The EDA Consortium committees address issues of common concern to its member companies. Success of these objectives is driven by experts from within our member community who, with the support of the committee members and EDAC board sponsors, give their time and expertise to help address challenges of the industry such as:

• Downside protection and risk minimization
• Growth and efficiency improvements of the EDA industry
• Quality industry networking, educational forums and symposiums
• Industry information, brand, positioning, and promotion

EDAC member companies are encouraged to participate on these committees. If your company would like to have an impact on any of our current initiatives, or would like to suggest other areas of common interest be addressed by the EDA Consortium, please contact EDAC at , or call 408 287 EDAC (3322).

Anti-piracy Committee
	Committee Charter: Drives increased security and license management capabilities for the benefit of the industry.     Committee Chair: Dave Graubart, Director, Software Engineering, Synopsys, Inc.     Board Sponsor: Dane Collins, CEO, AWR Corporation     Member Community: Committee Member Login     Recent activity: Press Release: EDA Consortium conducts multi-faceted investigation into EDA Software Piracy. Recorded Webinar: EDA Industry and Piracy: Trends, Strategies and Best Practices (EDA Consortium and V.i. Labs). Press Release: EDA Consortium and V.i. Labs to Host Live Webinar on Software Piracy within the EDA Industry.     Contact:

Communications Committee
	Committee Charter: Raises awareness and perceived value of the EDA industry and manages public relations and promotions.     Committee Chair:       Board Sponsors: Alex Shubat, President and CEO, Virage Logic Corporation     Recent Activity: EDA Consortium Press Releases     Contact:

Emerging Companies Committee
	Committee Charter: Promotes the interests of companies whose annual revenue is less than $5M.     Committee Chair:       Board Sponsors: Ed Cheng, President and CEO, Gradient Design Automation     Recent Activity: EDA/Semi Tech Mixers Panel: Doing business in India     Contact:

Export Committee
	Committee Charter: Supports the interests of EDA in matters pertaining to product export.     Committee Chair: Larry Disenhof, Group Director, Export Compliance and Government Relations, Cadence Design Systems, Inc.     Board Sponsors: Ravi Subramanian, President & CEO, Berkeley Design Automation     Recent Activity: January 2010 Export Committee Video Update Export information White Paper: Encryption in EDA Software Contribute: Share Export Commodity Classifications for Products (CCATS) Export control success story     Contact:

Interoperability Committee
	Committee Charter: Drives EDA standards and Quality for the benefit of the industry.     Committee Chair: Rich Goldman, VP Strategic Market Development, Synopsys, Inc.     Board Sponsors: Lip-Bu Tan, President and CEO, Cadence Design Systems, Inc.     Member Community: Committee Member Login     Other Information: Interoperability includes the EDA Industry OS Roadmap     Contact:

Market Statistics Committee
	Committee Charter: Generates the quarterly EDA revenue report available to subscribers.     Committee Chair: Paul Cohen, Member of the Technical Staff, EDA Consortium     Board Sponsors: Walden Rhines, CEO and Chairman of the Board, Mentor Graphics Corp.     Member Community: MSS report Login     Other Information: Market Statistics Service information MSS Press Release (Q1, 2010)     Contact:

Scope Expansion Committee
	Committee Charter: Working towards expanding the value of the EDA Consortium.     Committee Chair:     Board Sponsors: John Kibarian, CEO & President, Co-Founder, PDFSolutions, Inc.     Member Community:       Other Information:       Contact:

Trade Show Liaison
	Committee Charter: Represents the interests of EDA companies at the DAC (USA), DATE (Europe) and EDS Fair (Japan) trade shows.     Committee Chair: Anne Cirkel, Director, Technology Communications, Mentor Graphics Corp.     Board Sponsors: Kathryn Kranen, President & CEO, Jasper Design Automation.     Other Information: Design Automation Conference (DAC) Design, Automation, and Test, Europe (DATE) Electronic Design and Solution (EDS) Fair     Contact: