Co-Design Automation, Verplex Continue Cooperation On SUPERLOG Assertions, Ink Licensing Agreement.

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SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 11, 2002

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Co-Design Automation Inc., a provider of next-generation system simulation products, today licensed the Design Assertions Superset (DAS) of its SUPERLOG(R) design and verification language to Verplex Systems, Inc. This move is designed to aid both companies' efforts to drive a common assertion standard with practical user experience.

Verplex worked with Co-design Automation on the requirements for the DAS and contributed time and resources in its definition. The announcement coincides with Co-Design Automation's announcement today that it, together with Real Intent, Inc., donated the DAS to Accellera, an electronics industry standards organization.

The SUPERLOG DAS enables designers and verification engineers to insert properties in HDL models and testbenches, and then to use them across a range of tools without rewriting them, dramatically simplifying testbenches while improving verification productivity. SUPERLOG provides a mechanism to efficiently and easily describe design properties using a recognizable Verilog hardware description language (HDL)-based syntax, for use throughout the design and verification flow.

"The SUPERLOG DAS represents a powerful mechanism to drive multiple verification capabilities, utilizing a style that will broadly appeal to Verilog users," notes Harry Foster, chief architect at Verplex. "Complimenting the Open Verilog Library format already in use, the language capabilities contained within the DAS promise significant verification productivity improvements."

"Designers need a way to quickly move between model checking and system simulation to verify their designs, without rewriting test specifications for each tool," affirms Simon Davidmann, Co-Design Automation's chief executive officer (CEO). "We are delighted to license the DAS to Verplex, and consider this a major move toward the creation of a comprehensive standard in this key verification area."

For more details on SYSTEMSIM and DAS, contact Dave Kelf, Co-Design Automation's vice president of marketing. He can be reached via email at [e-mail] or at (877) 6 CODESIGN, Ext. 404.

About Co-Design Automation

Co-Design Automation is an EDA company focused on the efficient creation, implementation, and verification of system on chip (SOC) designs. It is privately held and funded by investors from within the EDA developer and user communities, including Intel Capital Corporation and Redwood Venture Partners, Inc. The staff includes notable simulation experts Phil Moorby, creator of the Verilog HDL and the first fellow at Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDN), and Peter Flake, creator of the HILO HDL. In 1999, Co-Design announced the SUPERLOG system design language, now utilized by 15 partner companies. Its products -- SYSTEMSIM and SYSTEMEX -- are achieving success throughout the electronics industry worldwide in system platform and advanced verification applications. Corporate headquarters is in Los Altos, Calif. Telephone: (877) 6 CODESIGN. Facsimile: [phone]. Email: [e-mail]. On-line information is found at its Web Sites: http://www.co-design.com and http://www.superlog.org.

SUPERLOG is a registered trademark and SYSTEMSIM, SYSTEMEX, CBlend are trademarks of Co-Design Automation, Inc. Verilog is a trademark of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. Co-Design Automation acknowledge trademarks or registered trademarks of other organizations for their respective products and services.