Socionext Adopts Defacto Solution for RTL and Gate-level Design Analysis and Building

Grenoble, France, Jun. 02, 2015 – 

Defacto Technologies S.A. today announced that Socionext Inc., a leading provider of System-on-Chip solutions, has adopted Defacto Technologies? STAR RTL Design solution to provide unique RTL editing earlier in the design flow and very highly rapid gate-level design rearchitecturing, without requiring additional engineering resources.

"We often need RTL and gate-level design change in order to integrate them on SoCs. However those changes could be not convenient for logic designer while doing functional design and verification." said Akihiro Yoshitake, General Manager, SoC Design Division at Socionext. "We found Defacto?s STAR has rich and unique feature of APIs to analyze and build design quickly without being intrusive logic designers work. We will take advantage of the STAR RTL Design solution into our complex SoC design flow."

"We are excited about our collaboration with Socionext. Their designs showcase the capabilities of -STAR RTL Design solution, especially when it comes to complex designs where our distinctive capabilities will help Socionext engineers redesign very complex designs either at RTL or gate-level with a high speedup", said Chouki Aktouf, Founder & CEO of Defacto Technologies. Mr. Aktouf added, "New design and verifications possibilities are now open to Socionext designers. This will positively impact design quality and will help containing design cycles"

About Socionext

Socionext is a new, innovative enterprise that designs, develops and delivers System-on-Chip products to customers worldwide. The company is focused on imaging, networking and other dynamic technologies that drive today?s leading-edge applications. Socionext combines world-class expertise, experience, and an extensive IP portfolio to provide exceptional solutions and ensure a better quality of experience for customers. Founded in 2015, Socionext is headquartered in Yokohama, and has offices in Japan, Asia, United States and Europe to lead its product development and sales activities.　For more information, visit www.socionext.com

About DeFacTo Technologies

DeFacTo is an innovative chip design software company developing breakthrough technology to dramatically enhance the DFT process and increase the testability of integrated circuits (ICs) and systems on a chip (SoCs). The development of DeFacTo s technology was begun at the National Polytechnic Institute of Grenoble (INPG-France) in 1997, under the leadership of Chouki Aktouf, PhD. More than 18 man-years of work were applied to the unique technology for moving DFT from a post-synthesis process to pre-synthesis. Dr. Aktouf and his team did the early market assessment and established proof of concept by working with a large European semiconductor manufacturer to validate the benefits of the company s technology.

Dr. Aktouf, Michel Oger, Philippe Duchene, and James Girand founded DeFacTo in August 2003 and the company raised Series A financing in 2004 and 2005. Mr.Oger and Dr. Duchene were founders of Snaketech Corporation, a substrate analysis company acquired by Simplex Solution, Inc. (later acquired by Cadence Design Systems, Inc.); and Mr.Girand has broad executive sales and marketing experience with worldwide electronics companies.

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