IBSystems, Inc. Announces Support of Accellera for Virtual DACafé, April 23-25, 2002

CAMPBELL, Calif. - April 16, 2002 - Virtual DACafé, the world's first virtual electronic design automation tradeshow, is pleased to announce the participation of Accellera Chairman Dennis Brophy, who will deliver a keynote address, entitled "Language Standards and Design Tool Interoperability--Where Are We Headed?" He will share the virtual podium with Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, who will deliver a filmed keynote address on EDA Technology. All Virtual DACafé keynote addresses will be viewable by registered show attendees at the April 23 to April 25, 2002 virtual event in the Auditorium.

"As the design world conducts more business online than ever, the time for a venue such as Virtual DACafé is now. I am delighted to deliver one of the keynote addresses for this "virtual" conference," Brophy said. "Virtual DACafé offers the design community expanded access to cutting-edge technology and in a format for a wider audience than traditional conferences. This is a win for electronic designers and CAD engineers. At the Accellera booth, we will share the results of several of the Accellera technical committees to broaden the discussion on their impact on the future of systems design."

"We are honored and excited to receive the support of Accellera for our Virtual DACafé exhibition, a first for the industry," said David Heller, president of IBSystems, Inc. "We look forward to providing a ground-breaking, focused and informative forum for engineers, CAD managers and semiconductor industry executives to get the information and make the contacts they need to meet their market windows ~ all from their desktop."

Dennis B. Brophy is chairman of Accellera, an electronic design automation standardization group and director of strategic business development at Model Technology, a Mentor Graphics company. Brophy has been in the electronic design automation industry for the past 21 years. He was first with Hewlett-Packard for five years, and then joined Mentor Graphics where he has held several positions the past 16 years. In addition to his current role in Accellera, Brophy is also active in the IEEE and the International Electrotechnical Commissions (IEC), based in Geneva, Switzerland.

Virtual DACafé takes place Tuesday, April 23, 2002 to Thursday, April 25, 2002 from 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M, PST. Attendees may also access the show during off hours until June 7, 2002. Early bird registration and sweepstakes entry is now open at www.virtualdacafe.com.

Accellera will be exhibiting in a booth at Virtual DACafé. Please visit www.VirtualDACafé.com to learn more about Accellera and its efforts, and visit http://www.virtualdacafe.com/100/images/showfloor.jpg for a map of the exhibit hall. The Accellera Technical Committee member presentation topics include presentations about standards in the following areas: analog/mixed signal design, the Advanced Library Format (ALF),design language-based assertions, semantics, System Verilog and verification.

VirtualDACafé.com, EDAToolsCafé.com and EDAVision.com are part of IBSystems' Portal Network. IBSystems, Inc. is a leading provider of web portals targeted at professional audiences. Its portals bring valuable resources, timely information and job opportunities to professionals in the EDA, PCB Design, Mechanical Computer Aided Design (MCAD), Geographical Information Systems (GIS), and Architectural Engineering. For more information, please visit www.ibsystems.com.

About Accellera
Accellera is an electronics industry organization that drives the worldwide development and use of standards required by systems, semiconductor and design tool companies that enhance a language-based design automation process This includes support of technical groups involved with developing standards for IEEE 1364 or Verilog HDL and IEEE 1076 or VHDL.

For more information, please visit www.accellera.org.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Internet Business Systems, Inc.
David Heller
(408) 850-9201
virtualdacafe@ibsystems.com