Calypto Selects Saline as its Exclusive Distributor in Korea.

PowerPro CG "Perfect Fit" For Korean Semiconductor Companies Focused on Power-Sensitive Consumer Markets

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Calypto[TM] Design Systems Inc., the leader in sequential analysis technology, today named Saline Co., Ltd. as its exclusive distributor in Korea.

Saline, headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, will provide sales and technical support for Calypto's PowerPro CG (for clock-gating) product. Saline has successfully served the Korean market for more than 10 years, while developing strong relationships with leading semiconductor companies, including Samsung, LG, Hynix, Dongbu and Magnachip. Many of Saline's highly qualified Electronic Design Automation (EDA) sales team members have worked at multinational companies, such as Synopsys, Cadence and Hewlett-Packard.

"Saline is a highly respected company in Korea," says Doug Aitelli, Calypto's vice president of worldwide sales. "The Korean market has several large, consumer electronics companies that can benefit greatly from the automated power optimization features offered by PowerPro CG."

PowerPro CG, based on patented Sequential Analysis Technology, has been proven to reduce power by up to 60% on customer designs. By evaluating circuit behavior across multiple clock cycles, PowerPro CG is able to identify and insert sequential clock gating enable logic into register transfer level (RTL) designs. PowerPro CG consistently produces better results in significantly less time than manual clock gating.

"Power is a significant design constraint for RTL designers and our customers are constantly looking for better ways to reduce power in their products," adds Hyo-Soon Lim, director of Software Sales & Marketing from Saline Co., Ltd. "PowerPro CG is a unique solution for our customers' power optimization needs; we look forward to a long partnership with Calypto."

About Calypto

Founded in 2002, Calypto Design Systems, Inc. empowers designers to create high-quality, low-power electronic systems by providing best-in-class power optimization and functional verification software, based on its patented sequential analysis technology. Calypto, whose customers include Fortune 500 companies worldwide, is a member of the Cadence Connections program, the IEEE-SA, Synopsys SystemVerilog Catalyst Program, the Mentor Graphics OpenDoor program and the Power Forward Initiative. Calypto has offices in Europe, India, Japan and North America. Corporate Headquarters is located at: 2933 Bunker Hill Lane, Suite 202, Santa Clara, Calif. 95054. Telephone: [phone]. More information can be found at: www.calypto.com.

About Saline

Founded in 1998, Saline is a leading provider of software, hardware, and manufacturing products to the Korean market. In addition to the marketing of EDA software, Saline also develops or distributes hardware solutions in the LCD, GPS, and LED areas, manufacturing products for PDP (display) OLED, and Braun Tube (CRT), and other software products such as Adobe. Their customer list contains all of the leading companies in the engineering, manufacturing, and financial industries, such as Samsung, LG, SK, and most of the banks operating in Korea. Saline is located at 2F, Doolim Bldg., 448-1, Seongnae-Dong, Kangdong-Gu, Seoul, Korea. For more information please contact Hyo-Soon Lim at [phone], or [e-mail].

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