Avant! Product Users' Group Formed; Named Aurora--Users' Group to Hold First Meeting February 24-25 at Santa Clara Techmart Meeting Center.SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 10, 1997--Avant! Corporation (Nasdaq: AVNT) today announced it is sponsoring the establishment of an independent, international Avant! product users' group A users' group (also users group or user group) is a type of club focused on the use of a particular technology, usually (but not always) computer-related. . This users' group has been named Aurora (Avant! Users' Resource Organization for Real-world Applications). The first Aurora meeting will be a two-day event held February 24 and 25 at the Techmart Renaissance Meeting Center, 5201 Great America Great America is a name shared by two American amusement parks opened by the Marriott Corporation in 1976. Both parks are now under different ownership and are known as:
Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , CA. The content of this first meeting will be technical and has been developed based on frequently asked questions and relevant topics common to most Avant! users. "Avant! has become a major provider of design software solutions for the integrated circuit design automation market with sales crossing the $100-million threshold in 1996. Our customer list includes the leading companies from every semiconductor market segment and geography. Many of our customers are leading-edge IC developers involved with the complex and challenging physical effects of deep-submicron, or DSM 1. DSM - Data Structure Manager. An object-oriented language by J.E. Rumbaugh and M.E. Loomis of GE, similar to C++. It is used in implementation of CAD/CAE software. DSM is written in DSM and C and produces C as output. designs. Aurora has been created to provide a forum for Avant! users to exchange ideas and experiences, discuss problems and solutions and meet with Avant! developers, product specialists and WorldLink partners," stated Vic Kulkarni, vice president of marketing at Avant! Corporation. (See footnote 1.) Each Aurora meeting session will provide opportunities for users of Avant! tools to find solutions to their design problems while exploring a variety of design issues. During the two days of the February users' group meeting, attendees will be asked to elect an Aurora Steering Committee to help plan future meetings and establish bylaws The rules and regulations enacted by an association or a corporation to provide a framework for its operation and management. Bylaws may specify the qualifications, rights, and liabilities of membership, and the powers, duties, and grounds for the dissolution of an . Avant! has helped to plan an agenda and arrange presentations by customers on applications and technical subjects for the first meeting. Avant! customers scheduled to present are: Lucent Technologies, AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. , Seagate Technology, C-Cube, Motorola, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) and HAL Hal: see Halle, Belgium. hal In Sufism, a state of mind reached from time to time by mystics during their journey toward God. The ahwal (plural of hal) are God-given graces that appear when a soul is purified of its attachments to the material world. . Hardware vendors and tools partners scheduled to participate in an evening exhibit trade fair are: Sente', Synopsys, SUN, DEC, IBM, HAL, Ansoft and Hewlett Packard. Companies or individuals interested in membership or first meeting information should contact Michelle Clancy at Avant! Corporation, phone: 408/523-8894 or email: michelle_clancy@avanticorp.com . About Avant! Avant! (pronounced ah VANH tee) Corporation develops, markets, and supports integrated circuit design automation (ICDA ICDA abbr. International Classification of Diseases, Adapted for Use in the United States ) software for the layout, verification, and analysis of deep submicron ICs including microprocessors, microcontrollers, application-specific standard products (ASSPs) and complex application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs). The company is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. Telephone: 408/738-8881. Fax: 408/738-8508. Worldwide Web: http://www.avanticorp.com . (1) See press release, "Avant! Announces WorldLink Partnership Program," BusinessWire February 10, 1997. CONTACT: Avant! Don Davis, 408/523-8911 don_davis@avanticorp.com or Vic Kulkarni, 408/328-8681 vic_kulkarni@avanticorp.com |
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