Craig Cochran

Real Intent, Inc. provides system on chip (SoC) and field-programmable gate array (FPGA)sign-off verification solutions. Its products include Ascent for early functional verification before synthesis; and Meridian for advanced sign-off verification not possible with simulation or static timing analysis. The company was founded by Prakash Narain and Rajiv Kumar in 1999 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

ChipVision Design Systems is the technology-leading supplier of system-level low power optimization solutions that enable the design of complex integrated circuits (ICs) for the communications, wireless, and consumer product markets. The use of ChipVision's solutions in the pre-implementation phase of the design cycle substantially reduces cost and time to market by enabling pre-RTL optimization for low power, resulting in up to 75% reduction in power consumption. ChipVision's power optimization solution PowerOpt is the only design tool that efficiently allows designers to bridge between the Electronic System Level (ESL), at which the most significant reduction of power can be achieved, and the RT Level. Key users for ChipVision's PowerOpt technology are SoC Micro Architects focus on the development of individual data flow dominated blocks in a System on Chip. They start with an algorithm defined in ANSI C or SystemC and are responsible for the RTL implementation. PowerOpt assists them in exploring and optimizing the micro architecture for low power and to specifying the results for RTL implementation. SoC Architects focus on the integration of the various blocks in a SoC and use PowerOpt to assess trade offs for selection of IP blocks based on their power characteristics. Algorithm Designers use PowerOpt to select and optimize the algorithm best suited for implementation by optimizing the number of arithmetic operations required.

Jasper Design Automation, Inc. provides software solutions for semiconductor design, verification, and reuse, based on state-of-the-art formal technology. The company was founded by Joe Higgins and Vigyan Singhal in 1999 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.