ChipData Announces Advanced Schematic and Symbol Conversion Services.RICHARDSON, Texas Richardson is a suburb in Dallas County and Collin County, Texas. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 91,803, while according to a 2006 estimate, the population had grown to 99,200. -- Organizations Can Save Significant Time and Money with New ChipData Services that Convert Schematics and Symbols Between Several Leading 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. Environments ChipData, the Design Chain Acceleration Company(TM), today announced the availability of its Schematic and Symbol Conversion Services to help companies migrate their design libraries as a result of mergers, acquisitions, design process standardization standardization In industry, the development and application of standards that make it possible to manufacture a large volume of interchangeable parts. Standardization may focus on engineering standards, such as properties of materials, fits and tolerances, and drafting , or switching PCB PCB: see polychlorinated biphenyl. PCB in full polychlorinated biphenyl Any of a class of highly stable organic compounds prepared by the reaction of chlorine with biphenyl, a two-ring compound. design tools. ChipData's new service offerings allow companies to simply and cost-effectively keep up with changes to their PCB design environment, ultimately preserving the investment in their symbol and schematic libraries and giving them more flexibility in their design processes. ChipData experts utilize proprietary conversion technology to convert customers' schematics and symbol libraries into a variety of leading EDA formats without losing information. ChipData ensures the integrity of data with advanced QA features that compare source and target graphics and perform syntax and connectivity checks, ultimately validating that the converted symbols and schematics are accurate. ChipData's progressive Conversion Services give organizations a cost and time-effective option to protect their most valuable design assets without tying up skilled internal resources. To take advantage of ChipData's Schematic Conversion Services, organizations need only supply a compressed file of the source schematic design and symbols used in the design, as well as any special instructions regarding the property name or value mapping that may be required. Although turnaround time (1) In batch processing, the time it takes to receive finished reports after submission of documents or files for processing. In an online environment, turnaround time is the same as response time. depends on the amount of customization required during the conversion process, most conversion projects are completed within two days to two weeks. "Changes in the design environment are always very disruptive events," said Bob Merlo, ChipData's president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "One of the biggest challenges during this type of transition is preserving the intellectual property embodied in the legacy symbol and schematic design library. ChipData's Conversion Services offer a sensible alternative for organizations facing this kind of environmental change -- whether they are looking to standardize their symbol library or simply use the best CAD tool for the job." ChipData supports conversion of the following source 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. and symbol formats: --Mentor Graphics -- Design Architect, DxDesigner --Cadence Design Systems -- Concept SCALD, Concept HDL (Hardware Description Language) A language used to describe the functions of an electronic circuit for documentation, simulation or logic synthesis (or all three). Although many proprietary HDLs have been developed, Verilog and VHDL are the major standards. ChipData can convert schematics or symbols into any of the following target formats: --Mentor Graphics -- DxDesigner --Cadence Design Systems -- Concept HDL About ChipData ChipData, the Design Chain Acceleration Company(TM), is a leading provider of software and services to the electronics industry that greatly accelerate the process of creating, distributing and utilizing electronic design information. ChipData solutions are used by component suppliers, original equipment manufacturers and contract electronic manufacturers to get products to market faster and more cost effectively. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in the Richardson, Texas Telecom Corridor, privately held ChipData has received venture funding from top high-tech venture capital firms Name Location Founding date Managing Partners/Directors Specialty Capital managed 5AM Ventures Menlo Park, CA; Waltham, MA 2002 John Diekman, PhD (managing partner), Scott Rocklage, PhD (managing partner), Andrew Schwab (managing partner) life sciences $200M [1] , including CenterPoint Ventures, InterWest partners, Trinity Ventures, EDS (Electronic Data Systems, Plano, TX, www.eds.com) Founded in 1962 by H. Ross Perot (independent candidate for the President of the U.S. in 1992), EDS is the largest outsourcing and data processing services organization in the country. and Sevin Rosen. For more information about the company, please visit www.chipdata.com. (C) 2004 ChipData, Inc. All rights reserved. ChipData and the ChipData logo are registered trademarks of ChipData, Inc. The Design Chain Acceleration Company, Design Content Acceleration, IC2, IC2 SymXpert, IC2 SymXpert Pro, IC2 PkgXpert, IC2 OnDemand and the IC2 logo are trademarks or service marks of ChipData, Inc. All other companies, brand names or products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. |
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