Open-Silicon to Present on Design-Lite at IP-SOC Days Event in Santa Clara

MILPITAS, Calif., April 20, 2011 -- Open-Silicon, Inc., a leading SoC design and semiconductor manufacturing company, announced today that its president and CEO, Dr. Naveed Sherwani, will present "Moving Toward Design-Lite for Innovation," at the Design And Reuse IP-SOC Days event in Santa Clara, CA.

Dr. Sherwani's presentation will examine the evolution of the EDA industry, from the adoption of third party IP for complex designs, to fab-lite, where chip fabrication was outsourced to specialized manufacturers, and now the current industry transition to the design-lite model.  He will discuss the issues around innovation requirements coexisting with time-to-market pressures, and how companies are seeking new ways to maximize the return on their product investments.  The presentation will review how design-lite enables a company's engineering team to focus on its core product roadmap, while utilizing the design capabilities of another company to build derivatives of those products and expand market reach. 

What:

• Presentation: "Moving Toward Design-Lite for Innovation"

When/Where:   

• 9:00 a.m. PDT, Tuesday, April 26, 2011
• Hilton Santa Clara, 4949 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara, CA 95054

About Open-Silicon, Inc.

Open-Silicon is a leading semiconductor company focused on SoC realization for traditional ASIC, develop-to-spec, and derivative ICs. In support of the industry trend towards collaborative engineering and design-lite, Open-Silicon offers SoC architecture, system design, physical design, low-level software, and high-quality semiconductor manufacturing services with one of the world's broadest partner ecosystems for IC development. For more information, visit Open-Silicon's website at www.open-silicon.com or call 408-240-5700.