Wave Issue 2001 1/10/00 Article 3-01

***Sitera Selects Simplex Fire & Ice QX for High-Speed Network
Processing Chip Sets
(December 6)

According to DACafe, Simplex Solutions announced that Sitera
Incorporated selected Simplex' Fire & Ice QX as the extraction
tool used in the development of their high-speed, 0.25-micron
intelligent network processing chipsets. Sitera used Fire & Ice
QX to add full-chip 3D extraction to their place & route cycle in
order to speed timing closure.

Sitera Incorporated is a provider of high-speed communication ICs
that accelerate the development of next generation high-speed
networking equipment, thereby allowing system developers to
introduce intelligent network services for the service provider,
large enterprise and carrier edge markets.

Simplex Solutions develops full-chip IC extraction and analysis
software, used worldwide by companies developing microprocessors
and integrated circuits (ICs) to ensure chip performance and
reliability.