Richtek Adopts Simucad's Unlimited SmartSpice License to Increase Design Productivity

SANTA CLARA, CA and HSINCHU, TAIWAN, May 27 (MARKET
WIRE) --
Richtek (TWSE: 6286), a leading Analog / Mixed-Signal design house based
in Taiwan, has adopted a Company Worldwide Unlimited License for
SmartSpice and Verilog-A. Simucad Design Automation, a leading supplier
of EDA software, has been selling Company Worldwide Unlimited Licenses
since 2007 in response to strong demand.

Analog design houses with a significant group of designers typically
experience a shortage of circuit simulator licenses during critical phases
of the design cycle. The Company Worldwide Unlimited License eliminates
this bottleneck and opens the pathway to large increases in productivity.

SmartSpice delivers the highest performance and accuracy required to
design complex high precision analog circuits, analog mixed-signal
circuits, analyze critical nets, and characterize cell libraries.
SmartSpice is compatible with popular analog design flows and
foundry-supplied device models.

The Verilog-A language, compiled or interpreted, when combined with
SmartSpice provides circuit designers and model developers with an
easy-to-use, comprehensive environment for the design and verification of
complex analog and mixed-signal circuits and models.

"Richtek's circuit design productivity increased after we purchased
Simucad's worldwide unlimited site license," said KC Chang, VP of
Technology Development, Richtek. "We are now able to run unlimited copies
of the highly accurate and fast SmartSpice simulator for a very reasonable
price."

"I'm very happy that Richtek has joined the growing family of companies
that are adopting our worldwide unlimited licenses," said Dr. Ivan Pesic,
President and CEO of Simucad. "I am confident that this will make Richtek
an even stronger company."

About Simucad

Simucad Design Automation is a leading provider of simulation and CAD
software tools used for developing analog, mixed-signal, and RF integrated
circuits. Founded in 2004 as a spin-off from Silvaco International, the
company delivers products for circuit simulation, custom IC layout and
verification, interconnect modeling, digital simulation, and IP
characterization. The company provides a complete PDK-based design flow
with interfaces to third-party design platforms.

Simucad has a worldwide presence inherited from Silvaco's twenty years of
business and is preparing for an IPO.

About Richtek

Richtek is a world-leading power management IC design house. We are
singularly focused on delivering the world's most competitive power
management IC products, the most comprehensive solutions, and the highest
quality services. Since our start in 1998, Richtek has quickly become one
of the world's leading providers of power management IC solutions. We have
achieved this not only by delivering a new generation of cost-effective
power management ICs, but also by providing clients with customized system
design-in services and support.

Contact:
Dr. Ivan Pesic
(408) 567-1000
www.simucad.com

Vice President/Acting Spokesman
KC Chang
TEL: 03-5526789
Fax: 03-5526611
Email: Email Contact

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