OpenAccess Receives Another Industry Boost; New EDA and User Company Members Underscore the Need for a Powerful and Interoperable Solution
AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 9, 2002--The OpenAccess
Coalition, a group of top electronics companies focused on creating a
standard for true interoperability among integrated circuit (IC)
design tools, announced today that three companies, Tektronix Inc.
(NYSE:TEK), Celestry Design Technologies and Mitsubishi Electric
Corporation (FTSE:6503q.l), have joined the OpenAccess Coalition.
OpenAccess, the industry's first open, standard API/database
solution, is enabling the creation of a truly interoperable
infrastructure for electronic design technology.
"Tektronix is committed to the OpenAccess Coalition and supporting
the OpenAccess standard," said Jack Hurt, director, mixed-signal
design tools, Tektronix. "In the past, we avoided EDA vendor-specific
databases for our analog requirements because they were proprietary
and provided insufficient tools for the design of our leading-edge
ASICs. OpenAccess is the first database solution to meet our
requirements for technology and extensibility combined with an open
API standard that is also supported by a solid and growing base of EDA
tools. The OpenAccess common data model will allow Tektronix to create
tomorrow's high performance ASICs with a flexible, best-in-class mix
of our own internal tools and commercial tools."
"At Celestry, we are impressed with the growing number of
industry-leading companies that are building tools and flows based on
OpenAccess," said Zhihong Liu, president and CEO, Celestry Design
Technologies. "We joined the OpenAccess Coalition because we recognize
the tremendous benefit and flexibility that interoperability brings to
our customers. We believe in the underlying technology of OpenAccess
and value the opportunity of becoming a member of the OpenAccess
Coalition to further the development and growth of the API standard. I
strongly encourage the rest of the industry to join in support of this
important effort."
"We are very encouraged by the continued growth of OpenAccess in
the industry and are excited to be joining the OpenAccess Coalition at
this time," said Yoshio Inoue, manager of the EDA technologies group
at Mitsubishi Electric Corporation. "Interoperability and flexibility
are critical to our business, and OpenAccess meets these needs. We
welcome the rest of the industry to join the OpenAccess Community and
take advantage of these benefits."
"At Si2, we are extremely excited with the volume of quality
companies that have joined the OpenAccess initiative this quarter,"
said Steve Schulz, president and CEO, Silicon Integration Initiative
Inc. (Si2). "This increase in membership demonstrates the importance
the industry has placed on supporting an API/database solution, which
offers both interoperability and scalability. OpenAccess meets the
industry's needs for a solution that has the technological capability
to encompass more aspects of the design flow, while at the same time
offering high performance and high capacity. I welcome the rest of the
industry to join in this effort in the coming months."
About OpenAccess
OpenAccess is a community effort to provide true interoperability,
not just data exchange, among IC design tools through an open standard
data access interface (API) and reference database implementation
supporting that API for IC design. The OpenAccess technology will help
enable easy tool integration, smooth interoperability and faster
application development. The initiative is driven by the OpenAccess
Coalition, a neutral organization comprised of leading EDA and
electronics companies. The Coalition operates under the governance and
bylaws of Si2. For more information about OpenAccess, visit
www.si2.org/openaccess and www.OpenEDA.org.
About Tektronix
Tektronix Inc. is a test, measurement and monitoring company
providing measurement solutions to the communications, computer and
semiconductor industries worldwide. With more than 55 years of
experience, Tektronix enables its customers to design, build, deploy
and manage next-generation global communications networks and advanced
technologies. Headquartered in Beaverton, Ore., Tektronix has
operations in more than 20 countries worldwide. For more information
on Tektronix, visit www.tektronix.com.
About Celestry
Celestry is the leading provider of physical design products that
enable IC designers to achieve optimal performance from semiconductor
process technologies. Headquartered in San Jose, Calif., Celestry
offers software and services to electronic and semiconductor companies
involved with the design of chips that are used in networking,
communication, multimedia and computing products. For more information
about Celestry, visit www.celestry.com.
About Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
With more than 80 years of experience in providing reliable,
high-quality products to both corporate clients and general consumers
all over the world, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation is a recognized
world leader in the manufacture, marketing and sales of electrical and
electronic equipment used in information processing and
communications, space development and satellite communications,
consumer electronics, industrial technology, energy, transportation
and building equipment. For more information about Mitsubishi Electric
Corporation, visit www.global.mitsubishielectric.com.
About Si2
Si2, a not-for-profit organization, provides engineering
consultation and services to leading silicon, electronic systems and
EDA companies. Our members are championing API-level integration that
will enable design reuse, EDA tool choice and increased productivity.
Si2's approach is based on the transfer of proven technology to
industry standards and enabled by the demonstrated success of the open
source methodology. Si2 represents members throughout North America,
Europe and Asia. For more information about Si2, visit www.si2.org.
CONTACT: Silicon Integration Initiative Inc., Austin
Kate Tapley, 512/342-2244, ext. 32
512/771-3773 (cell)
kate@si2.org
