Verisity's Specman Elite Supports C-Based System Design <!-- verification -->

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 28, 2002--Verisity, Ltd. (Nasdaq:VRST - news), the leading provider of functional verification automation, today announced that its leading testbench automation tool Specman Elite(TM) has increased its support for system-level designs developed with C hardware description languages (CHDLs). The addition of this support extends Specman Elite users' ability to interoperate with system design flows and provides them with more options with which to create their verification environments. Specman Elite has always had a robust C interface and added support for C++ in 2000 with the release of Specman Elite 3.0. More recently CoWare announced an integration between Specman Elite and CoWare's N2C (see related release "CoWare and Verisity Provide a Unified System-Level Design Flow With a Re-usable Testbench" dated January 28, 2002) and Verisity joined the SystemC initiative in order to support customers that are using any and all C/C++ implementations.

"Verisity has always strived to provide our customers with interoperable solutions," said Dave Tokic, director of strategic marketing for Verisity Design, Inc. "Increased support for C-based system flows continues this strong tradition."

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Verisity is the leading provider of proprietary technologies and software products used to efficiently verify designs of electronic systems and complex integrated circuits that are essential to the communications and other high growth segments of the electronics industry. Verisity's products automate the process of detecting flaws in these designs, enabling customers to deliver higher quality products, accelerate time-to-market and reduce overall product development costs.

Verisity Design, Inc.'s principal executive offices are located in Mountain View. Verisity's principal research and development offices are located in Rosh Ha'ain, Israel. For more information, see Verisity's web site at www.verisity.com.

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