Virtual subsidiary targets Japanese growth

Partnership will accelerate Solido's technology adoption in the growing Japanese semiconductor design market by using Aisys as a virtual subsidiary.

Solido Design Automation has announced a strategic business partnership with Aisys Corporation in Japan.

This partnership will accelerate Solido's technology adoption in the growing Japanese semiconductor design market by using Aisys' customer relationships and their experienced skill-set as a virtual subsidiary.

"We are very fortunate to be working with Tomio Okachi, and the entire Aisys team", said Amit Gupta, President and CEO of Solido Design Automation.

"Tomio's relationships with the key analogue/mixed-signal, custom digital and memory semiconductor companies have already proven to be of great value to Solido and will be an asset to our business expansion efforts in Japan".

Tomio Okachi has over 21 years of high technology business experience and spends the majority of his time working with Western companies to help them establish strong business relationships throughout Japan.

After graduating from the Science University of Tokyo, Okachi-san worked as a field application engineer at Intel Japan.

In 1986, he was recruited by Western Digital Japan, where he provided the main technical support for the emerging graphics controller LSI marketplace.

In 1990, Okachi joined Aisys Corporation as a Corporate Director, becoming President in 2002.

"Our discussions with major Japanese semiconductor companies has validated that Solido is on the forefront of providing technology that addresses emerging challenges in transistor-level design", said Okachi.

"The combination of our sales, consulting and systems integration services with Solido's technology will give Japanese customers an unparalleled solution for their analogue/mixed-signal and custom digital and memory needs".

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