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News Release from: Synopsys
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Synopsys adds EDA voice to standards
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Synopsys has become a corporate member of the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA), an international organisation serving today's industries with a complete portfolio of standards programmes.
Synopsys has become a corporate member of the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA), an international organisation serving today's industries with a complete portfolio of standards programmes Corporate membership provides an additional level of support for the IEEE-SA above and beyond Synopsys' individual memberships
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 19 Apr 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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The IEEE-SA is a leading developer of international standards that underpin many of today's products and services, and oversees the development of a wide range of standards across a broad spectrum of applications.
The IEEE-SA is entrusted with upholding and enhancing the quality and integrity of the IEEE standards process and the resultant standards and documentation.
Synopsys' involvement will centre on bringing this focus to standards in the EDA industry.
As a corporate member of the IEEE-SA, Synopsys will contribute its experience and strong participation in formal standards committees, and its pioneering of open source interoperability standards to apply to EDA standards.
The company's IEEE-SA membership demonstrates Synopsys' commitment to being the interoperability leader by ensuring that standards remain open and adopted.
IEEE-SA is committed to standards that provide key mechanisms for opening up markets, stimulating innovation, enabling competition, encouraging customer confidence and optimising industry business strategies.
"Standards play a central role in companies' research and development efforts, product development and marketing", said Edward Rashba, Manager of New Technical Programmes, IEEE Standards Association.
Members of the IEEE-SA ensure that their customers' interests are represented by taking part in shaping the direction of technology and its marketplace application in the secure, highly respected IEEE-SA standards development environment.
This promotes interoperability by having stable standards as a basis for product development".
"There are many ways that Synopsys works toward improved interoperability in the EDA industry", said Karen Bartleson, Director of Interoperability at Synopsys.
"Joining the IEEE-SA as a corporate member reaffirms our dedication to this goal.
Synopsys is committed to meeting customer demands for interoperability and sound standards practices that support their complex system-on-chip (SoC) designs".
The 13th EDA Interoperability Developers' Forum will take place on Thursday 1st April 2004 at the Sun Conference Centre in Santa Clara, California.
Topics and formats discussed will include Liberty, Milkyway and SystemVerilog.
The Forum will open with a keynote presented by Kathryn Kranen, President and CEO of Jasper Design Automation, on "Startups and standards: a love/hate relationship".
In addition to updates on industry formats and initiatives, the event will also feature two panels: "What I learned in committees", hosted by EDA industry veterans, and a technical panel on power management design challenges.
Synopsys invites everyone to attend the forum to promote increased interoperability in the EDA industry.
Registration details can be found on the Synopsys website.
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