E*ECAD Offering Solution-Soft GDSII Compressor

SANTA CLARA, CALIF. -- February 28, 2003 -- E*ECAD, Inc. announced today that it has signed a distribution agreement with SolutionSoft Systems, Inc. Solution-Soft will now offer its GDSII compressor, gdzip, through E*ECAD's online sales channel using time-based licensing.

Solution-Soft's gdzip tool allows IC designers to significantly shorten their tape out cycle and speed time to market. The partnership with E*ECAD presents an innovative and affordable alternative, initiating gdzip availability to a much wider range of customers.

"Solution-Soft provides our customers with time saving compression technology that efficiently and securely compresses GDSII files for transfer to the foundry," said E*ECAD President, Richard Siemiatkowski. "E*ECAD is working to reduce our customer's tape out cycles, and Solution-Soft enhances the E*ECAD product line by offering more efficient and reliable compression technology, to ensure safe transfer of GDSII files."

"Solution-Soft's gdzip compressor was developed specifically for use in the semiconductor industry and we've seen tremendous value in this market." said Paul Wang, President of Solution-Soft. "Partnering with E*ECAD allows Solution-Soft products to reach an expanded range of customers in the semiconductor industry. E*ECAD's advanced licensing system provides users with access to our compressors online, through an economical pay-per-use model.

Compression Technology 

With the increasing size and complexity of IC designs resulting in ever-larger GDSII files, chip design houses are experiencing extensive transfer times and escalating transfer failures. File compression/decompression times are on the rise and storage requirements are expanding in tandem. Solution-Soft's gdzip typically compresses GDSII files to a volume 2 to 10 times smaller than any other available compression routine thus reducing the transfer time by a considerable 25% to 90%. Significantly reducing the size of transferred files also decreases the incidence of line failure or transfer error and avoids pricey bandwidth increases otherwise necessary to manage the movement of such substantial files.

Gdzip ensures file integrity by creating block-by-block checksums during compression that are used to verify that the decompressed file is identical to the original.

Availability  

Solution-Soft's GDSII compressor supports Solaris, HP-UX, Linux, AIX, and True64.

To lease gdzip by file size, on a monthly or yearly basis, or to purchase as a perpetual license visit www.eecad.com .

About E*ECAD   

E*ECAD provides EDA tools from both established and emerging companies with a variety of licensing options including pay-per-hour tool rental and subscription licensing. By offering a broad range of tools for creating tool flows E*ECAD decreases IC Design time-to-market, and it streamlines the customer/vendor interface by utilizing the Internet for tool procurement and delivery. E*ECAD is committed to providing value to customers by offering high-quality tools with an affordable pricing structure.

About Solution-Soft

The Leader in Virtual Clock and Time Travel Testing Solutions

Since 1997, Solution-Soft has been at the forefront of virtual clock software and time travel testing solutions, empowering organizations in the ever-evolving digital world. Our flagship product, Time Machine, has revolutionized application testing, enabling thousands of companies, including 47 of the Fortune 100 US companies, to reduce costs and accelerate project delivery by an average of 3 – 10 times across traditional systems and containerized applications.

The Time Machine Product Suite extends these capabilities, optimizing cloud migration, test automation, Agile/DevOps, and containerization testing. Our latest innovation, Time Machine for Containers, supports standalone Docker containers and large-scale Kubernetes and OpenShift clusters (including a 16,000+ CPU core, 1,300+ namespace deployments).

Trusted by over 2,000 customers worldwide across diverse industries (including 3M, AMEX, BBC, Boeing, and more) and partnered with industry leaders like Accenture, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat, Solution-Soft, founded in 1993 and headquartered in Santa Clara, CA, provides cutting-edge solutions for your time-sensitive testing needs. Learn more at www.solution-soft.com or call +1.408.346.1400.

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