Carbon Announces Participation in Japan's EDS Fair, Exhibit Showcases Accurate Pre-Silicon Electronic Design Validation.

January 27 - 28, 2005, Pacifico, Yokohama, Japan

Who

SC Hightech Division of Sumisho Electronics Co., Ltd., a leading
Japanese distributor, will offer EDS Fair (http://www.edsfair.com)
attendees the opportunity to discuss Carbon Design Systems
breakthrough in complex ASIC and SOC validation with its
SPEEDCompiler(TM) and DesignPlayer(TM) software products.

What

DesignPlayer models of complex ASIC and SOC IP run 10-50X faster
than popular simulators, while maintaining cycle and register
accuracy. With DesignPlayers, hardware designers have the cycles they
need to run complete regression suites before tapeout; software
designers can test and debug their code using a high performance,
cycle accurate, linkable model; and customers get an executable spec
for system integration and test.

When/Where

10:00-18:00, Thursday & Friday, January 27 and January 28, 2005
Sumisho Electronics Co., Ltd., Booth #201, Pacifico, Yokohama, Japan

Information, Registration and Appointment Requests

For more information about EDS Fair, please visit http://www.edsfair.com.

For more information about Carbon, please visit: http://www.carbondesignsystems.com.

To schedule an appointment or demonstration, please contact [e-mail].

About Carbon Design Systems

Carbon delivers software products that enable high-performance pre-silicon chip and system validation. Carbon's virtual hardware models -- DesignPlayers -- can be used for hardware, software, and customer design validation. DesignPlayer models boost hardware regression performance and validate drivers, diagnostics, and firmware up to 50X faster than event-based simulators. A low-cost executable or linkable model can be deployed across the enterprise and to customers without the encumbrances of a slow simulator.

Carbon's approach shortens schedules and accelerates time-to-profit by enabling validation to occur in parallel with hardware development. Product schedules can be cut significantly, with validation starting as early as the first stable Register Transfer Level (RTL) design. Problems are found and resolved before fabrication -- rather than waiting for custom models to be built or silicon to be delivered.

The company is headquartered at 375 Totten Pond Road, Suite 100/200, Waltham, MA. 02451. Telephone: [phone], Fax: [phone], Email: [e-mail], Website: CarbonDesignSystems.com or SPEEDCompiler.com.

Carbon Design Systems, SPEEDCompiler and DesignPlayer are trademarks of Carbon Design Systems, Incorporated. All other companies and products referenced herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.