Tanner EDA Announces That Hamed Emami Has Joined as VP Sales

MONROVIA, CA, Nov 09 (MARKET WIRE) --
Tanner EDA, a leading provider of analog, mixed-signal (A/MS) and MEMS
electronic design automation (EDA) tools, announced today that Hamed Emami
has joined the company as VP Sales. Previously, Hamed was VP Sales at
Magma Design Automation (San Jose, CA) and was responsible for sales and
operations in Japan.

"Tanner EDA is growing and we're doubling our focus on customers' needs in
analog and mixed signal design application areas like power management and
image sensor design," said Greg Lebsack, President, Tanner EDA. "Adding
seasoned EDA industry executives like Hamed Emami, with his IC design flow
and analog software sales experience, improves our ability to introduce
our full suite of tools to these customers."

Prior to joining Tanner EDA and Magma, Hamed was VP Sales at AXIOM Design
Automation, Milpitas, CA, and Tera Systems, Campbell, CA. He has an MBA
from Santa Clara University and a BSEE from UC San Diego.

About Tanner EDA Software

HiPer Silicon(TM) is Tanner EDA's hallmark software suite for the design,
layout and verification of A/MS, RF and MEMS ICs. It includes core
functionality for schematic capture, analog circuit simulation and
physical layout as well as advanced features that improve designer
productivity; including the HiPer Verify(TM) foundry-compatible physical
verification engine, Verilog-A simulation, an interactive autorouter and
device layout automation. The entire Tanner EDA product line is available
on Windows and Linux platforms.

About Tanner EDA

Tanner EDA is a global provider of electronic design automation (EDA)
software solutions for the design, layout and verification of analog and
mixed-signal ICs and MEMS. The low learning curve, high interoperability
and powerful user interface of Tanner's tool suite promotes innovation
and speeds designs from concept to silicon. Tanner EDA software is used
by thousands of designers in commercial and academic institutions for
applications including Power Management, Displays and Imaging,
Automotive, Consumer Electronics, Life Sciences, and RF. HiPer Silicon,
the company's complete IC design suite, is available on both Linux and
Microsoft Windows platforms. Founded in 1988, Tanner EDA has shipped over
33,000 licenses of its software to more than 5,000 customers in 67
countries. For more information on Tanner EDA products, visit
www.tannereda.com.

Acronyms:
A/MS: Analog and Mixed Signal
EDA: Electronic Design Automation
MEMS: Microelectromechanical Systems
RF: Radio Frequency

Tanner Tools Pro and HiPer Silicon are trademarks of Tanner Research,
Inc.

All other trademarks and tradenames are the property of their respective
owners.

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