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Contact:
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Pamela Parrish | Graham Bell |
| EDA Consortium | Nassda Corporation | |
| 408-579-2499 | 408-327-7729 | |
| parrish@edac.org | gbell@nassda.com |
EDA CONSORTIUM APPOINTS NASSDA'S SANG WANG TO BOARD
San Jose, Calif., August
28, 2002-The Electronic Design Automation (EDA) Consortium announced today
that it has appointed Sang Wang, PhD. to its board of directors to serve the
organization through April 2004. Wang is chairman and CEO of Nassda Corporation,
which Wang took public in 4Q01.
Walden C. Rhines, chairman of the Consortium and chairman and CEO of Mentor
Graphics Corporation commented, "Sang Wang is one of the pioneers of
EDA, having co-founded two companies that went public and having played a
leading role in influencing the technology direction in circuit analysis and
verification for nearly 20 years. We welcome him to our board and look forward
to benefiting from his broad and unique industry and technology perspective."
Wang has been instrumental in setting the pace for the development of transistor-level
analysis and verification tools since he co-founded EPIC Design technology
in 1986. He has drawn his companies' product development roadmaps by accurately
predicting verification requirements for designers and then providing widely
adopted products in that category.
Wang stated, "I'm very pleased to be named to the board of directors
of the EDA Consortium, having been involved in its inception in 1988. I look
forward to bringing my perspective on our industry, as well as helping the
Consortium board represent the interests of a diverse membership of companies
that are small- and medium-sized, as well as large and share our experiences
in progressing from startup to public company."
The new board was elected by EDA Consortium's general membership at their
biennial election meeting on Tuesday, April 2. The new board chairman was
elected at a special board meeting held on Thursday, May 16.
Other members of the board are: Bernard Aronson, President and CEO of Synplicity,
Inc.; Jacques Benkoski, PhD., President and CEO of Monterey Design Systems;
Ray Bingham, President & CEO of Cadence Design Systems; Aart de Geus,
PhD., Chairman & CEO of Synopsys; Moshe Gavrielov, CEO of Verisity Design,
Inc; Alan Naumann, President & CEO of CoWare; Walden C. Rhines, PhD.,
Chairman and CEO of Mentor Graphics Corporation; and Mike Tsai, PhD., President
and CEO of Axis Systems.
About EDA Consortium
Where Electronics Beginsä best describes the Electronics Design Automation
(EDA) Industry. The EDA Consortium represents this vital industry on a worldwide
scale. It is the international association of companies developing design
tools and services that enable engineers to create the world's electronic
products. EDA provides the critical technology to design electronics that
enable the Information Age, including: communications, computers, space technology,
medical and industrial equipment and consumer electronics. As stated recently
by the Nobel Prize Committee, "The integrated circuit is the basis for
all modern technology."
For more information about EDA Consortium, or to subscribe to the Market Statistics
Service, contact EDA Consortium, 111 West Saint John Street, Suite 220, San
Jose, Calif. 95113, USA, office 408-287-3322, fax 408-317-3322, or visit www.edac.org.
About Nassda
Nassda Corporation (Nasdaq: NSDA) is a fast-growing provider of full-chip
circuit verification software for complex nanometer semiconductors. Headquartered
in Santa Clara, California, the company develops and markets simulation and
analysis solutions for advanced ICs, especially for analog, memory, and mixed-signal
SoC designs. Nassda's products enable first silicon success, and improve product
quality and production yield for its consumer, communication, computer, and
memory customers. The company has sales and distribution offices throughout
the world. For more information about Nassda, please visit the company's website
at http://www.nassda.com.
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