St. Louis, Missouri, USA – April 21, 2010 – Laird Technologies, Inc., a global leader in the design and supply of customized performance-critical components and systems for advanced electronics and wireless products, today announced the release of its new Maxblade internal wireless device antenna.

The antenna operates in the 2.3-6 GHz WiMAX frequency band with gains of 2.1 dBi and 4 dBi. Specifically designed to be embedded inside devices for aesthetically pleasing integration with high durability, the antenna features wide bandwidth that augments wireless applications with a single antenna design including 802.11 a/b/g, 802.16, and Bluetooth®. Its polarization provides a vertical and omnidirectional radiation pattern at all frequencies with increased gain in the upper bands for optimal coverage.

“The new embedded MaxBlade antenna is designed to work in WiMAX frequencies where successful wireless deployment is necessary,” said Quaid Rasheed, Laird Technologies BWA Antenna Product Manager. “Along with a higher gain than previous embedded wireless device antennas, the Maxblade antenna provides an invisible solution for most wireless applications.”

The antenna is RoHS compliant and includes a coaxial cable pigtail with various connector choices. For more information, please logon to www.lairdtech.com.

About Laird Technologies, Inc.

Laird Technologies designs and manufactures customized, performance-critical products for wireless and other advanced electronics applications.

The company is a global market leader in the design and supply of electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding, thermal management products, mechanical actuation systems, signal integrity components, and wireless antenna solutions, as well as radio frequency (RF) modules and systems. 

Custom products are supplied to all sectors of the electronics industry including the handset, telecommunications, data transfer and information technology, automotive, aerospace, defense, consumer, medical, and industrial markets.

Laird Technologies, a unit of Laird PLC, employs over 10,000 employees in more than 39 facilities located in 13 countries.

ALAMEDA, CALIF. –– April 22, 2010 –– Verific Design Automation, supplier of de facto standard front-end software to the EDA and semiconductor community, announced today that Forte Design Systems has renewed its license for Verific’s HDL software for use with its CellMath Designer™ datapath synthesis.

The license was originally issued in 2006 to Arithmatica Ltd., a company acquired by Forte last year.  At that time, Verific’s Verilog parser and register transfer level (RTL) elaborator were integrated with CellMath Designer to provide tighter integration flow for Verilog users and easy-to-use syntax to specify datapath structures. 

“We’re delighted to be working with Forte as it enhances CellMath Designer’s value to the engineering community,” says Michiel Ligthart, Verific’s chief operating officer.  “Forte is extending its powerful brand into a new market segment through product excellence and quality of results.”

Project teams use CellMath Designer as an optimization step prior to logic synthesis to reduce area, improve performance and lower power consumption for datapath-intensive design blocks.  Using CellMath intellectual property (IP), CellMath Designer combines advanced synthesis techniques with datapath architectures to reduce circuit area and power and for circuit speeds unachievable through other means.  CellMath Designer works in conjunction with general logic synthesis products and utilizes existing RTL code, synthesis scripts and technology libraries to allow designers to quickly improve results.

Concludes Sean Dart, Forte’s president and chief executive officer:  “Verific’s reputation for solid product offerings and strong customer support are well earned.  We’ve been impressed with Verific’s willingness to work with us through the transition and its commitment to making CellMath Designer a ‘must-have’ datapath synthesis tool.”

About Verific Design Automation

Verific Design Automation, with offices in Alameda, Calif., and Kolkata, India, provides de facto standard SystemVerilog, Verilog and VHDL front-end software founded in 1999 by EDA industry veteran Rob Dekker.  Verific’s software is used worldwide by the EDA and semiconductor community in synthesis, simulation, formal verification, emulation, debugging, virtual prototyping, and design-for-test applications, which combined have shipped more than 40,000 copies.  Corporate headquarters is located at:  1516 Oak Street, Suite 115, Alameda, Calif.  94501.  Telephone:  (510) 522-1555.  Facsimile number:  (510) 522-1553.  Email:  info@verific.com.  Website: www.verific.com.