://www.mosys.com

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ClioSoft to Demonstrate Hardware Configuration Management Platform at EDSFair, Japan

Cliosoft — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 23:43:24 +0000

FREMONT, Calif., January 14, 2010 – ClioSoft, Inc., the developer of the premier hardware configuration management (HCM) system for the electronics design industry, will demonstrate its widely-installed SOS Design Data Collaboration Platform at the Electronic Design and Solution Fair 2010 (EDSFair2010) in Yokohama, Japan on January 28th and 29th, 2010. The SOS platform is integrated seamlessly with Cadence’s Virtuoso® Custom IC, Mentor’s ICstudio, SpringSoft’s Laker™ Custom Layout Automation System and Synopsys’ Galaxy Custom Designer flows.

WHAT: The ClioSoft SOS Design Collaboration Platform provides management and version control of design data, streamlining the design process by enhancing communication and facilitating efficient and accurate sharing of design data from concept through tape-out. The tight integration of ClioSoft’s DDM suite with major design flows improves hardware design team productivity, reduces the chance of mask respins due to configuration errors and makes design reuse more efficient. For additional information, please see http://www.cliosoft.com/products/

WHO: Of interest to design engineers and managers

WHEN: Thursday, January 28 and Friday, January 29, 2010 from 10:00am to 6:00pm local time

WHERE: Booth #119 in Pacifico Yokohama (Exhibition Hall, Annex Hall), Yokohama, Japan

About ClioSoft:
ClioSoft is the premier developer of hardware configuration management (HCM) solutions for hardware design. The company’s SOS design data collaboration platform is built from the ground up to handle the requirements of hardware design flows. The SOS platform gives design teams the freedom and flexibility to choose the way they work, share and collaborate, enabling efficient management of design data from concept through tape-out and improving global team productivity. Custom engineered adaptors seamlessly integrate SOS with leading design flows – Cadence’s Virtuoso® Custom IC, Synopsys’ Galaxy Custom Designer, Mentor’s ICstudio, and SpringSoft’s Laker™ Custom Layout Automation System. ClioSoft’s innovative Universal DM Adaptor technology “future proofs” data management needs by ensuring that data from any flow can be meaningfully managed. For additional information, please see www.cliosoft.com.

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ClioSoft’s Holiday Gift to Designers: Donate to Charity and Get Free Hardware Configuration Management Solution

Cliosoft — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:19:48 +0000

FREMONT, Calif., December 9, 2009 – Starting today, and extending until March 31, 2010, ClioSoft, Inc., the developer of the premier hardware configuration management system for the electronics design industry, will be giving away licenses to its SOS Starter Edition in exchange for donations to a charity.

SOS Hardware Configuration Management – Starter Edition (http://se.cliosoft.com), a design management solution perfect for small design teams, streamlines the design process by enhancing communication and facilitating efficient and accurate sharing of design data from concept through tape-out. SOS is integrated seamlessly with Cadence’s Virtuoso® Custom IC, Mentor’s ICstudio, SpringSoft’s Laker™ Custom Layout Automation System and Synopsys’ Galaxy Custom Designer flows. The Starter Edition provides revision control features integrated with any one of these IC design flows and includes ClioSoft’s highly-rated technical support.

For a $100 donation per user per year, paid directly to The Alameda County Community Food Bank (http://www.accfb.org), with ALL proceeds going to the charity, users will receive:

Engineers with design teams of 10 users or fewer can click here – http://se.cliosoft.com – to sign up for this offer and at the same time help the less fortunate. (Note that if the team grows or needs premium features, it is easy to upgrade licenses and instantly access all the additional features without any software installation or data migration.)

ClioSoft Expands in Pacific Rim, Appoints Chinese and Japanese Distributors

Cliosoft — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:14:33 +0000

Move signals growth of Asian market for SOS hardware configuration management system

FREMONT, Calif., October 15, 2009 – ClioSoft, Inc., developer of the premier hardware configuration management system for the electronics design industry, has appointed new distributors for the company’s SOS design data collaboration solutions in the growing electronic design markets in China and Japan. AcconSys Inc. will provide distribution and support in China; Synkom Co., Ltd. will distribute and support in Japan.

SOS provides seamless integration with popular IC flows such as Cadence’s Virtuoso® Custom IC, Mentor’s ICstudio, SpringSoft’s Laker™ Custom Layout Automation System and Synopsys’ Galaxy Custom Designer. The SOS Enterprise Edition, with Universal DM Adaptor technology, is tailor-made to manage design data from any tool in the design flow.

“China and Japan are important areas of growth for ClioSoft,” said Srinath Anantharaman, founder and CEO of ClioSoft. “Both AcconSys and Synkom have excellent reputations for superior customer service, and each came recommended by partners and customers. We are very fortunate to be working with each company, and look forward to their support as we continue our expansion in China and Japan.”

“Worldwide design collaboration is becoming the norm, and ClioSoft is in the forefront of hardware configuration management systems” said Frank Xiao, technical director of AcconSys. “The combination of SOS’ capabilities and our expertise in distribution and support to the EDA industry in China will help our customers efficiently manage their design data and improve team productivity.”

“Our worldwide customer based constantly deals with multisite configuration management issues,” said Makoto Hayashi, president of Synkom. “We look forward to bringing them an unparalleled data management solution to increase productivity and improve the way that design teams work, share and collaborate.”

About AcconSys Inc.
AcconSys Inc. provides world-leading EDA and PLM solutions to Chinese customers in the electronic industry. As a professional consulting and service company, AcconSys helps its customers adopt advanced design tools to enhance their R&D capability, and supports its customers by improving their design management process to increase design productivity.

About Synkom Co., Ltd.
Synkom offers a full line of design services, design flow consulting, and EDA software services. The company counts as its customer many of the largest semiconductor companies in Japan including Toshiba, Sony, Fujitsu and STARC. Synkom’s extensive IC design experiences span a wide range of applications including wireless communications, video, multimedia, home entertainment, and central processing units. Synkom is headquartered in Shin-Yokohama.

About ClioSoft:
ClioSoft is the premier developer of design management (DM) solutions for hardware design. The company’s SOS design data collaboration platform is built from the ground up to handle the requirements of hardware design flows. The SOS platform gives design teams the freedom and flexibility to choose the way they work, share and collaborate, enabling efficient management of design data from concept through tape-out and improving global team productivity. Custom engineered adaptors seamlessly integrate SOS with leading design flows – Cadence’s Virtuoso® Custom IC, Synopsys’ Galaxy Custom Designer, Mentor’s ICstudio, and SpringSoft’s Laker™ Custom Layout Automation System. ClioSoft’s innovative Universal DM Adaptor technology “future proofs” data management needs by ensuring that data from any flow can be meaningfully managed. For additional information, please see www.cliosoft.com.

SOS viaDFII™ is a trademark of ClioSoft Inc. All other trademarks or registered trademarks mentioned in this release are the intellectual property of their respective owners.

Media Contact:
Linda Marchant, Cayenne Communication,
919-451-0776, linda.marchant@cayennecom.com

ClioSoft Expands in Pacific Rim, Appoints Chinese and Japanese Distributors

Cliosoft — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:10:12 +0000

Move signals growth of Asian market for SOS hardware configuration management system

ClioSoft’s innovative Universal DM Adaptor technology “future proofs” data management needs by ensuring that data from any flow can be meaningfully managed. For additional information, please see www.cliosoft.com.

SOS viaDFII™ is a trademark of ClioSoft Inc. All other trademarks or registered trademarks mentioned in this release are the intellectual property of their respective owners.

Media Contact:
Linda Marchant, Cayenne Communication, 919-451-0776, linda.marchant@cayennecom.com

ClioSoft to Participate in SpringSoft Custom IC Design Automation Showcase, Demonstrate Design Data Management System & Host Poker Game for Charity at DAC 2009

Cliosoft — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 19:24:56 +0000

FREMONT, Calif., July 15, 2009 – ClioSoft, Inc., developer of the design data management solutions of choice for the electronics design industry, will be demonstrating its widely-installed SOS Design Data Collaboration Platform, participating in the SpringSoft Custom IC Design Automation Showcase, and hosting a poker game for charity at the Design Automation Conference (DAC), Moscone Center, San Francisco, California (www.dac.com).

SpringSoft Custom IC Design Automation Showcase:
ClioSoft will be demonstrating the integration of the SOS Design Data Collaboration Platform with SpringSoft’s Laker layout system as part of the SpringSoft Custom IC Design Automation Showcase in Booth # 3367 on the following schedule:
• Monday – 1:00 – 3:00pm
• Tuesday – 11:00am – 1:00pm
• Wednesday – 11:00am – 1:00 pm

“Integration between ClioSoft’s SOS Design Data Collaboration Platform and our Laker system is important to help our customers manage their designs, coordinate their projects worldwide and assure revision control,” said Duncan McDonald, Director of Product Marketing for Laker Custom IC Design Solutions, SpringSoft. “We are excited to have ClioSoft as a part of our Interoperability Showcase at DAC to show attendees the time-saving power of our integrated solution.”

Demonstrating:
ClioSoft will demonstrate the latest edition of its SOS Design Data Collaboration Platform in Booth 3651 from Monday, July 28 through Thursday, July 30th, 2009. SOS provides seamless integration with popular IC flows such as Cadence’s Virtuoso® Custom IC, Mentor’s ICstudio, SpringSoft’s Laker™ Custom Layout Automation System and Synopsys’ Galaxy Custom Designer. The SOS Enterprise Edition, with Universal DM Adaptor technology, is tailor-made to manage design data from any tool in the design flow. To register for a one-on-one suite demonstration, please visit http://www.cliosoft.com/dac2009/

Hosting Poker Game:
Each DAC, ClioSoft hosts a Texas Hold ‘em poker game on the hour every hour. A professional dealer explains the rules (users need no prior knowledge) and the game lasts for 20-30 minutes. The winner of each game walks away with a crisp $100 bill. Everyone is invited to come and play.

This year, on Monday afternoon at 3:00, in Booth 3651, ClioSoft will host a game for EDA editors and analysts. The winner will designate a charity of his/her choice to receive a contribution of $2000. All DAC attendees are invited to cheer on their favorite editor or analyst, as well as to take part in a game themselves in the course of the conference.

About ClioSoft:
ClioSoft provides design data management (DDM) solutions of choice for the electronics design industry. ClioSoft’s SOS design data collaboration platform is built from the ground up to handle the requirements of hardware design flows. The SOS platform gives design teams the freedom and flexibility to choose the way they work, share and collaborate, enabling efficient management of design data from concept through tape-out and improving global team productivity. Custom engineered adaptors seamlessly integrate SOS with leading design flows – Cadence’s Virtuoso® Custom IC, Synopsys’ Galaxy Custom Designer, Mentor’s ICstudio, and SpringSoft’s Laker™ Custom Layout Automation System. ClioSoft’s innovative Universal DM Adaptor technology “future proofs” data management needs by ensuring that data from any flow can be meaningfully managed. For additional information, please see www.cliosoft.com.

Any trademarks or registered trademarks mentioned in this release are the intellectual property of their respective owners.

Media Contact:
Linda Marchant, Cayenne Communication, 919-451-0776, linda.marchant@cayennecom.com

ClioSoft to Demonstrate Design Data Management System, Present with Synopsys & Host Poker Game for Charity at DAC 2009

Cliosoft — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:44:07 +0000

FREMONT, Calif., July 14, 2009 – ClioSoft, Inc., developer of the design data management solutions of choice for the electronics design industry, will be demonstrating its widely-installed SOS Design Data Collaboration Platform, giving a presentation with Synopsys, and hosting a poker game for charity at the Design Automation Conference (DAC), Moscone Center, San Francisco, California (www.dac.com).

Presenting:
ClioSoft and Synopsys will be presenting “Effective Data Management for AMS Design Teams” on Tuesday, July 28 from 1:40-2:15pm in the Exhibitor Forum, North Hall, Booth 4359. This presentation covers how large and geographically dispersed AMS design teams face the challenge of collaborative DDM for semiconductor projects. A proper DDM solution must handle the design, the libraries and collateral data, and seamlessly integrate into the user’s design flow. The solution presented uses Synopsys’ Galaxy Custom Designer™ mixed-signal implementation tool integrated with ClioSoft’s SOS DDM platform, providing a complete OpenAccess solution to maximize team productivity.

“Our aim is to have analog and mixed-signal designers leave this presentation with some actionable ideas on how to improve team productivity through efficient design data management while also reducing respins and meeting tight design schedules,” said Les Spruiell, senior product marketing manager, AMS Group at Synopsys.

Synopsys, Galaxy and Galaxy Custom Designer are registered trademarks or trademarks of Synopsys, Inc. Any other trademarks or registered trademarks mentioned in this release are the intellectual property of their respective owners.

Media Contact:
Linda Marchant, Cayenne Communication, 919-451-0776, linda.marchant@cayennecom.com