Esterel Technologies Donates Electronic System Design Software Valued at Over $20 Million to Universities Worldwide
Twenty Universities Have Joined the Esterel Technologies Academic Program; Donations Strengthen Relationships Between Esterel Technologies and the Academic Community
GUYANCOURT, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 2002--
Esterel Technologies today announced that 20 universities have now
joined the company's academic program, bringing the value of Esterel
Technologies' total donations to these universities to more than $20
million.
"We are deeply committed to the academic community," said Eric
Bantegnie, president and CEO of Esterel Technologies. "We believe that
the best designers of tomorrow, and the best designs, will come from
those students who have used best-in-class, industrial-strength tools
in their classrooms. We will continue to support those universities
who have already joined our program, and we invite others to
participate. Our goal it to have more than 6,000 designers trained on
Esterel Studio every year."
Under the Esterel Technologies Academic Program, participating
universities are able to license up to 20 seats of Esterel Studio at
no charge, provided that the software is used for educational purposes
only. Esterel Studio is used to validate the integration of
systems-on-chips, and to develop wireless telecommunications protocols
and safety-critical embedded software.
Charter members of the program include such prestigious
institutions as Columbia University (New York), University of
Sheffield (U.K.), Indian Institute of Technology (India), the
University of Karlsruhe (Germany), Budapest University of Technology
and Economics (Hungary), ESSI (France), INRIA (France), Verimag
(France), Ecole d'Ingenieurs de Geneve (Switzerland), and Aalborg
University (Denmark).
The program enables electronic engineering students to learn how
to design and verify electronic devices and embedded software using
the same products that major worldwide companies such as Texas
Instruments, ST Microelectronics, Airbus, Dassault Aviation and Thales
use in their production design flows.
"Students enrolled in our embedded systems design courses need to
use the tools they will be using to design tomorrow's electronic
products," said Klaus Schneider, assistant professor at the University
of Karlsruhe in Germany. "We are extremely grateful to Esterel
Technologies for donating Esterel Studio. It gives our students access
to powerful features such as intelligent testbench generation and
formal verification, all in a single design tool."
"The program provides a great opportunity for the academic
community," said Gerald Luettgen, senior lecturer at the University of
Sheffield. "Having access to Esterel Studio provides our students the
opportunity to prepare for designing tomorrow's advanced consumer
electronics, telecommunications, automotive and aerospace
applications."
"With Esterel Studio, my students have the ability to experiment
with an industrial-grade environment, preparing them for what I
believe is the next wave in system-level design technology," said
Stephen Edwards, professor at Columbia University.
Universities that wish to participate in the Esterel Technologies
Academic Program may contact coordinator Amandine Roy at +33 (0)1 30
12 28 03, or by email: amandine.roy@esterel-technologies.com. For
details about program enrollment, visit the Esterel Technologies Web
site: www.esterel-technologies.com/corporate/academic_program.htm.
About Esterel Technologies
Esterel Technologies provides electronic system and embedded
software designers with methodologies and tools that improve their
productivity and remove the barriers between system specification,
implementation, and validation. The company's products automate costly
and time-consuming coding and validation work through executable
specification, intelligent testbench generation, and automatic code
generation. Esterel Technologies is an international company with
offices in France, Germany, U.K., and the United States.
For more information: www.esterel-technologies.com.
Contact:
Esterel Technologies
Hassan Laasri, +33 1 30 12 27 42
Hassan.laasri@esterel-technologies.com
or
Cayenne Communication
Michelle Clancy, 252/940-0981
michelle.clancy@cayennecom.com
