TOOL Corp. Supports Solution-Soft's File Compressors with LAVIS

Tokyo, Japan – May 31, 2007 -- TOOL Corporation (headquarters in Tokyo Japan, president Hideaki Hontao) announced the adoption of Solution-Soft's (headquarters in Santa Clara CA, president Paul Wang) GDSII and MEBES file compression solutions, gdzip and mezip with LAVIS, a layout visualization platform featuring ultra-fast display of large-scale design data.

As design complexity increases, the size of the data to be handled consequently increases as well, and as a result, data transfer speed is lowered, network performance is affected and disc space is used. Solution-Soft's high performance gdzip and mezip can compress files as much as 10 times more than generic compressors, and are optimum solutions to these problems. Moreover, supporting these compressors with LAVIS, featuring ultra-fast display of large-scale design data by its original fast displaying and memory saving technology, can reduce TAT. The latest version LAVIS Ver.7 can directly load a compressed GDSII file via gdzip achieving much faster file loading speed, and because decompressed files are no need to be stored, disc space is not affected.

"Adoption of our file compressors gdzip and mezip into LAVIS, featuring ultra-high-speed loading of IC design data is a dream-come-true for many of our mutual customers. We are very happy to deliver this integration for them." said Paul Wang, president of Solution-Soft. "We will continue providing our customers with our breakthrough solutions through integration with other tools."

"LAVIS supports compress, gzip and some other generic file compressors," said Hideaki Hontao, president of TOOL. "Now, we are very pleased to enhance the usability of LAVIS by adding support for Solution-Soft's high-performance file compressors gdzip and mezip."

About LAVIS

LAVIS is a versatile layout visualization platform that supports fast large data display and multiple file formats. Its' fast displaying and memory saving technology dramatically reduces large data load and display time. Various design data, including GDSII, OASIS, LEF/DEF, and E-beam formats, are supported. Easy integration into other tools and machines allows LAVIS to be used as a "standard layout platform" in a wide range of flows including design, verification, mask data preparation, inspection and failure analysis.

About TOOL

TOOL is a Japanese software development company focused on the EDA sector. TOOL has a proven track record, especially in back-end design phases, of software development symbolized by its LAVIS. TOOL leverages its long and successful experience in both commercial and custom software development to optimize customers' design environments. For more information about TOOL and its products, visit the website at http://www.tool-corp.com/.

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.

© Copyright 1993-2025 Solution-Soft and Time Machine are registered trademarks of SolutionSoft Systems, Inc. All product names, logos, and brands are property of their respective owners.

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