Sunplus Selects Verplex to Verify All Chip Designs
Verplex Formal Verification Becomes Final Standard Sign-Off Criteria
MILPITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 15, 2002--Sunplus of
Taiwan today said it has deployed Conformal(TM) Logic Equivalence
Checker (LEC) from Verplex(TM) Systems Inc. throughout its integrated
circuit (IC) design flow.
In addition, Sunplus is using Conformal LEC as its final standard
sign-off criteria for all of its chip designs.
"We selected Verplex as our formal verification vendor because its
tools are best in class and we can trust its results since their
algorithms were developed completely independently of the design
process and implementation tools." says Ching-Hsiang Yang, Sunplus"
computer-aided design (CAD) manager. "Verplex has found several
critical bugs late in our design cycle, saving us considerable time
and expense. We have made Conformal LEC a must-run verification
requirement for every taped out chip, and will consider them LEC
certified."
"Sunplus is a top IC design house in Taiwan and an important
partner of ours," adds C. Michael Chang, president and chief executive
officer of Verplex. "It values our logic verification solution in the
same way it values physical verification tools and industry standard
DRC and LVS checks."
About Sunplus
Founded in 1990, Sunplus is the number one consumer chip design
house in Taiwan and was the 20th fabless design house worldwide in
2001. The company had been working with worldwide leading companies in
consumer and computer business to provide them the best
cost-performance IC solutions. With 560 employees, there were more
than one thousand different products and 480 million chips shipped to
the customers and the revenue was $197 million in 2001. The company is
headquartered in Science Park, Hsinchu, and traded on the Taiwan Stock
Exchange under the symbol 2401. Sunplus was the first Asian IC design
company to launch Global Depositary Receipts (GDRs) and currently on
the London Stock Exchange under the symbol "SUPD". More information
about the company, its products, and its services may be obtained from
the World Wide Web at www.sunplus.com.tw (or www.maxfun.com).
About Verplex
Verplex Systems Inc. is an electronic design automation (EDA)
company focused on delivering the highest-speed, highest-capacity and
easiest-to-use formal verification products for complex system-on-chip
(SOC) design. Founded in 1997, it is privately held and funded by
leading venture capital firms. Corporate headquarters is located at
300 Montague Expressway, Suite 100, Milpitas, Calif. 95035. Telephone:
(408) 586-0300. Facsimile: (408) 586-0230. Email: info@verplex.com.
Online information is found at its web site: http://www.verplex.com.
Verplex, BlackTie and Conformal are trademarks of Verplex Systems
Inc. All other companies and products referenced herein are trademarks
or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
Contact:
Verplex Systems Inc.
Public Relations:
Nanette Collins, 617/437-1822
nanette@nvc.com
