Actel Corporation and Partner Make Significant Design Gear Contribution to Korean Engineering Students.SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 14, 1998-- Actel Corporation with I&C Microsystems Donate Tools, Devices and Programming Hardware to the Korean University System Actel Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :ACTL ACTL American College of Trial Lawyers (Irvine, California) ACTL Access Carrier Terminal Location ACTL Activation Library ACTL Automated Compatibility Test Laboratory ACTL Association Cultural Turkey-Luxembourg ) has partnered with its Korean distributor, I&C Microsystems Co. Ltd., to help educate Korean engineering students by donating 200 copies of Actel's Designer Viewlogic Lite field programmable gate array See FPGA. (FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) A type of gate array that is programmed in the field rather than in a semiconductor fab. Containing up to hundreds of thousands of gates, there are a variety of FPGA architectures on the market. ) system software. In addition, a quantity of supporting programmable Actel devices and programming hardware was also donated. This contribution will provide undergraduates with an improved environment for the design of logic circuits, while supplying support at the graduate level for independent research projects. Actel will work with the IC Design Education Center (IDEC IDEC Instituto Brasileiro de Defesa do Consumidor (Portugese: Brazilian Consumer Protection Agency) IDEC Information Design & End-User Computing IDEC Interior Design Educators Council, Inc. ) in Taejon, Korea and I&C Microsystems to manage the program for approximately 60 universities, including the distinguished Korean Institute of Science and Technology (KIST). "IDEC was established in 1995 by the Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology with the support and commitment of Korean government and major semiconductor industries in Korea," said Professor Chong-Min Kyung, director of IDEC. "Actel's donation of software and programming hardware will play an important role in promoting IC design education in Korea Currently, Korea is divided into two separate countries.
At a formal ceremony on May 20 at IDEC, Dr. Kyung presented the Korean University System with $200,000 in design tools and $50,000 in devices and programming hardware. Additional attendees included Patrick Ellington, Actel's director of Pan Asia sales and marketing; E.S. Choi, I&C Microsystems' president; and H.S. Kang, I&C Microsystems' vice president of operations. "Actel believes that its donation will be an important tool in training students about synchronous design techniques," said Mr. Ellington. "Under the management of IDEC, industry-standard computer-aided engineering See CAE. Computer-aided engineering Any use of computer software to solve engineering problems. With the improvement of graphics displays, engineering workstations, and graphics standards, computer-aided engineering (CAE) has come to mean the computer (CAE (1) (Computer-Aided Engineering) Software that analyzes designs which have been created in the computer or that have been created elsewhere and entered into the computer. ) tools donated by companies help to unify teaching techniques in engineering undergraduate classes for a broad segment of the Korean university system. Equally important is the use of Actel tools for university research projects that require leading-edge design technique experience. This powerful teaching combination results in students that are substantially better prepared for careers in engineering." The company plans to continue its active participation in the advancement of the Asian university Asian University (Asian U), formerly Asian University of Science and Technology, is an international university located in Chonburi, Thailand, about 25 km from Pattaya. systems. Past donations have included $150,000 of FPGA design software and hardware to China's prestigious Peking University Peking University: see Beijing University. Peking University or Beijing University One of the oldest and most important institutions of higher education in China. last year, and in 1996, ten copies of Actel's Designer Series 3.1 software to the University of Fudan in Shanghai, China. Designer Viewlogic Lite Availability and Pricing Designer Viewlogic Lite integrates Actel-specific Viewlogic software (ViewDraw schematic capture schematic capture - The process of entering the logical design of an electronic circuit into a CAE system by creating a schematic representation of components and interconnections. , ViewSim simulator and ViewSynthesis VHDL (VHSIC Hardware Description Language) A hardware description language (HDL) used to design electronic systems at the component, board and system level. VHDL allows models to be developed at a very high level of abstraction. synthesis) that supports devices as large as 8,000 gates. Designer View Logic Lite is priced at $995 and available through Actel. About Actel Actel is dedicated to providing logic designers with the capability and confidence to successfully move up to higher complexity designs. The company is the world's leading supplier of antifuse-based field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) and associated software development tools. FPGAs are used by designers of communications, computer, medical, military/aerospace, industrial control, and other electronic systems to differentiate their products and get them to market faster. Actel is traded on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol ACTL and is located at 955 East Arques Avenue, Sunnyvale, California, 94086-4533. Telephone: (408) 739-1010. Internet: http://www.actel.com. Note to Editors: The Actel name and logo are registered trademarks of Actel Corporation. All other trademarks of and tradenames are the property of their respective owners.
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