CoFluent Design and NSW launch CoFluent-On-Demand SaaS program

Japanese Users Can Adopt "Pay-as-You-Go" Licensing of ESL Modeling & Simulation Toolset CoFluent Studio through NSW Cloud Computing Infrastructure

Tokyo, Japan - JULY 2, 2010 - CoFluent Design, a leading Electronic System Level (ESL) company that provides system-level modeling and simulation to accelerate innovation in embedded devices, and NIPPON SYSTEMWARE CO., LTD. (NSW), an independent IT solution provider, today announced the launch of the "CoFluent-On-Demand" program.

CoFluent-On-Demand is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) program that aims at offering "pay-as-you-go" licensing of CoFluent Design's CoFluent Studio ESL modeling and simulation toolset to Japanese semiconductor and electronics companies. CoFluent-On-Demand relies on NSW cloud computing infrastructure that offers network access, computing and storage resources, as well as software applications to end-users. By registering to the CoFluent-On-Demand program, users can use CoFluent Studio upon their needs, at anytime, from anywhere, as software licensing is done on a per-use basis.

"The CoFluent-On-Demand program provides users a simple, immediate and flexible access to CoFluent Studio. This is a perfect complement to CoFluent Studio's yearly licensing that supports the deployment of the product in a company. This program, combined to the rich training and design services offering from CoFluent Design and its representatives, is essential to accelerate the adoption of CoFluent Studio in Japan", said Masami Yamashita, CoFluent Design's Asia-Pacific Regional Manager.

"NSW is using CoFluent Studio in its design services and recognizes the effectiveness of the tool. NSW decided to provide CoFluent Studio through its cloud computing infrastructure in order for customers to have more flexible use of the software. In addition to providing the toolset environment, NSW intends to provide total design support to meet customer's demand", said Seiich Koseki, NSW's Corporate Officer.

For more information about the CoFluent-On-Demand program, please contact CoFluent Design Japan at info-jp@cofluentdesign.com or NSW at infohwhn@gw.nsw.co.jp.

About CoFluent Design

CoFluent Design provides system-level modeling and simulation tools for executing use cases and analyzing performance of embedded devices and chips. CoFluent Studio generates SystemC transactional models from UML diagrams and standard C that describe complex multi-OS, multicore embedded systems. CoFluent Reader enables efficient exchange of executable specifications with all project stakeholders and contractors.

CoFluent is used throughout the product development lifecycle for:

• Innovation: capturing with minimal effort the design intent in reusable models that mix new features and legacy, allowing for early patent application
• Optimization: finding the optimal architecture and power efficiency through design space exploration free of the full hardware/software code
• Validation: defining use case scenarios for validating the real-time behavior, predicting performance and generating test cases for implementation

For further details please visit: http://www.cofluentdesign.com or send an email to info@cofluentdesign.com.

About NSW

NSW was established in 1966 and has been providing embedded system design for mobile phone, digital consumer products as well as design of LSI or electric board. NSW also provides one-stop service with combining of system integration service to various arenas, management of large scale system, running data center. Utilizing those experience and know-how, NSW built cloud computing service to provide wide range of support such as the integration of data center solution and design data exchange.

For more information please visit: http://www.nsw.co.jp/ for Japanese or http://www.nsw.co.jp/english/index.html for English.

NSW's Cloud Computing Infrastructure service "BlueSpider":

• Enable TCO reduction by per-use base charge for server resource
• Realized flexible configuration of hardware resource
• Secure project data by anti-oscillation data center
• Possible use of disaster recovery site by data center in suburb
• Non-independent carrier network and enable to connect various network service

For more information, please visit http://www.bluespider.jp/