CM Engineering standardizes on Springsoft's Verdi Debug in Advanced Chip Verification Environment

YOKOHAMA, Japan, November 15, 2011 —SpringSoft, Inc., a global supplier of specialized IC design software, today announced that CM Engineering Co. Ltd. (CM Engineering) has adopted the Verdi™ Automated Debug System as its standard debug platform. By standardizing on Verdi debug, CM Engineering expects to dramatically improve verification efficiency in response to the escalating complexity and demand for third-party verification services.

CM Engineering deploys advanced chip design and verification methodologies and EDA technologies that enable its engineers to provide timely feedback on customer requirements and continuously improve the verification environment. SpringSoft’s Verdi software has been integrated into the company’s advanced verification flow, significantly increasing the productivity of CM Engineering engineers with best-in-class debug automation and streamlining communications across its diverse suite of tools with a single, unified interface.

 “In order to meet the needs of large scale, complex SoCs, we continuously integrate advanced tools that enable the best possible performance and an industry-leading verification environment,” said Mr.Atsushi Kawai, president at CM Engineering. “Our adoption of Verdi builds on this foundation by accelerating debug and further enhancing the overall efficiency of our verification environment.”

“Increasing user productivity while keeping pace with growing verification complexity is a significant challenge, and one for which Verdi is ideally suited,” said Tomoyuki Kawarai, country manager in Japan for SpringSoft. “We appreciate the confidence of CM Engineering engineers in selecting Verdi. In addition, we look forward to helping them to expand their business operation with further leverage of Verdi’s strengths with our Certitude Functional Qualification to support assertion-based verification and Siloti Visibility Automation to improve simulation performance.”

The Verdi Automated Debug System is SpringSoft’s flagship product for advanced debug. It cuts debug time in half by automating the process of comprehending how complex IC and SoC designs work, particularly unfamiliar legacy design elements or third-party intellectual property. The full-featured system automates behavior tracing over time with its unique analysis engines, provides a powerful set of design views to visualize and help analyze cause-and-effect relationships, and uses patented techniques to reveal the functional operation and interaction between the design, assertions and system testbench.

Attendees at the Electronic Design and Solutions Fair 2011 can see first-hand demonstrations of the Verdi debug system in the SpringSoft K.K. Exhibit Booth #F-14. The event is being held November 16-18, 2011 at the Pacifico Yokohama and features industry-leading solutions covering semiconductor technology and systems design.

About CM Engineering

CM Engineering provides solutions to meet any semiconductor verification demand, including third-party verification services, consulting for verification technology improvement and educational services. The company also provides a wide range of solutions for mixed-signal LSI development with its wireless and communication network products based on baseband and RF technology, IP core development and analog design technology. For more information, visit http://cmengineering.co.jp.

About SpringSoft

SpringSoft, Inc. (TAIEX: 2473) is a global supplier of specialized automation technologies that accelerate engineers during the design, verification and debug of complex digital, analog and mixed-signal ICs, ASICs, microprocessors, and SoCs. Its award-winning product portfolio features the Novas™ Functional Closure and Laker™ Custom IC Design solutions used by more than 400 of today's leading IDM and fabless semiconductor companies, foundries, and electronic systems OEMs. Headquartered in Hsinchu, Taiwan, SpringSoft is the largest company in Asia specializing in IC design software and a recognized industry leader in customer service with more than 400 employees located in multiple R&D sites and local support offices around the world. For more information, visit www.springsoft.com.