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Apache Design Solutions Wins EDN Magazine’s 2007 Innovation of the Year Award

Sentinel-CPM wins “Innovation of the Year” in the EDA category

San Jose, Calif. – April 21, 2008 – Apache Design Solutions, the technology leader in power, noise, and reliability (PNR) signoff for chip and package designs, was chosen as a winner for this year’s EDN “Innovation of the Year” Award. Apache’s Sentinel-CPM was one of the three finalists in the EDA category of this exclusive awards program that honors truly outstanding electronic products, as well as the creative engineers who invent them. EDN’s worldwide audience of electronics engineers and engineering managers, EDN’s editorial staff, and the EDN Editorial Advisory Board selected the winner.

Sentinel-CPM is the industry's only Chip Power Model (CPM) targeting the next-generation chip-package-system co-design. Sentinel-CPM delivers:

High-accuracy modeling of full-chip transient switching noise and distributed power delivery network for system-level power integrity signoff.
High-performance model with fast turnaround time for cost optimal early package/system designs.
Interoperability among all SPICE-based analysis tools providing ease-of-use and ease-of-portability between IC and package/system designers.

Sentinel-CPM has been widely adopted by semiconductor and system design companies, providing a bridge between IC and package/system designers.

Andrew Yang, Apache’s CEO, said, “We are very excited to once again be recognized with this special award. In 2004, Apache won the Innovation of the Year award with RedHawk - as the industry’s first dynamic power integrity solution. In 2006, PsiWinder - a full-chip clock jitter and timing solution was selected as the finalist. Winning this year’s award with Sentinel-CPM continues to demonstrate Apache’s leadership in product innovation for advanced design challenges.”

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