39th Design Automation Conference Adds Hands-on Tutorials to Technical Program.

Business/Technology Editors

BOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 1, 2002

EDA and Embedded Systems Design Companies Collaborate to Provide

Interactive Learning Experience

The Design Automation Conference (DAC), the electronic design industry's leading event, today announced this year's technical program will include new hands-on tutorials. In these tutorial sessions, companies that are involved in varying parts of the embedded systems design flow--from EDA software vendors and intellectual property (IP) providers to embedded systems development companies--will present in-depth, interactive tutorial sessions that allow participants to work with the tools hands-on to solve specific design challenges. The 39th annual conference will be held June 10-14, 2002, at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans.

"DAC is excited to provide attendees with a new and innovative approach for learning about embedded systems design tools and methodologies at this year's conference," said Bryan Ackland, 39th DAC general chair and vice president of communications systems technology for Agere Systems. "The addition of the hands-on tutorials underscores DAC's commitment to providing a strong technical program that encompasses all aspects of chip design, including embedded systems."

Interactive Learning Focuses on "Verifying Embedded Systems"

The hands-on tutorials address a wide breadth of embedded systems design challenges, from system verification and assertion-based validation, to hardware/software integration and virtual prototyping. This year's focus is on "Verifying Embedded Systems." Wind River and ARM, as well as more than a dozen DAC exhibitors, are participating in the tutorials as part of technical program's continuing focus on the convergence of EDA and embedded systems design issues.

Each tutorial focuses on a specific design challenge and the presenting companies provide the tools, as well as education on the recommended tool flow and methodology, to solve it. To do this, attendees are encouraged to work with the tools, hands-on and in real time.

The three-hour tutorials are limited to the first 30 students enrolled and a student-to-workstation ratio of 2:1. The cost is $40 per tutorial. The sessions take place Monday through Thursday, June 10 - 13, and will cover the following topics:

-- Developing Bus-Functional Models for Embedded ATM Switch Verification

SynaptiCAD, Inc. and Synopsys, Inc.

-- Creating and Using a Virtual Prototype for Embedded System Verification

AXYS Design Automation, Denali Software, Mentor Graphics and Verisity

-- Assertion-Based Validation with Hardware/Software for Comprehensive Embedded System Verification

Co-Design Automation, Inc., Real Intent, and ARM

-- Hardware-Software Integration on the ARM Wireless PrimeXsys Platform Using the CoWare N2C Design System

CoWare, Inc., and ARM

-- Verification of Embedded Communication Systems Cadence Design Systems, Inc.,
Synplicity, Inc., and Xilinx, Inc.

-- Hardware and Software Debug Methods for a Programmable System Xilinx, Inc.,
and Wind River

-- Verifying Embedded Systems Bridges2Silicon, Inc., and Altera

Registration

To register for DAC, as well as the hands-on tutorials, visit www.dac.com or call 1-800-321-4573 in the U.S. to request registration materials. The advance registration deadline is May 13, 2002.

About DAC

DAC is the premier forum for the electronic design industry to exchange information on products, methodologies, and processes. Attended by more than 15,000 developers, designers, researchers, managers, and engineers from leading electronics companies and universities around the world, DAC includes more than 225 exhibitors and offers a robust technical program covering the electronics industry's hottest trends.

The conference is sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery/Special Interest Group on Design Automation (ACM/SIGDA), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers/Circuits and Systems Society (IEEE/CAS) and the Electronic Design Automation Consortium (EDA Consortium). For more information, including registration, visit the DAC Web site at www.dac.com, or contact DAC management at 1-800-321-4573.