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Nascentric Expands University Program Membership

Posted on: Friday, 2 September 2005, 15:00 CDT

Nascentric, developer of the highest performance Fast-SPICE simulator available, today announced the additions of Purdue University, Texas A&M University, and the University of Texas at Austin to its University Program. Inaugural members of the Nascentric University Program include Carnegie Mellon University, Mississippi State University, and the University of Toronto.

The program provides low-cost access to term-based licenses of Nascim, Nascentric's high-performance simulation technology, to engineering schools and universities for students, researchers, and professors to analyze larger, complex circuits up to ten times faster that previously possible.

"The semiconductor industry is dependent upon educated, highly skilled engineers," said Dennis George, Director of Marketing at Nascentric. "The Nascentric University Program encourages new engineers to pioneer and aggressively pursue leading-edge circuit design techniques."

Nascentric's mission is to deliver high performance simulation and analysis solutions to the semiconductor industry. Nascim, a transistor level simulator, is the first in a series of advanced full-chip simulation and analysis products with the speed, accuracy, and capacity needed to make dynamic, full-chip simulation of nanometer effects possible.

"The needs of the semiconductor design community are changing and we are charged with providing engineers who can meet those needs," said Dr. Mark Johnson, Manager of Digital and Systems Laboratories in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University. "Next generation tools like Nascim play a critical role in our ability to prepare our students to address the challenges of new semiconductor technologies."

"In a highly competitive job market access to next-generation tools through Nascentric's University Program gives our students a significant advantage," said Dr. Peng Li Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering at Texas A&M University. "Through a comprehensive understanding of the interdependencies of nanometer effects, our students and researchers get a practical understanding of the issues facing the semiconductor industry and the design methodologies required to address them."

"Tools such as Nascim provide dramatic runtime reductions while maintaining SPICE-accurate analysis, which enables a more comprehensive understanding of the design," said Dr. Jacob Abraham, Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin and director of the Computer Engineering Research Center. "This allows our students, research teams, and faculty the freedom to investigate the challenges of nanometer effects on new semiconductor design methodologies."

To find out more about the Nascentric University Program, contact Nascentric directly at 512-225-8800 or via the website at http://www.nascentric.com/partners/univ_prog.html.

About Nascentric

Nascentric is a privately held company headquartered in Austin, Texas. Nascentric delivers state-of-the-art simulation and analysis solutions addressing nanometer design issues related to timing, power and signal integrity. Our products allow designers to quickly simulate, analyze and verify larger and more complex circuits, improve design quality, and facilitate higher yields. The Nascentric management team brings decades of combined electrical engineering and electronic design automation experience to bear on the challenge of delivering full-chip simulation and analysis focused on eliminating silicon re-spins due to nanometer effects.

Nascentric, the Nascentric logo, and Nascim are registered trademarks of Nascentric, Inc. All other company or product names are the registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners. For more information call 1-512-225-8800, or visit us on the web at www.nascentric.com

Source: Business Wire

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