SANTA CLARA, Calif. - September 1, 2006 - Nearly 60 top Bangalore IC designers provided Sequence Design with an enthusiastic reception as the company held its first low-power design seminar in the booming high-tech center last week. There were attendees from 31 companies, including representatives from some of the city’s biggest such as Intel, NVIDIA, Philips, Texas Instruments, and Cypress. Topics at the daylong seminar focused on four key subjects: predicting power consumption early in the design cycle, reduction of switching power consumption, reduction of leakage power, and efficient power-grid design. 

Invited Indian luminaries presented the latest academic research in low-power design, practical applications for low-power design in wireless communications, case studies of real-world successes, and more. They included Bharadwaj Amrutur, Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical Communication Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore; Rajat Gupta, Managing Director of Beceem, India; Genesis Microchip Lead Physical Design Engineer, Pankaj Panjwani; and Virage Logic’s Amit Khanuja, Group Leader.

"Bangalore is fast becoming one of the most exciting design centers in the world,” said Vic Kulkarni, Sequence President and CEO. “There is tremendous interest in low-power design, and the tools and methodologies required to extend battery life, reduce power consumption, and achieve first-silicon success. We look forward to having a long-lasting relationship with the design community in Bangalore, and to making a dynamic impact on their long-term success."

India currently employs more than 10,000 IC design engineers, working in both innovative, home-grown startups, and multinational corporations such as Intel, TI, Cisco, ST, and many others. EDA tools sales in India top $50 million annually and are quickly rising, while nearly half of all designs in India are at 90nm and below.

A company with global reach, Sequence maintains sales, support, and R&D facilities in the United States, Japan, and in India. In the past five years, Sequence has invested Rs. 20 Crores (over $4.5 million) in its India-based R&D operations alone. Sequence president and CEO Vic Kulkarni has shown leadership and innovation in his establishment of a strong international corporate culture. The company has a growing customer base of multinational semiconductor companies in India, particularly in Bangalore’s technology-rich environment, and has recently expanded its “Center of Excellence” in Noida’s Logix Techno Park.

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. The company was named by Reed Electronics as one of the top 10 companies to watch in the electronics industry, and was recently selected as one of high-tech's Top 100 companies by siliconindia magazine. Sequence has worldwide development and field-service operations and is privately held. Please see sequencedesign.com.