Blaze DFM Expands European Field Operations
Accomplished EDA executive to spearhead proliferation of electrical DFM solutions in Europe
Sunnyvale, Calif., – December 3, 2007 – Blaze DFM, the electrical DFM company, today announced that Marcel Dinet will head the company’s European field operations. Dinet has over 20 years of executive experience in Electronic Design Automation (EDA) and Semiconductor Intellectual Property (SIP), with Cadence Design Systems, Carbon Design Systems, Cooper & Chyan Technology, Frequency Technology, Improv Systems, Tharas Systems, and Zycad. He will be based in the company’s European headquarters in Paris.
“Marcel has an exemplary track record of developing and servicing major accounts at top European companies,” said Mark Fournival, Vice President of Worldwide Sales at Blaze. “As our products advance beyond early adopters to mainstream chip designers, it is critical to expand our sales and support network to best serve our customers.”
Blaze was the first pure play DFM company to deliver working silicon in March 2006. Blaze created the market for electrical DFM solutions addressing challenges such as leakage power and variability, process variation, chemical mechanical planarization, and lithography simulation and analysis. Blaze provides a comprehensive suite of electrical DFM products that maximize parametric yield of designs implemented with 90nm and below process technologies. Today, Blaze customers include leading companies in all major semiconductor technology regions in the world.
“Blaze offers unique solutions to the most critical challenges facing chip designers today such as leakage power,” said Dinet. “In speaking with the company’s current customers, it quickly became obvious that Blaze is offering high-value solutions for which there are no alternatives.” More information about Blaze’s leakage power reduction solution can be found at http://www.blaze-dfm.com/reduce.html.
About Blaze DFM
Blaze DFM provides software solutions to fabless semiconductor companies, integrated device manufacturers, and silicon foundries. Blaze products give IC designers greater control over manufacturing variability, improving yield and shortening time to volume production. Blaze DFM, Inc., 1275 Orleans Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94089, 408.470.4900, Web: http://www.blaze-dfm.com
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