HOTSCOPE integrates and supports direct gdzip/mezip viewing

SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 4, 2007 -- SolutionSoft Systems Inc, a global leader in virtual clock and time travel testing solutions is pleased to announce the integration of Solution-Soft's GDSII and MEBES compressor (gdzip/mezip) Dynamic Link Library (DLL) into HOTSCOPE viewer from Jedat, Inc., a leader in the fields of full-custom design, DFM, and mask verification.

HOTSCOPE is an excellent Data Browser for viewing huge size mask data of a Giga-byte or more and has the capability to view them quickly and precisely at any viewing magnification. It is capable of handling files which are larger than 2 Giga-bytes.  HOTSCOPE is able to read various types of format data including image data from SEM or other manufacturing equipment, and display different format pattern data or Jobdec overlapped with each other on a same window. A user can easily check mask data and original layout GDSII data, other mask data or inspection data in other formats simultaneously.

Solution-Soft's compressors compress GDSII and MEBES data on average 3 to 10 time smaller than what gzip can do.  They are widely utilized by design house, mask shop and foundry customers to gain transfer, storage and operational efficiency.  All major foundries, such as TSMC, UMC, and Chartered Semi encourage their world-wide tape-out customers to tape out with the compressor format.

The DLL integration enables users to view gdzip and mezip compressed file directly and leave them compressed on disks.  It simplifies process flow as standalone decompression step is no longer necessary.  It also speeds up file loading time as order of magnitude disk I/O and network bandwidth are saved.  Since design files can be keep in compressed format on disks; it also saves online and offline storage costs and speeds up backup.

"Many of our mutual customers have requested the integration of HOTSCOPE and the gdzip & mezip compressors.  We are very pleased to deliver this integration solution for our customers."  said Paul Wang, President of Solution-Soft. 

About Jedat

Jedat Inc., formerly the EDA Systems Division of Seiko Instruments Inc. (SII), started in business on February 2, 2004 as a wholly new and independent company. SII launched its EDA systems business in 1980. Using all Japanese-technologies , SII became one of the leaders in the EDA field, taking on even companies in Silicon Valley. Despite the industry's tendency to experience "boom/bust cycles", SII's EDA systems business went on to become the world's longest-lived and most stable EDA enterprise, with a huge pool of customers. One of its best-known products, the SX Series, was developed entirely in-house, and has gone on to achieve sales of almost 4,000 copies.

To contact Jedat please visit http://www.jedat.co.jp or call +81-3-5847-0312

About Solution-Soft

Solution-Soft is the leader in virtual clock, time shift testing software solutions for the ever-changing digital world. Our flagship and market proven product, Time Machine, opened up brand new possibilities in the application testing landscape upon its release in 1997. Today, thousands of applications have been tested with Time Machine, and IT professionals recognize that using a virtual clock is the ideal and safest way to conduct date and time testing. As pioneer in our field, we've created the Time Machine Product Suite and Time Machine for Container, a collection of cutting-edge testing software that augment Time Machine to further streamline enterprise cloud initiatives, containerization, micro services, and IT modernization for end-to-end integration testing, cloud migration, test automation, Agile/DevOPs, Continuous Operation, and Test Data Management. We proudly provide our 2000+ domestic and international customers, including 47 of Fortune 100 companies, with our advanced solutions to optimize their testing and help deliver projects on-time. Solution-Soft's customers are across all market sectors including 3M, AMEX, AIG, Australia Tax Office, BBC, Boeing, British Gas, Covered California, Department of Works & Pension, Deutsche Bank, Discover, FedEx, Federal Reserve Bank, Orange, National Australia Bank, SNCF, and Zurich Insurance. We bolster our market presence through robust partnerships with companies including Accenture, Capgemini, DXC, HPE, IBM, Infosys, Microsoft, Oracle, Red Hat, and RedMane.

Founded in 1993, Solution-Soft is privately held and based in Santa Clara, CA, for more information visit www.solution-soft.com or call +1.408.346.1400.

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