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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 3, 2001--Verisity, Ltd. (Nasdaq:VRST - news), the leading provider of functional verification automation tools, and the Semiconductor Technology Academic Research Center (STARC), today announced that STARC has selected Verisity's e verification language for IP reuse. STARC is a semiconductor industry association in Japan that is developing new semiconductor technologies through cooperation between the industry and academia. The IP Reuse Technology Committee selected e for protocol definition and verification of IP compliance to these protocols. STARC member companies include Fujitsu, Hitachi, Matsushita, Mitsubishi, NEC, OKI, Rohm, Sanyo, Sharp, Sony and Toshiba.

"We have chosen Verisity's e verification language for the verification language on which next generation IP will be based," said Tadahiko Nakamura, Senior Manager, IP Reuse Group, for STARC. "We chose e after careful evaluation of several offerings, and e was the best fit for STARC's requirements. We are pleased to have Verisity and the e language be an important part of our development."

STARC will use the temporal portion of the e language as the Interface Specification Description Language for IP reuse. STARC will also promote e to be an open industry standard, and is planning to build an open library, which contains general property descriptions such as PCI bus protocol monitor using the Interface Specification Description Language to make IP integration easier.

"STARC fosters the standardization of advanced methodologies, which has significant impact not just in Japan, but worldwide," said Yaron Kashai, vice president of research and strategic technologies for Verisity Design. "Our verification methodologies uniquely enable verification reuse and STARC's endorsement of the e language is a strong validation."

About Verisity

Verisity is the leading provider of proprietary technologies and software products used to efficiently verify designs of electronic systems and complex integrated circuits that are essential to the communications and other high growth segments of the electronics industry. Verisity's products automate the process of detecting flaws in these designs, enabling customers to deliver higher quality products, accelerate time-to-market and reduce overall product development costs.

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About STARC

STARC was founded by Japan's leading eleven semiconductor manufacturers in December 1995 to foster collaboration between the semiconductor industry and the academic world in Japan. The founders are Fujitsu , Hitachi, Matsushita Electrical Industrial, Mitsubishi Electric, NEC, Oki Electric Industry, Rohm, Sanyo Electric, Sharp, Sony and Toshiba Corp.

By establishing a close working relationship among the members, STARC aims to strengthen Japan's fundamental R&D power for semiconductors, thus enabling the Japanese semiconductor industry to increase its competitive edge worldwide.

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