San Jose, Calif., Mar. 02,  2009 - Atrenta Inc., the leading provider of Early Design Closure® solutions to radically improve design efficiency throughout the IC design flow, today announced that DS2, the leading technology innovator and global supplier of high-speed wireline communications technology, has adopted Atrenta's SpyGlass®-Power and SpyGlass-CDC products as part of their ASIC design flow.

DS2 will deploy SpyGlass-Power in its ASIC design flow to ensure their products meet power budgets and achieve reliability goals.  Design teams will use SpyGlass-CDC to ensure that designs are bug-free and reliable in the field.  Based in Valencia, Spain, DS2 supplies high speed semiconductor solutions for wireline communications, a revolutionary technology that converts any wires into high speed networking media for home networking and Smart Grid applications.

"The use of Atrenta SpyGlass for DS2 product development facilitates early bug detection and enhances the reliability and quality of the final ASIC, allowing us to design the best product for our customers," said Javier Jimenez, ASIC design manager for DS2. "The SpyGlass-CDC and SpyGlass-Power products possess key features that differentiate Atrenta from competitors, including formal analysis in order to reduce user effort. These products help us to achieve excellent results regarding development time, quality of the final ASIC and overall development cost."

"I am delighted that DS2 has chosen Atrenta for their advanced ASIC designs," said Dieter Rudolf, strategic account manager for Europe, Middle East and Africa at Atrenta. "I look forward to collaborating further with DS2 as we expand our business in Spain."

About Atrenta
Atrenta is the leading provider of Early Design Closure® solutions to radically improve design efficiency throughout the IC design flow. Customers benefit from Atrenta tools and methodologies to capture design intent, explore implementation alternatives, validate RTL and optimize designs early, before expensive and time-consuming detailed implementation. With over 150 customers, including the world's top 10 semiconductor companies, Atrenta provides the most comprehensive solution in the industry for Early Design Closure. For more information, visit www.atrenta.com. Atrenta, Right from the Start! 

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Corporate:
Charu Puri, Corporate Marketing
Tel : +1-408-467-4254
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DS2
Ann Whyte
DS2-Director of Corporate Communications
(ann.whyte@ds2.es)
Tel: +34 627 00 96 49