Open-Silicon to Present on Design-Lite at IP-SOC Days Event in Santa Clara


MILPITAS, Calif., April 20, 2011 - Open-Silicon, Inc., a leading SoC design and semiconductor manufacturing company, announced today that its president and CEO, Dr. Naveed Sherwani, will present "Moving Toward Design-Lite for Innovation," at the Design And Reuse IP-SOC Days event in Santa Clara, CA.

Dr. Sherwani's presentation will examine the evolution of the EDA industry, from the adoption of third party IP for complex designs, to fab-lite, where chip fabrication was outsourced to specialized manufacturers, and now the current industry transition to the design-lite model. He will discuss the issues around innovation requirements coexisting with time-to-market pressures, and how companies are seeking new ways to maximize the return on their product investments. The presentation will review how design-lite enables a company's engineering team to focus on its core product roadmap, while utilizing the design capabilities of another company to build derivatives of those products and expand market reach.

What:

o Presentation: "Moving Toward Design-Lite for Innovation"

When/Where:

o 9:00 a.m. PDT, Tuesday, April 26, 2011

o Hilton Santa Clara, 4949 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara, CA 95054

About Open-Silicon, Inc.

Open-Silicon is a leading semiconductor company focused on SoC realization for traditional ASIC, develop-to-spec, and derivative ICs. In support of the industry trend towards collaborative engineering and design-lite, Open-Silicon offers SoC architecture, system design, physical design, low-level software, and high-quality semiconductor manufacturing services with one of the world's broadest partner ecosystems for IC development. For more information, visit Open-Silicon's website at www.open-silicon.com or call 408-240-5700.

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Web Site: www.open-silicon.com

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