First "Best of DAC" Winners Announced in Anaheim.

Attendees Recognize Veterans and New Comers on DAC Exhibit Floor

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- The 45th Design Automation Conference (DAC) announced the winners of the inaugural Best of DAC Awards in a presentation here yesterday afternoon. The "Best of DAC" Awards recognize exhibitors that received the most attendee votes in each of the six categories. The exhibitors receiving the next highest number of votes are recognized as "Trendsetters."

The following exhibitors were recognized based on the results of attendee votes collected during the first three days of the conference:

-- Best Overall New Product - Apache Design Solutions, Inc.
(for Sentinel-PI)
Trendsetter - Duolog Technologies Ltd.
(for Spinner I/O Fabric Generator)
Trendsetter - Magma Design Automation, Inc. (for Titan)

-- Best Demonstration on Exhibit Floor - Apache Design Solutions, Inc.
(for SoC Power, Noise, Reliability Analysis)
Trendsetter - Hewlett Packard Co. (for "Got a Minute?")
Trendsetter - Duolog Technologies Ltd.
(for "Is that an elephant in your design flow?")

-- Most Interesting First-Time Exhibitor - Duolog Technologies Ltd.
Trendsetter - Cyclos Semiconductor, Inc.
Trendsetter - Common Platform

-- Most Interesting Veteran Exhibitor - Synopsys, Inc.
Trendsetter - Mentor Graphics Corp.
Trendsetter - Magma Design Automation, Inc.

-- Best Booth - Synopsys, Inc.
Trendsetter - Apache Design Solutions, Inc.
Trendsetter - Mentor Graphics Corp.

-- Best Booth Giveaway - Synopsys, Inc.
Trendsetter - Common Platform
Trendsetter - Mentor Graphics Corp.

"There is a spirit of friendly competition on the exhibit floor this year, with new colorful and fun booth designs," said Limor Fix, general chair, 45th DAC Executive Committee. "The Best of DAC Awards achieved our objectives for them."

About DAC

The Design Automation Conference (DAC) is recognized as the premier event for the design of electronic circuits and systems, and for Electronic Design Automation (EDA) and silicon solutions. A diverse worldwide community representing more than 1,500 organizations attends each year, from system designers and architects, logic and circuit designers, validation engineers, CAD managers, senior managers and executives to researchers and academicians from leading universities. Close to 60 technical sessions selected by a committee of electronic design experts offer information on recent developments and trends, management practices and new products, methodologies and technologies. A highlight is its Exhibition and Suite area with approximately 250 of the leading and emerging EDA, silicon and IP providers. The conference is sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Design Automation (ACM/SIGDA), the Circuits and Systems Society and Council on Electronic Design Automation of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE/CASS/CEDA) and the Electronic Design Automation Consortium (EDA Consortium). More details are available at: www.dac.com.