COMPASS Design Automation Expands Asian Operations; Opens New Sales and Support Facility in Korea.SEOUL, Korea--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 9, 1996--Keeping pace with the rapidly growing electronic design automation (EDA (1) (Electronic Design Automation) Using the computer to design, lay out, verify and simulate the performance of electronic circuits on a chip or printed circuit board. ) market in Asia, COMPASS compass. 1 In mathematics, an instrument for making circles and measuring distances. Frequently called a pair of compasses, it consists of two metal legs with one end of each attached to a pivot to form a V-shaped device. Design Automation, Inc., a leader in EDA tools and libraries for deep submicron design, today announced at the EDA&T conference the expansion of its presence in Asia to include a facility in Seoul, Korea. "The Korean office solidifies COMPASS' commitment to the Asian region and complements our firm establishment in Taiwan," said Dieter Mezger, president, COMPASS Design Automation. "The facility will enable us to further serve our customers in Korea with on-site sales and support staff who can provide direct access to the tools, libraries and processes needed for deep submicron design." Joe Nalewajko, vice president of Asia Pacific/Japan, will oversee the new Korean facility, directing the sales efforts. As a member of COMPASS from its inception in 1991, Nalewajko was promoted into this position from vice president of Japan operations, and prior to that, from director of worldwide strategic accounts. Prior to the opening of the new facility, COMPASS worked with Korean distributor ANAM ANAM Autoridad Nacional del Ambiente (National Environment Authority of Panama) ANAM Asociación Nacional de Municipalidades (National Association of Municipalities, Guatemala) S&T for sales and support. In addition to COMPASS' initial resource of five full-time employees, ANAM S&T will also be available on a contract basis when necessary. COMPASS Design Automation Korea Co., Ltd., will be located at Suite No. 511, 5th Floor, City Air Terminal Building; 159-6 Samsung- dong, Kangnam-gu; Seoul, 135-728, Korea. Telephone (822) 551-8888, Fax (822) 551-8889. COMPASS Design Automation is a leading provider of electronic design automation (EDA) tools and libraries for designing deep submicron application-specific integrated circuits (hardware) Application-Specific Integrated Circuit - (ASIC) An integrated circuit designed to perform a particular function by defining the interconnection of a set of basic circuit building blocks drawn from a library provided by the circuit manufacturer. (ASICs) and application-specific standard products (ASSPs). The company supplies a complete set of tools for silicon implementation as well as front-end design and provides foundry A semiconductor manufacturer that makes chips for third parties. It may be a large chip maker that sells its excess manufacturing capacity or one that makes chips exclusively for other companies. flexible Passport and custom ASIC A redundant reference to an ASIC chip. ASICs are already customized for a specific use. See ASIC. libraries, memory and datapath compilers This page is dedicated to list all current compilers, compiler generators, interpreters, translators, etc. C/C++ compilers Compiler Author Windows UNIX-like Other OSs License type IDE? C++ Builder CodeGear (Borland) Yes No DOS Proprietary Yes C++ Compiler , and library development tools. COMPASS is headquartered in San Jose, California San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. , and develops, markets and sells its products worldwide. More information about COMPASS can be obtained on the World Wide Web by accessing http://www.compass-da.com. -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: Passport is a trademark of COMPASS Design Automation, Inc. See Compass at the Electronic Design Automation & Test Conference, Booth No. 400 (Seoul, Korea), Booth No. 27 (Taiwan). CONTACT: Tsantes & Associates Anna Leonard, 408/452-8700 anna@tsantes.com |
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