Accellera to Present SystemVerilog Seminar at Upcoming VirtualDACafe Online Tradeshow and Expo

CAMPBELL, Calif. --Feb. 6, 2003 --IBSystems, a leading provider of web portals and virtual trade shows, today announced that Accellera, the electronics industry organization focused on language-based design standards, will present a comprehensive SystemVerilog seminar-on-demand at the VirtualDACafe online trade show beginning February 11, 2003.

David Heller, IBSystems' President, said, "We address a high-tech web savvy audience, and our EDA online trade shows have really caught on with these engineers and designers. Now, with the help of Accellera, we are proud to add quality technical content to the upcoming online EDA show.”

The Accellera seminar, 'Verilog Evolution: An Introduction to SystemVerilog,’ will be presented by leading experts in the field. Dennis Brophy, Accellera’s Chairman, lays the groundwork by explaining the need for SystemVerilog. Then, Stu Sutherland, President of Sutherland HDL, Inc. delves into the SystemVerilog 3.0 language. Tom Fitzpatrick, Senior Technical Manager of Verification at Synopsys and Rajeev Ranjan, Director of R & D at Real Intent will present Assertions and Test Language. To round out the offerings Vassilios Gerousis, Accellera’s Technical Coordinating Committee Chairman, delivers an Accellera update and roadmap.

David Lacey, a Design Verification Hardware Scientist at Hewlett-Packard and chair of the Accellera Open verification Library (OVL) Committee will also present a timely update on his committee’s OVL activities.
At VirtualDACafe (www.virtualdacafe.com) visitors attend technical seminars, enjoy keynote address, and visit the exhibition hall. At each exhibitor’s booth they chat directly with company representatives, pick up business cards, experience a wide range of multimedia product and corporate presentations, take literature, download demonstration software, and if they get hungry, they can even order a pizza delivered directly to their office. And now, with Accellera’s participation they'll be treated to the latest SystemVerilog EDA solutions.

About IBSystems, Inc.

IBSystems is a leading provider of web portals and virtual trade shows targeted at computer modeling professional audiences. Its EDAToolsCafe.com, MCADCafe.com, GISCafe.com, AECCafe.com, PCBCafe, and CareersCafe web portals bring valuable resources and timely information and job opportunities to professionals in the Electronic Design Automation (EDA), Mechanical Computer Aided Design (MCAD), Geographical Information Systems (GIS), Architectural Engineering (AEC), and Printed Circuit Board (PCB) industries. Its CareersCafe brings employers and jobseekers together in each of these high-tech fields. IBSystems complements their portals with Virtual Trade shows and online publications. The company is building and launching additional industry-focused vertical portals and products on an on-going basis. For more information on IBSystems please visit http://www.ibsystems.com/. To register for VirtualDACafe visit http://www.virtualdacafe.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 (Verilog HDL) and IEEE 1076 (VHDL). For more information, please visit www.accellera.org. For a list of Accellera-supported activities, visit http://www.accellera.org/subcom.html.

CONTACTS: IBSystems, Inc.
David Heller, 408/850-9201
VDACafe@ibsystems.com
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