ADVISORY/Aptix at DATE: SoC Validation Panel and High-Performance, Transaction-Based Co-Emulation & Prototyping Demonstrations.

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ADVISORY...Tuesday-Thursday (Feb. 17-19)

Design Automation and Test in Europe Conference

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

Who
Aptix Corporation, a leading supplier of pre-silicon prototyping
tools and platforms for embedded system-on-chip (SoC) invites
attendees at the Design Automation and Test in Europe (DATE)
Conference to attend its Validation panel and see demonstrations of
its pre-silicon prototyping systems

What
Panel: Methodologies for SoC Hardware-Software Validation with
speakers from Aptix, ARM, Cadence Design Systems, TI, Synopsys and
STMicroelectronics.

Demonstrations:
Aptix offers an integrated set of software and hardware products
to provide a complete RTL-to-Prototype solution. With Aptix
prototyping, a SoC design can be synthesized and partitioned across
multiple FPGA devices and integrated with CPUs, DSPs, memories and
other IP blocks for system validation. Aptix demonstrations at DATE
include:

    --  Pathfinder IP Validation Station(TM): compact system for
        validating small-embedded SoC designs or IP blocks built using
        Altera Stratix parts. (introduced Dec. 2003)

    --  SoC Validation Lab(TM): a transaction-level co-emulation
        system built on Accellera's Co-emulation Modeling Interface
        (SCE-MI) standard. (introduced Sept. 2003)

    --  SystemExplorer(TM) software: provides prototyping process
        automation and debugging

    --  Expeditor(TM) software: links prototype hardware to a
        simulation environment, runs test benches on hardware-mapped
        blocks and enables block-based verification

    --  Design Pilot(TM) software: simplifies prototyping by
        facilitating design preparation for implementation in a
        reconfigurable prototype.

Where
Panel
EXH Theatre, Level C
Demonstrations
Stand # 8200
CNIT, La Defense, Paris, France

When
Panel
Tuesday, February 17, 1800-1900
Demonstrations
Tuesday, February 17, 1000-1900
Wednesday, February 18,1000-1800
Thursday, February 19, 1000-1700

Information
For more information about Aptix, please visit www.aptix.com.
To make an appointment with Aptix at DATE, please contact
Ms. Kristy Desrosiers at 408-541-4711 or [e-mail]
For more information about DATE, please visit
www.date-conference.com.

About Aptix

Aptix Corporation provides tools for modeling SoC designs using
multiple FPGA devices and silicon intellectual property. These models
are used for system hardware creation and integration, as system
hardware verification platforms, as prototypes for firmware and
application software development, as validation platforms for software
integration and real-world system testing and as pre-silicon
prototypes for early customer product evaluation

Aptix is located at 1249 Innsbruck Drive, Sunnyvale, Calif. 94089,
USA.

Aptix is a registered trademark of Aptix Corporation. Design
Pilot, Expediter, Pathfinder IP Validation Station, SoC Validation Lab
and SystemExplorer are trademarks of Aptix Corporation. All other
trademarks and tradenames are the property of their respective
holders.