Real Intent Initiates European Push
Answer Systems Named European Distributor
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)---Feb. 3, 2003--Real Intent Inc., the leading supplier of assertion-based formal verification software, announced today that it has named Answer Systems, a leading European distributor and support services provider, as its distributor for Europe.

Anil Gupta, Executive VP and General Manager of Real Intent said, "Verification risks and complexity are the number one challenge facing leading chip design teams today. There is worldwide interest in our products, and we understand the importance of local sales and support. We are pleased to be able to attract a distributor of Answer System's caliber, with their deep understanding of both VHDL and Verilog verification."

Daniel Beuchee, President and CEO of Answer Systems, commented, "Answer Systems is committed to serving the EDA community with products that are best of breed. Real Intent's Verix meets this standard, with its ability to provide an early confirmation that the design as implemented meets the designer's intent. We believe that Verix offers the industry's most advanced formal verification solution to exhaustively verify RTL designs."

About Real Intent's Verix
Verix™ speeds the design of high-end semiconductors and systems-on-chip by formally verifying the design as the RTL (Register Transfer Level) is created. It verifies that a design is free from a large class of errors early in the design cycle, prior to simulation and synthesis. Its features a number of formal verification innovations such as clock intent verification, automatic checks, scalable hierarchical verification, in-line assertions and automatic generation of simulation checkers from formal assertions.

About Answer Systems
Answer Systems, headquartered in Evry, France, offers software solutions and tools in three areas of a project-design cycle, from Systems Analysis to EDA (Electronic Design Automation) to Intellectual Property. For additional information about ANSWER Systems, please visit http://www.answer-systems.com.


About Real Intent
Real Intent, headquartered in San Jose, California, offers award-winning assertion-driven formal verification products for electronic design. These products give users the capability of comprehensively verifying designs early and significantly reduce the cost of verifying integrated circuits, electronic systems and systems on a chip (SoC).
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