Co-Design Automation CEO Simon Davidmann Featured On EDAToolsCafe `View From the Top'; Industry Leader Discusses System-Level Design Strategies.Business/Technology Editors LOS ALTOS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 11, 2001 Simon Davidmann, chief executive officer (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. ) of Co-Design Automation, the electronic design automation (EDA) company focused on efficient creation, implementation and verification of system-on-chip (SOC) designs, is profiled on the EDAToolsCafe.com "View From the Top" series. Davidmann's interview includes a discussion of the Co-Design corporate strategy and product roadmap, along with the state of the industry. It can be heard online at www.edatoolscafe.com. Having been a researcher on co-simulation in the late 1970s, Davidmann has 20 years of relevant experience in the electronic design automation (EDA) industry. In 1988, he became the first European employee at Gateway Design Automation, responsible for the technical support of Verilog-XL. After the acquisition of Gateway by Cadence(R) Design Systems Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : CDN (Content Delivery Network) A system of distributed content on a large intranet or the public Internet in which copies of content are replicated and cached throughout the network. ), he became a founding member of the Cadence Spectrum services organization. In 1993, Davidmann opened the European office of Chronologic Simulation. Following the acquisition of Chronologic by Viewlogic -- now Synopsys (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : SNPS SNPS Space Nuclear Power System ) --, he founded Virtual Chips, now part of Phoenix Technologies (NASDAQ: PTEC), in Europe. Most recently, Davidmann opened the Ambit Design Systems European office and ran its European operation until its acquisition by Cadence. EDAToolsCafe.com is a member of the IBSystems portal network. Its "View from The Top" series provides executives, design managers, engineers and investors with a CEO-level view of emerging technology companies. About IBSystems' Portal Network IBSystems is a leading provider of web portals targeted at professional audiences. 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For more IBSystems information, call Sanjay Gangal at (408) 850-9202, email address: sanjay@ibsystems.com, or visit www.ibsystems.com. About Co-Design Automation Co-Design Automation is an electronic design automation (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. The staff includes notable simulation experts Phil Moorby, creator of the Verilog 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. and the first fellow at Cadence Design Systems (company) Cadence Design Systems - A company that sells electronic design automation software and services. http://cadence.com/. See also Verilog. , Inc. (NASDAQ: CDN), and Peter Flake, creator of the HILO HDL. In 1999, Co-Design announced the SUPERLOG(TM)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 CODESIGN Cooperative Activity in the Area of System Design and Hardware/Software Co- . Facsimile: (408) 273-6025. Email: info@co-design.com. 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 acknowledges trademarks or registered trademarks of other organizations for their respective products and services. |
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