Synopsys Honors CoWare With First Tenzing Norgay EDA Interoperability Achievement Award

Synopsys Presents Interoperability Award to CoWare at Eighth EDA Interoperability Developers' Forum

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 28, 2001-- At the eighth EDA Interoperability Developers' Forum in Sunnyvale, Calif. on Oct. 16, 2001, Synopsys, Inc., honored CoWare, Inc. with the initial Tenzing Norgay Interoperability Achievement Award.

CoWare, an EDA tools provider for system-level design, received the award because of its significant contribution to the Open SystemC(TM) Initiative, launched September, 1999. CoWare endorsed and promoted the concept of SystemC and Open Source in EDA starting well before the public launch. The company then executed and delivered source code to the Open SystemC modeling platform and built products around the standard, resulting in rapid and widespread adoption of SystemC and unprecedented growth of an Open Source standard in the EDA industry.

"The Tenzing Norgay award is presented to companies that exhibit outstanding qualities in their contribution to EDA interoperability," said Rich Goldman, chair, EDA Consortium interoperability committee and vice president, Strategic Market Development at Synopsys. "CoWare has demonstrated similar qualities of the mountaineer who was the first person to reach the summit of Mt. Everest with Sir Edmund Hillary in 1953."

"We're honored to accept the first Tenzing Norgay Interoperability Achievement Award," said Dundar Dumlugol, vice president of engineering at CoWare. "As part of the Open SystemC Initiative, we've enjoyed working with member companies in developing the SystemC language and the reference simulator. I am very pleased with the tremendous success SystemC has gained in the user community in such a short period of time."

"I am happy to congratulate CoWare as the first winner of the Tenzing Norgay Interoperability Achievement Award," said Pamela Parrish, executive director, EDA Consortium. "I'm pleased to recognize CoWare's significant contributions to tool interoperability, which benefit all EDA customers. The success of Open SystemC demonstrates that EDA companies can compete while ultimately serving our customer base and growing our market."

About Synopsys

Synopsys, Inc., headquartered in Mountain View, creates leading electronic design automation (EDA) tools for the global electronics market. The company delivers advanced design technologies and solutions to developers of complex integrated circuits, electronic systems and systems on a chip. Synopsys also provides consulting and support services to simplify the overall IC design process and accelerate time to market for its customers. Visit Synopsys at http://www.synopsys.com.

About CoWare

CoWare, Inc., provides tools and methodologies that help engineering teams cut their system-on-a-chip design times in half. CoWare N2C provides an efficient means to capture, analyze, and implement a system specification, with parallel development by hardware and software teams. In addition, CoWare N2C greatly enhances IP re-use and selection, further reducing design time. The CoWare N2C software is employed by major systems and semiconductor companies including Alcatel, Canon, Fujitsu, Matsushita, Mitsubishi, Motorola, Nokia, Sanyo, Sony and STMicroelectronics. For more information, visit www.CoWare.com.

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