Tharas Systems appoints ICON Design Automation as its distributor in India

Tharas Systems, Inc., a provider of high-performance, hardware-assisted design verification solutions, today named ICON Design Automation Pvt. Ltd. of Bangalore, India, as its distributor in India.

Tharas Systems' Hammer ® provides a Verilog simulation platform that enables accelerated compile and run times while delivering ease of use and debug features comparable to that of software simulators. Hammer compiles 10 Million RTL gate-equivalent in as little as one hour vs. up to eight hours per Million RTL gate-equivalent for FPGA-based systems. Run times range from 10 to 1,000 times faster than the fastest software HDL simulators. Hammer's innovative hardware architecture includes a proprietary backplane that delivers more than 10 Gbps bandwidth, minimizing run time degradation during debug - a significant improvement over competing FPGA-based systems during debug.
"We see a growing need for hardware-assisted verification solutions here in India," notes Rahm Shastry, senior vice president of sales and marketing at Tharas Systems. "We are pleased to have Hammer marketed and supported by the professional team at ICON Design Automation."
"Companies in India have started designing complex multi-million gate chips and systems. Along with that comes the need to incorporate leading-edge verification solutions," says Kala Kumar, managing director of ICON Design Automation. "Hammer hardware accelerator is well positioned to make its mark in the Indian market with its leading-edge technology and price/performance characteristics."

Hammer works with existing RTL and gate-level verification environments. As a result, designers can continue to use their verification software, including the most popular Verilog HDL-based simulators from Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNPS) and Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NYSE: CDN).

Hammer supports design sizes of up to 128 Million Gate-equivalent RTL code, and 16 Gigabyte in hardware. Hammer pricing ranges from US$115,000 to US$1,980,000.

About Tharas Systems
Tharas Systems develops and markets high performance verification systems to designers of complex integrated circuits and electronic systems. The Tharas solution leads to significant shortening of the verification cycle; the pay off is material reduction in time-to-market. Hammer® offers a patented, next-generation hardware accelerator for Verilog simulations with the fastest compile times and run times, while at the same time offering ease of use and debugging capability comparable to that of software simulators. Increasing verification complexity is one of the main challenges of designing complex integrated circuits and systems today. Founded in 1998, Tharas is privately held and funded by venture capital and private investors from throughout the electronics industry. Corporate headquarters is located at 3016 Coronado Drive, Santa Clara, Calif. 95054. Visit Tharas Systems at http://www.tharas.com/. For more specific product information, email info@tharas.com or call 1-408-855-3200

Hammer® is a registered trademark of Tharas Systems Inc. Tharas acknowledges trademarks or registered trademarks of other organizations for their respective products and services.

About ICON Design Automation

ICON Design Automation is a sales and marketing organization involved with Indian component and EDA Industry. ICON handles leading-edge products from companies around the world in the domain of VLSI, Electronic Wire & Cables and Microwave assemblies. ICON addresses the India market through its offices at the three major electronic manufacturing and I.T. industry hubs in India - namely, Bangalore, Hyderabad and New Delhi. Corporate headquarters is located at No. 29, 80 Feet Road, HAL 3rd Stage, Bangalore - 560075. Visit ICON at http://www.icon-dapl.com or contact ICON by email idapl@vsnl.com or call +91 80 5272030

Contact

Tharas Systems, Inc.
Connie Irwin
(408) 855-3211
connie@tharas.com

ICON Design Automation
Kala Kumar
+91 80 5272030
kala@icon-dapl.com