** VaST Systems Technology Corp. announced that Alain Labat has been named President and CEO, confirming rumors first reported last month in John Cooley's ESNUG. Rumor or no, January 10, 2005 is the day that VaST formally announced the appointement.

Graham Hellestrand, VaST Founder and Former President, will continue as Chairman of the Board as well as Chief Technology and Strategy Officer. Hellestrand is quoted in the official Press Release: "Alain Labat will help drive VaST’s global growth and consolidate our dominant position in the rapidly developing electronic systems engineering market. As the need for ESL technology grows, Alain’s proven experience in markets and technologies relevant to VaST will provide the leadership and perspective required to accelerate VaST’s solutions in the world market."

Alain Labat has 20+ years of EDA industry experience. Prior to joining VaST Systems Labat was CEO of TeraSystems and Founder, President and CEO of Sequence Design. He was previously with Synopsys as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing. Labat holds an MBA from INSEEC, France, and an MBA from Thunderbird, The Garvin School of International Management in Glendale, Arizona.

For more information about Alain Labat, please take a moment to read his profile, recently published here in EDA Confidential. In addition to his track record as technologist and exectuive, Labat is also an accomplished chef. So, you can also enjoy Labat's recipe for Lapin du Sud West.

** Arithmatica announced that Tony Curzon Price has been promoted to CEO, and Dave Burow to Executive Chairman. The company says, "Both executives have worked closely together during the past two years, and will continue to do so in the future, resulting in a seamless, transparent transition. A co-founder of Arithmatica, Curzon Price has run all UK R&D operations for the past two years, and now is expanding that role to lead all company operations worldwide. Burow has established the processes and infrastructure necessary to ensure a solid basis for growth; he will remain active in the company's operations and focus primarily on customer, industry and investor partner relations. Company headquarters remain in Menlo Park, CA."

Executive Chairman Dave Burow was also profiled recently here in EDA Confidential. Please take time to read his comments on his career and his views on technical management.

** Applied Wave Research, Inc. (AWR) announced the appointment of TeraSoft, Inc. as a value-added reseller of AWR software in Taiwan. James Spoto, AWR President and CEO, is quoted in the Press Release: "The growing microwave and RF design community and strong demand for AWR products in Taiwan is driving our continued expansion. We are pleased to partner with TeraSoft, which has an excellent presence in Taiwan and also has a reputation for customized and dedicated customer service."

** CoWare Inc. announced relationships with two universities – The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi and IIT Kharagpur. The company says these relationships will "drive research and development efforts for ESL design tools and methodologies in India. As part of this relationship, both institutions will have access to the entire range of ESL tools from CoWare, support from the strong team at CoWare India Private Ltd. and inclusion in co-development projects to facilitate ESL research and adoption. CoWare will also offer ESL tool licenses to several other academic and research institutes in India through the government funded Special Manpower Development Program (SMDP) Phase II."

M. Balakrishnan, Professor in the Computer Science and Engineering Department at IIT Delhi, is quoted in the Press Release: "The Computer Science and Engineering Department at IIT Delhi has been working on system-level modeling, system synthesis and architecture design space exploration for some time now. An advanced course on 'System-level design & modeling,' open to our M.Tech and Ph.D. students, has also been introduced in the curriculum. CoWare's tools immediately struck us as the most suitable set of tools for supporting this course. We are in the process of integrating ConvergenSC and LISATek with our curriculum so students are able to experience in the laboratory the design and analysis techniques they learn in the classroom."

P.P. Chakrabarti, Dean SRIC, IIT Kharagpur, is also quoted: "The Advanced VLSI Design Laboratory at IIT Kharagpur has been working closely with worldwide EDA leaders and semiconductor companies for the last several years, and it is exciting for us to partner with CoWare to extend the lab in the ESL space. CoWare's rich toolset of SystemC and processor modeling tools will be a welcome channel for the students to learn the fundamentals of system- level modeling. We also look forward to partnering with CoWare to develop IP models for system-level design."

Alok Kumar, Managing Director of CoWare India Private Ltd. says, "India's traditional strength in the software domain makes it a pivotal player in the emerging ESL market. And as the leader in ESL design, it is important that CoWare partner with leading Indian universities like IIT Delhi and IIT Kharagpur to encourage ESL research and development, ultimately making it easier for our customers to make the move to ESL and gain competitive advantage."

** Zenasis Technologies announced it is now a member in the ARM Connected Community. Through membership, Zenasis says it will "gain access to a full range of resources to help it market and deploy innovative solutions that will enable developers to get their ARM Powered products to market faster … The ARM Connected Community is a global network of companies aligned to provide a complete solution, from design to manufacture and end use, for products based on the ARM architecture."

Jay Roy, Zenasis' CEO, President and Co-founder, is quoted is the Press Release: "Zenasis helps ASIC and SoC design teams to quickly reach their target performance by injecting large timing gains into their designs that are significantly larger than gains achievable with conventional physical timing closure tools. We are excited to be part of the ARM Connected Community Program. We will continue to provide solutions to ARM customers enabling success over their competitors." A nice win-win situation to start out the New Year.

** Novas Software, Inc. announced that the company's Verdi Automated Debug System has been selected as a finalist in the first annual IEC DesignVision Award program. Winners of the award, which organizers say honors achievement in electronic design innovation, will be announced at DesignCon on February 1st.

** eASIC Corp. announced that two new executives have joined the company’s management team. Ronnie Vasishta was appointed to Executive Vice President of Marketing and Salah Werfelli was appointed to Executive Vice President of Strategic Business Worldwide. Both Werfelli and Vasishta will report to company President & CEO Zvi Or-Bach.

Prior to joining eASIC, Ronnie Vasishta was Vice President of Technology Marketing at LSI Logic. Prior to LSI Logic, Vasishta held process and test engineering positions at Motorola and STC Semiconductor.

Salah Werfelli has 25+ years of experience in system and IC designs. Prior to joining eASIC, he was an Executive Consultant to various start-up companies where he helped to establish strategic directions and business partnerships. Previously, he served as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing for AmmoCore Technology, and held various executives positions at Cadence Design Systems. Prior to Cadence, Werfelli was an executive at Magma Design Automation. Werfelli started his professional career at Unisys.