MONROVIA, California – September 8, 2010 – Tanner EDA, the driver for innovation in the design, layout and verification of analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits (ICs), has released a Linux version of the company’s HiPer Silicon full-flow design suite, giving designers a complete analog design flow from schematic capture, circuit simulation, and waveform probing to physical layout and verification. Merging the functionality of the Windows and Linux product lines, HiPer Silicon v15.02 includes all the functionality of the recently-introduced HiPer Silicon v15 while allowing customers on either platform to choose – and change as desired – between the Windows and the Linux platforms.

New features and functionality in HiPer Silicon v15.02 include:

• A complete redesign of the waveform editor product (W-Edit), which provides designers with a signal analysis platform rather than simple layout views.
• The addition of a new database for storage and management of simulation data.
• Seamless integration with optional add-in HiPer DevGen, the newest addition to Tanner’s tool portfolio that offers breakthrough device and structure generation for layout productivity .

“With Tanner EDA now supporting Linux, we have been able to integrate their tools quickly and effectively into our wider Linux tool flow. L-Edit had proved an excellent addition to our flow, as it is  easy to use, very productive and well supported by Tanner,” said Professor Boni, CTO of Italina IC design house Silis S.r.l.

“HiPer Silicon for Linux is another example of our continued commitment to licensing flexibility and tool interoperability,” offered Tanner EDA’s product manager, Jeff Miller. “Realizing that many of our users maintain heterogeneous or hybrid computing environments, we continue to make our tool suite as robust as possible.”

Availability

HiPer Silicon v15.02 and the HiPer DevGen add-on are available now for the Linux operating system. For additional information, please contact Tanner EDA Sales by phone 626-471-9700, or email sales@tannereda.com.

About Tanner EDA

Tanner EDA provides a complete line of software solutions that drive innovation for the design, layout and verification of analog and mixed-signal (A/MS) integrated circuits (ICs). Customers are creating breakthrough applications in areas such as power management, displays and imaging, automotive, consumer electronics, life sciences, and RF devices. A low learning curve, high interoperability, and a powerful user interface improve design team productivity and enable a low total cost of ownership (TCO). Capability and performance are matched by low support requirements and high support capability as well as an ecosystem of partners that bring advanced capabilities to A/MS designs.

Founded in 1988, Tanner EDA solutions deliver just the right mixture of features, functionality and usability. The company has shipped over 33,000 licenses of its software to more than 5,000 customers in 67 countries.

HiPer Verify and HiPer Silicon are trademarks of Tanner Research, Inc.

All other trademarks and trade names are the property of their respective owners.

# # #

Contact for Tanner EDA:

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

MONROVIA, California – May 19, 2010 – Tanner EDA, the catalyst for innovation for the design, layout and verification of analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits (ICs) has appointed Advinno Technologies Pte. Ltd. of Singapore to provide regional representation in Southeast Asia. Advinno will provide sales and support for all Tanner EDA products in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia.

The agreement covers sales of Tanner’s full-flow analog IC design suite, HiPer Silicon, as well as related specialty design tools and services. HiPer Silicon gives designers a complete analog design flow, from schematic capture, circuit simulation, and waveform probing to physical layout and verification, which is ideal for analog, mixed-signal, RF, and MEMS IC design. The integrated tool suite shares a common architecture and common user interface that is consistent across all tools, resulting in a comprehensive, unified software solution. Over 5,000 customers worldwide use some or all of the HiPer Silicon suite to maximize design productivity in areas such as Verilog-A simulation, device layout acceleration, interactive auto-routing, foundry-compatible physical verification, and parasitic extraction.

Advinno Technologies is a privately-held design solution company incorporated in Singapore and with offices in China, Malaysia, and Vietnam. The company provides customers with best-in-class solutions such as electronic design automation (EDA), intellectual property (IP), FPGA and ASIC, and embedded as well as design services, training and consultation.

“Our focus is on enabling customers to deliver first-pass design success within the shortest possible time to market by using best-in-class design solutions,” said Terry Teh, president and co-founder of Advinno Technologies. “Tanner EDA has been helping designers reach those same goals for two decades now. We are very pleased to be able to add this top quality line of products to the stable of solutions we can offer our customers.”

“With demand for Tanner EDA product increasing in Southeast Asia, we needed an experienced and well-regarded technology company with regional market knowledge to be the first line of contact for sales and support in the region,” said Robin White, international sales manager for Tanner EDA. “Advinno’s customer relationships and technical depth are second to none. We look forward to their assistance as we provide design solutions to customers throughout Southeast Asia.”

About Tanner EDA
Tanner EDA provides a complete line of software solutions that catalyze innovation for the design, layout and verification of analog and mixed-signal (A/MS) integrated circuits (ICs). Customers are creating breakthrough applications in areas such as power management, displays and imaging, automotive, consumer electronics, life sciences, and RF devices. A low learning curve, high interoperability, and a powerful user interface improve design team productivity and enable a low total cost of ownership (TCO). Capability and performance are matched by low support requirements and high support capability as well as an ecosystem of partners that bring advanced capabilities to A/MS designs.

Founded in 1988, Tanner EDA solutions deliver just the right mixture of features, functionality and usability. The company has shipped over 33,000 licenses of its software to more than 5,000 customers in 67 countries.

HiPer Verify and HiPer Silicon are trademarks of Tanner Research, Inc.
All other trademarks and trade names are the property of their respective owners.

# # #

SANTA CLARA, CA, — May 4, 2010— Berkeley Design Automation, Inc., provider of the Analog FastSPICE™ unified circuit verification platform, today announced that Sunplus Technology Co. Ltd., one of the world’s leading providers of silicon systems for consumer electronics, has selected the company’s Analog FastSPICE™ Platform (AFS Platform) for design verification and device noise analysis of its analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits.

“At Sunplus we have been using Analog FastSPICE since 2008 and we consistently get 5x -10x faster results with true SPICE accuracy for complex-block characterization and full-circuit performance simulation of our analog and mixed-signal ICs,” said Mark Chen, Manager, Project Design Department, Sunplus Technology. “We have now deployed AFS Transient Noise and AFS RF analysis to solve our device noise analysis challenges. The AFS Platform is the only tool that delivers transistor-level device noise analysis with true SPICE accuracy for our complex analog and mixed-signal designs.”

The Analog FastSPICE Platform (AFS Platform) is the industry’s only unified circuit verification platform for analog, mixed-signal, and RF design. It always delivers true SPICE accurate results, while providing 5x-20x higher performance than traditional SPICE, >10 million-element capacity, and the industry’s only comprehensive device noise analysis. The AFS Platform is a single executable that uses advanced algorithms and numerical analysis to rapidly solve the full-circuit matrix and original device equations without any shortcuts. The AFS Platform includes licenses for AFS Nano SPICE simulation, AFS circuit simulation, AFS Co-Simulation, AFS Transient Noise Analysis, and AFS RF Analysis.

“We are delighted that Sunplus Technology, one of the world’s leading developers of consumer electronics ICs, has deployed the Analog FastSPICE Platform for design verification and device noise analysis of their complex analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits,” said Ravi Subramanian, president and CEO of Berkeley Design Automation. “Sunplus’ decision to deploy the AFS Platform is further evidence that today’s leading analog/mixed-signal design teams select Berkeley Design Automation as an essential partner in the design efforts.”

About Berkeley Design Automation
Berkeley Design Automation, Inc. (BDA) is the recognized leader in advanced analog, mixed-signal, and RF (AMS/RF) verification. The BDA Analog FastSPICE unified circuit verification platform (AFS Platform) combines the accuracy, performance, and capacity needed to verify GHz designs in nanometer-scale silicon. Over seventy companies, including 15 of the world’s top 20 semiconductor companies, use the AFS Platform to efficiently verify AMS/RF circuits. Founded in 2003, the company has received several industry awards in recognition of its technology leadership and impact on the electronics industry. The company is privately held and backed by Woodside Fund, Bessemer Venture Partners, Panasonic Corporation, NTT Corporation, IT-Farm Corporation, and MUFJ Capital. For more information, visit http://www.berkeley-da.com.

Analog FastSPICE, AFS Nano, and WaveCrave are trademarks of Berkeley Design Automation, Inc. Berkeley Design and BDA are registered trademarks of Berkeley Design Automation, Inc. Any other trademarks or trade names mentioned are the property of their respective owners.

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.

# # #

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

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – February 16, 2010 – Triad Semiconductor, Inc., the industry’s leading supplier of via-configurable mixed-signal ASICs, today announced another first: the first ARM® Cortex™-M0 processor combined with high-resolution, high-precision analog resources: 16-bit ADC and 12-bit DAC and uncommitted op-amps. Triad’s TSX1001, implemented on the Mocha-1™ platform, provides the performance and low-power 32-bit processing of the ARM Cortex-M0 processor combined with high-precision analog features. Mocha-1 is based on Triad’s silicon-proven via-configurable array (VCA) technology, which allows embedded system designers to customize processor, analog, and digital features with lower power consumption and greater system cost savings than last-generation ASIC solutions.

The TSX1001 is a single-chip, mixed-signal processor that an embedded product developer can use to measure sensors and control actuators in products such as accelerometers, automatic meter readers, temperature sensors, capacitive touch inputs, touch screens, medical sensors and other devices requiring analog and processor resources integrated into small spaces using small, low-power batteries.

“We are seeing a general trend toward portable, low-power embedded processing, which requires 32-bit processing performance as well as a great deal of precision analog integration,” said Reid Wender, vice president of marketing at Triad Semiconductor. “The TSX1001 is ideal for many applications and, since the TSX1001 is built on Triad’s Mocha-1 configurable array, designers are able to quickly and inexpensively build working prototypes to verify functionality before committing to a new mixed-signal Cortex-M0 SoC solution optimized for a specific application.”

The TSX1001 will be supported by industry standard embedded software tool flows such as the ARM® RealView® development suite. Triad has released the TSX1001 design to fabrication; engineering samples will be available in May 2010.

About Triad Semiconductor, Inc.
Triad Semiconductor, Inc., a privately held fabless semiconductor company with headquarters in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, develops, prototypes and produces mixed-signal ASICs. The company’s groundbreaking via-configurable array (VCA) technology delivers ASICs with silicon-proven analog and digital functions more quickly and at lower cost than traditional full-custom approaches. Triad’s single-mask, via-only routing cuts engineering effort and fabrication time, resulting in fast-turn prototypes and allowing design changes to be made at minimal cost. For more information, please visit www.triadsemi.com or call (336) 774-2150.

Mocha is a trademark of Triad Semiconductor, Inc. All other product or service names are the property of their respective owners. All rights reserved.

# # #

SANTA CLARA, CA, —April 7, 2010— Berkeley Design Automation Inc., provider of the Analog FastSPICE™ unified circuit verification platform today announced that the Analog FastSPICE™ Platform qualified through TSMC’s SPICE Tool Qualification Program for 28nm low-power (LP) technology. Analog, mixed-signal, and RF design teams at leading semiconductor companies worldwide now can use Analog FastSPICE Platform to efficiently verify their 28nm LP projects.

“The Berkeley Design Automation Analog FastSPICE Platform is one of the first SPICE simulators to meet all the accuracy and compatibility requirements of TSMC’s SPICE Tool Qualification Program for 28nm LP technology,” said Tom Quan, Deputy Director of Design Service Marketing at TSMC.

The Berkeley Design Automation Analog FastSPICE Platform (AFS Platform) is a unified circuit verification platform for analog, mixed-signal, and RF design. The company states that the AFS Platform delivers true SPICE accurate results, while providing higher throughput and larger simulation capacity than traditional SPICE, with comprehensive device noise analysis. The AFS Platform is a single executable that uses advanced algorithms and numerical analysis to rapidly solve the full-circuit matrix and original device equations without any shortcuts. The AFS Platform includes licenses for AFS Nano SPICE simulation, AFS circuit simulation, AFS Co-Simulation, AFS Transient Noise Analysis, and AFS RF Analysis.

“Our 28nm LP certification via the TSMC SPICE Tool Qualification Program is an important milestone to support our mutual customers’ success as they move to this advanced node,” said Ravi Subramanian, president and CEO of Berkeley Design Automation. “By working closely with TSMC, we can provide assurance that these customers have the verification tool that has the accuracy required for the most complex and highly integrated nanometer analog/RF designs.”

About Berkeley Design Automation
Berkeley Design Automation, Inc. (BDA) is the recognized leader in advanced analog, mixed-signal, and RF (AMS/RF) verification. The BDA Analog FastSPICE unified circuit verification platform (AFS Platform) combines the accuracy, performance, and capacity needed to verify GHz designs in nanometer-scale silicon. Over seventy companies, including 15 of the world’s top 20 semiconductor companies, use the AFS Platform to efficiently verify AMS/RF circuits. Founded in 2003, the company has received several industry awards in recognition of its technology leadership and impact on the electronics industry. The company is privately held and backed by Woodside Fund, Bessemer Venture Partners, Panasonic Corporation, NTT Corporation, IT-Farm Corporation, and MUFJ Capital. For more information, visit http://www.berkeley-da.com.

MONROVIA, California – March 30, 2010 – Tanner EDA, the catalyst for innovation for the design, layout and verification of analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits (ICs) has signed a distribution agreement with Kelleher Systems, a New York-based reseller of electronic design automation (EDA) tools. The agreement covers sales of Tanner’s full-flow analog IC design suite, HiPer Silicon, as well as related specialty design tools and services.

HiPer Silicon gives designers a complete analog design flow, from schematic capture, circuit simulation, and waveform probing to physical layout and verification, which is ideal for analog, mixed-signal, RF, and MEMS IC design. The integrated tool suite shares a common architecture and common user interface that is consistent across all tools, resulting in a comprehensive, unified software solution. Over 5,000 customers worldwide use some or all of the HiPer Silicon suite to maximize design productivity in areas such as Verilog-A simulation, device layout acceleration, interactive auto-routing, foundry-compatible physical verification, and parasitic extraction.

“Tanner EDA’s 22-year track record of quality tools and superb customer support aligns perfectly with the needs of today’s IC designer,” said Bob Kelleher, president of Kelleher Systems. “We look forward to helping Tanner EDA bring improved productivity and shorter design cycles to A/MS designers throughout North America.”

Tanner EDA president Greg Lebsack added: “Bob Kelleher has been a powerful force in EDA sales for over 15 years. Our strong value proposition plus Bob’s understanding of the market and excellent track record will be a winning combination for our customers.”

About Kelleher Systems
Kelleher Systems is a new sales and distribution provider for Electronic Design Automation tools supporting the PCB and custom integrated circuit design process. Kelleher Systems was founded in January 2010 by industry veteran Bob Kelleher, formerly the Director of Sales for EMA Design Automation.

About Tanner EDA
Tanner EDA provides a complete line of software solutionsthat catalyze innovation for the design, layout and verification of analog and mixed-signal (A/MS) integrated circuits (ICs). Customers are creating breakthrough applications in areas such as power management, displays and imaging, automotive, consumer electronics, life sciences, and RF devices. A low learning curve, high interoperability, and a powerful user interface improve design team productivity and enable a low total cost of ownership (TCO). Capability and performance are matched by low support requirements and high support capability as well as an ecosystem of partners that bring advanced capabilities to A/MS designs.

Founded in 1988, Tanner EDA solutions deliver just the right mixture of features, functionality and usability. The company has shipped over 33,000 licenses of its software to more than 5,000 customers in 67 countries.

HiPer Verify and HiPer Silicon are trademarks of Tanner Research, Inc. All other trademarks and trade names are the property of their respective owners.

# # #

MONROVIA, California and SEOUL, Korea – March 24, 2010 – Tanner EDA, the catalyst for innovation for the design, layout and verification of analog and mixed-signal (A/MS) integrated circuits (ICs) and Dongbu HiTek, a world-class wafer fabricator, are jointly developing foundry-certified process development kits (PDKs) that will be integrated seamlessly into Tanner’s cohesive, integrated tool flow. Designers using Tanner software solutions will have certified libraries to draw on as they create ICs at critical process nodes for production at Dongbu foundries, reducing design risk and providing faster time to market and higher quality of outcomes.

Dongbu HiTek has distinguished itself as a global A/MS technology leader since launching the world’s first foundry BCDMOS process at the 0.18 micron node in June 2008. Tanner EDA is focused on providing innovative solutions to designers of breakthrough A/MS ICs. Driven by customer demand, jointly developed and maintained foundry-certified PDKs will deliver access to Dongbu HiTek’s 0.35 micron BCDMOS process on Tanner’s tool flow. This BCDMOS process is ideal for integrating analog circuits (using Bipolar), logic circuits (using CMOS) and high-voltage circuits (using DMOS) all on the same chip.

“Our aim is to be the most respected analog foundry in the business,” said Taek Soo Kim, Ph.D, vice president of Dongbu’s HiTek’s technical engineering division. “This collaboration with Tanner, which has provided complete A/MS design solutions for so many leading-edge products, demonstrates our continuing commitment to provide Dongbu customers with the best choices in electronic design automation software.”

“This joint PDK is ideal for designers creating solutions in consumer electronics, mobile handsets and automotive applications,” said John Zuk, vice president of marketing and strategy for Tanner EDA. “At 0.35 microns, Dongbu HiTek’s analog process has proven effective in reducing both manufacturing cost and time to market. Collaborating with a foundry as well respected as Dongbu HiTek will enable us to continue delivering on our commitments of interoperability, productivity, and quicker design cycles for our customers.”

Availability of Foundry-certified PDKs
Joint development is ongoing. Tanner EDA and Dongbu HiTek anticipate the first set of foundry-certified PDKs in Q3, 2010, with additional PDKs available later in the year.

About Tanner EDA
Tanner EDA provides of a complete line of software solutions that catalyze innovation for the design, layout and verification of analog and mixed-signal (A/MS) integrated circuits (ICs). Customers are creating breakthrough applications in areas such as power management, displays and imaging, automotive, consumer electronics, life sciences, and RF devices. A low learning curve, high interoperability, and a powerful user interface improve design team productivity and enable a low total cost of ownership (TCO). Capability and performance are matched by low support requirements and high support capability as well as an ecosystem of partners that bring advanced capabilities to A/MS designs.

Founded in 1988, Tanner EDA solutions deliver just the right mixture of features, functionality and usability. The company has shipped over 33,000 licenses of its software to more than 5,000 customers in 67 countries.

HiPer Verify and HiPer Silicon are trademarks of Tanner Research, Inc. All other trademarks and trade names are the property of their respective owners.

# # #

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – February 16, 2010 – Triad Semiconductor, Inc., the industry’s leading supplier of via-configurable mixed-signal ASICs, today announced another first: the first ARM® Cortex™-M0 processor combined with high-resolution, high-precision analog resources: 16-bit ADC and 12-bit DAC and uncommitted op-amps. Triad’s TSX1001, implemented on the Mocha-1™ platform, provides the performance and low-power 32-bit processing of the ARM Cortex-M0 processor combined with high-precision analog features. Mocha-1 is based on Triad’s silicon-proven via-configurable array (VCA) technology, which allows embedded system designers to customize processor, analog, and digital features with lower power consumption and greater system cost savings than last-generation ASIC solutions.

The TSX1001 is a single-chip, mixed-signal processor that an embedded product developer can use to measure sensors and control actuators in products such as accelerometers, automatic meter readers, temperature sensors, capacitive touch inputs, touch screens, medical sensors and other devices requiring analog and processor resources integrated into small spaces using small, low-power batteries.

“We are seeing a general trend toward portable, low-power embedded processing, which requires 32-bit processing performance as well as a great deal of precision analog integration,” said Reid Wender, vice president of marketing at Triad Semiconductor. “The TSX1001 is ideal for many applications and, since the TSX1001 is built on Triad’s Mocha-1 configurable array, designers are able to quickly and inexpensively build working prototypes to verify functionality before committing to a new mixed-signal Cortex-M0 SoC solution optimized for a specific application.”

The TSX1001 will be supported by industry standard embedded software tool flows such as the ARM® RealView® development suite. Triad has released the TSX1001 design to fabrication; engineering samples will be available in May 2010.

About Triad Semiconductor, Inc.
Triad Semiconductor, Inc., a privately held fabless semiconductor company with headquarters in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, develops, prototypes and produces mixed-signal ASICs. The company’s groundbreaking via-configurable array (VCA) technology delivers ASICs with silicon-proven analog and digital functions more quickly and at lower cost than traditional full-custom approaches. Triad’s single-mask, via-only routing cuts engineering effort and fabrication time, resulting in fast-turn prototypes and allowing design changes to be made at minimal cost. For more information, please visit www.triadsemi.com or call (336) 774-2150.

Mocha is a trademark of Triad Semiconductor, Inc. All other product or service names are the property of their respective owners. All rights reserved.

# # #

MONROVIA, California and BURLINGTON, Ontario, Canada — February 16, 2010 – Tanner EDA, the catalyst for innovation for the design, layout and verification of analog and mixed-signal integrated circuits (ICs) and Sound Design Technologies (SDT), a leading designer and manufacturer of integrated passives and stacked-die assemblies, are collaborating to develop process design kits (PDKs) for analog/mixed-signal (A/MS) designers using Tanner EDA’s HiPer Silicon™ software. This collaboration gives Tanner EDA customers access to SDT’s innovative SiPArray™ integrated passives technology and SDT customers access to Tanner EDA’s A/MS tools for a complete IC design solution.

“Tanner EDA offers a perfect blend of productivity, price-performance and interoperability that is ideally suited to the needs of our analog/mixed-signal IC design customers,” stated Ian Roane, president and CEO of Sound Design Technologies. “Our collaboration with Tanner EDA provides our mutual customers with an advanced design platform and powerful design capabilities to integrate passive components into stacked die assemblies to reduce board space. This will enable them to capitalize on advanced 3D packaging capabilities for breakthroughs in miniaturization and high performance solutions.”

“Our collaboration with Sound Design Technologies is another example of enabling innovation by bringing leading-edge process and packaging capability to our customers,” commented Tanner EDA’s president, Greg Lebsack. “Our specialized IC design software combined with SDT’s integrated passives and chip-stacking technologies arm A/MS designers with breakthrough capabilities to simultaneously save space, improve quality and reduce power requirements.”

Availability of PDKs
Sound Design Technologies’ PDKs for Tanner Tools will be available in Q1 2010. For more information on PDK availability and access, please contact SDT’s Technology and Manufacturing services (techservices@sounddes.com) or John Zuk, vice president, marketing and strategic partnerships at Tanner EDA (john.zuk@tannereda.com).

About Tanner EDA
Tanner EDA provides a complete line of software solutions that catalyze innovation for the design, layout and verification of analog and mixed-signal (A/MS) integrated circuits (ICs). Customers are creating breakthrough applications in areas such as power management, displays and imaging, automotive, consumer electronics, life sciences, and RF devices. A low learning curve, high interoperability, and a powerful user interface improve design team productivity and enable a low total cost of ownership (TCO). Capability and performance are matched by low support requirements and high support capability as well as an ecosystem of partners that bring advanced capabilities to A/MS designs.

Founded in 1988, Tanner EDA solutions deliver just the right mixture of features, functionality and usability. The company has shipped over 33,000 licenses of its software to more than 5,000 customers in 67 countries.

About Sound Design Technologies
Sound Design Technologies Ltd., based in Burlington, Ontario, Canada, is a leading provider of miniature microelectronics manufacturing and packaging techniques as well as ultra-low power digital signal processors (DSP). Previously a division of Gennum Corporation, SDT has a 35-year history of innovation in the area, with a broad array of technologies such as 3D Chip Stacking and high density SiPArray(TM) – Thin Film high density Capacitor Arrays, adaptable for integrated passive device applications, to provide the right packaging solution for each customer’s unique needs. Originally developed for hearing aids, SDT’s products and technologies today are deployed in numerous markets and applications worldwide, including biomedical & industrial sensors, blood analyzers, LED/industrial lighting and wireless monitors. For more information on SDT products and services, visit www.sounddesigntechnologies.com. SDT is a portfolio company of Global Equity Capital, LLC, headquartered in Boulder, Colorado. For more information, visit www.globalequitycap.com.

HiPer Verify and HiPer Silicon are trademarks of Tanner Research, Inc. Sound Design Technologies, Sound Design Technologies logo, SiPArray, thinSTAX are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sound Design Technologies, Ltd. All other trademarks and trade names are the property of their respective owners.
# # #