Coreworks and Prototyping-Japan agreement to promote and distribute digital audio and video IP cores and evaluation boards in the Japanese market

Caparica, Portugal and Hyogo, Japan, September 3 2004 - Prototyping-Japan has signed an agreement with Coreworks Lda to distribute and promote digital audio and video IP cores, evaluation boards, and design services across Japan.
 
Coreworks Lda specializes in digital circuit and system design. The applications include digital audio, video, communications and computing. Coreworks provides IP cores with comprehensive simulation environments and FPGA evaluation boards.  Coreworks offers high quality design services and support to customers up to complete and perfect integration of its IP cores in their projects.
 
“We are certain that the innovative modus operandi of Prototyping-Japan will contribute to strengthen our sales and customer support capabilities in Japan., allowing us more time to concentrate in what we do best: designing high quality virtual components.” – José T. de Sousa, President and CEO of Coreworks.
 
“My company cooperates with world wide partner companies who have high performance EDA/IP products. I believe we will develop a new Japanese market
and Coreworks products will reduce the LSI development cost and shorten TtM, especially in the consumer market. ”Motohiko Torimoto,CEO of Prototyping-Japan.
 
About Coreworks, Lda
Coreworks, Lda is a leading provider of innovative and reusable designs, currently focused on digital audio and video interface IP cores using the IEC60598 and IEC61937 standards (SPDIF) combined with standard processor busses. The company was founded in March 2001, emerging from a distinguished research group of the Technical University of Lisbon, whose members have published 2 books and more than 100 technical papers, and have acquired experience working for major electronic design companies around the world. Coreworks, Lda is a certified member of the Xilinx Xperts Program and a Design And Reuse Partner. Web: www.coreworks.pt
 
About PROTOtyping Japan Corp.
PROTOtyping Japan Corp.is a technical trading and support comany focussed FPGA based ASIC prototyping hardware system and software including IP in Japan.The company is founded in Oct 2003,and the founder & CEO was previously at Cadence Design Systems and has more than 20years experience both at electric & electronic business.The main customers of the company is at consumer electronics market such as Matsushita(Panasonic),Sanyo,Sony,NEC and Toshiba.  Web:http://www.prototyping-japan.com