Press Release
For
Immediate Release
Sigrity
Expands Operations to Europe to Support
Worldwide Demand for Its Advanced High-Speed Design
Solutions
Opens Office in Munich; Names Benjamin S. Franklin
European General Manager
SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 24, 2006
— Sigrity, Inc., the market leader in power and signal
integrity software solutions, today established a
European office in Munich, Germany, expanding its global
reach. The move allows Sigrity to locally support
European companies that use its advanced software
solutions to analyze power and signal integrity in ICs,
packages and printed circuit boards, and for package
physical design.
In addition, the company announced
that EDA industry veteran Ben Franklin has joined Sigrity as
European General Manager with responsibility for overseeing
European operations. Franklin brings more than 20 years of
experience to this new position, having previously served as
CEO of EDAconnect.com, general manager at Cooper & Chyan
Technology, and president of CAD Connections International.
He has 12 patents and holds BSEE and MSEE degrees from
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as well as an MBA
from the Harvard Business School. EFM Consulting, which has
been serving as Sigrity's representative in Europe for the
past several years, will continue to provide technical
support for Sigrity's European customers.
According to Sigrity's president, Dr.
Jiayuan Fang, "Sigrity is the only company that analyzes the
entire power delivery system -- from chip to package to
board -- and provides a unified platform for package
physical design and analysis, helping companies avoid
failures and respins. We are espcially pleased to serve
companies in Europe with a local company presence,
demonstrating our commitment to enhancing the quality and
performance of their packages, chips and boards."
Headquartered in Santa Clara, CA,
Sigrity maintains offices in Marlborough, MA; Austin, TX;
Rochester, NY; Taipei, Taiwan and Shanghai, China. The
Munich office is located at Humboldstrasse 12, 86509
Aschheim/Dornach, Germany.
About
Sigrity
Sigrity, Inc., a privately held U.S.
company incorporated in 1998, delivers advanced software
solutions for package physical design and for analyzing
power and signal integrity in chips, packages and printed
circuit boards. Sigrity’s patented electrical
analysis methodologies run orders of magnitude faster than
general-purpose electromagnetic tools, helping leading
companies in the semiconductor, computer, graphics,
communications and networking industries ensure high
performance and reduce time to market. The company is
headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., with direct sales and
global distribution through worldwide representatives.
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