SANTA CLARA, Calif. - May 14, 2007 - For its high-performance mixed-signal designs, SANYO Semiconductor Co., Ltd. has signed a long-term agreement to use Sequence Design's Columbus-AMS as its fast, accurate extraction engine.

According to Masami Harigai, manager of the SANYO Semiconductor Mixed Signal Division, Columbus-AMS won the business thanks to a unique feature set that includes the ability to perform very accurate inductance extraction in high-frequency designs. "We like Columbus for its accurate RLC extraction capabilities," said Mr. Harigai. "But in addition to pure performance, we found it easy to use and integrate with our Calibre flow, and it has unlimited design capacity. We've been using Columbus for many Mixed-Signal designs which requires precise accuracy, and we will expand more."

The Columbus extraction product family is part of Sequence's high-performance, low-power design lineup: PowerTheater, CoolPower, CoolCheck, and CoolTime. Columbus-AMS is both a foundation for the company's RTL-to-silicon, power-aware design tools for SoCs and the industry's leading RLC parasitic extraction tool for high-performance digital and analog/mixed-signal designs. Sequence customers have taped out over 200 successful, high-performance designs using Columbus-AMS extraction.

About SANYO Semiconductor

The SANYO Semiconductor Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of SANYO Electric Co., Ltd, develops innovative products, such as resource-saving ultra-small transistors, unique hard-wired logic ICs and thick film ICs, which contribute to the miniaturization and the reduction in power consumption of electronic devices. For more information: www.semic.sanyo.co.jp.

About Sequence

Sequence Design accelerates the ability of SoC designers to bring high-performance, power-aware ICs quickly to market. Sequence's power and signal- integrity software solutions give customers the competitive advantage necessary to excel in aggressive technology markets, despite the demanding complexity and time-to-market issues of nanometer design. Sequence serves over 150 customers worldwide, in application segments such as consumer, wireless, mobile computing, multimedia, cell phones, digital cameras, network-on-chip processors, and other power-sensitive markets. Sequence has worldwide development and field-service operations and is privately held. Please see sequencedesign.com.