Date: 29/05/2011

Extreme DA is licensing its timing analysis and sign-off technology to ATopTech

Extreme DA and ATopTech, Inc., are partnering for timing sign-off closure. Extreme DA is licensing its timing analysis and sign-off technology to ATopTech for analysis correlation of leading edge digital integrated circuit (IC) designs so that semiconductor chip designers can do design closure faster.

The release states by combining the GoldTime timing analysis technology from Extreme DA, customers will have sign-off accurate insight to those paths that could affect circuit timing. This cooperation will result in meeting the performance challenges of verifying complex nanometer designs and deliver golden timing sign-off at 28nm and below.

"Extreme's timing technology is an excellent compliment to our state-of-the-art place and route
solution, ensuring that customers will have to go through far fewer ECO cycles in order to get
timing closure" said Jue-Hsien Chern, CEO of ATopTech. "Our joint customers will enjoy a robust sign-off solution at the latest semiconductor nodes."

Mustafa Celik, CEO of Extreme DA, said, "Noise and other effects are increasing with each new
silicon node. Our cooperation helps deliver faster and more accurate design closure since Extreme
DA eliminates the overhead and pessimism of other methods, and also takes advantage of multithreading technology for sign-off timing analysis."