Sonics and JEDA Technologies Deliver ESL Validation

JEDA OCP Checker Interoperable with Sonics' SystemC Models

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. May 25, 2007 — Sonics Inc., a premier supplier of system-on-chip (SoC) SMART Interconnect solutions, today announced a working partnership with JEDA Technologies to deliver validated SystemC models of Sonics SMART Interconnect solutions.

Sonics will utilize JEDA’s SystemC OCP Checker to validate the interoperability of SystemC models of Sonics SMART Interconnect solutions.  Sonics will also provide JEDA with these SystemC models to support JEDA’s development and application engineering requirements.  By providing each other with key design components, JEDA and Sonics are able to develop higher quality products.

JEDA’s OCP Checker was developed and tested according to the current OCP specifications. Additional testing with Sonics test cases in a real application environment significantly improves coverage and assurance of protocol conformance.  “JEDA Technologies aims at providing our customers with the most accurate and complete OCP checker available,” said Eugene Zhang, CEO of JEDA Technologies.  “By verifying our OCP Checker with Sonics models, we can ensure it will deliver the accuracy our customers demand.”

“Sonics strives to have the most complete solutions available,” said Sonics Vice President of Marketing and Business Development Phil Casini.  “By working closely with JEDA Technologies, we have been able to create interoperable models and continue to improve our quality.”

About Sonics

Sonics Inc. is a premier supplier of SMART Interconnect solutions that deliver high SoC design predictability and increased design efficiency. Major semiconductor and systems companies including Broadcom, Samsung, Texas Instruments and Toshiba have applied Sonics’ SMART Interconnect solutions in leading products in the wireless, digital multimedia and communications markets. Sonics is a privately-held company funded by Cadence Design Systems, Toshiba Corporation, Samsung Ventures and venture capital firms Investar Capital, Smart Technology Ventures, TL Ventures, Easton Hunt Capital, JAFCO Ventures, and H&Q Asia-Pacific. For more information, see www.sonicsinc.com

About JEDA Technologies

JEDA Technologies provides state-of-art ESL verification automation solution that is scaleable and reusable at various levels of ESL for SystemC or C++ based designs. JEDA offers products for temporal assertion checking, simulation measurement and intelligent test generation to shorten model debugging time for software developers and system architects and improve system level verification. JEDA verification solution empowers ESL-to-RTL design flow and provides a RTL to ESL verification bridge as well.  The company was founded by Vera tm inventors and is based in Los Altos, California. For more information, please visit www.jedatechnologies.com.