Carbon Design Systems(TM Inc , the leading supplier of virtual platform and secure model solutions announced today that it received 4 million in investment funding from Samsung Venture Investment Corporation Additionally the companies have entered into a strategic partnership
Funds from the strategic investment will be used as working capital and support Carbon’s ongoing development of leading tools in the electronic system level ESL design space including its fast accurate virtual prototypes Carbon currently offers the industry’s only unified virtual prototype that scales from % accuracy to hundreds of MIPS performance Initiatives will be undertaken to expand the reach of Carbon’s fast accurate virtual prototypes
Carbon’s technology helps Samsung’s development of leading-edge consumer devices states Jung Ho Kim an investment manager at Samsung Venture Investment Corporation The strategic partnership will offer Samsung a way to more broadly expand and fast track adoption of ESL tools ”
Adds Rick Lucier Carbon’s president and chief executive officer We work closely with various project groups at Samsung Its deep technical knowledge of system-level design will be beneficial to us as we market key technologies to expand the reach of fast virtual prototypes that do not compromise accuracy ”
About Carbon Design Systems Carbon Design Systems offers the industry’s only unified virtual prototype solution along with the leading solution for accurate IP model creation Carbon virtual prototypes can execute at hundreds of MIPS and with % accuracy to enable application software development detailed architectural analysis and secure IP model distribution Carbon’s customers are systems semiconductor and IP companies that focus on wireless networking and consumer electronics Carbon is headquartered at 125 Nagog Park Acton Mass , 01720 Telephone ) 264-7300 Facsimile ) 264-9990 Email info@carbondesignsystems com Website a href=”http://www carbondesignsystems com target=”_blank”>www carbondesignsystems com
