Monrovia, California, November 9, 2009-- Tanner EDA, a leading provider of analog, mixed-signal (A/MS) and MEMS electronic design automation (EDA) tools, announced today that Hamed Emami has joined the company as VP Sales. Previously, Hamed was VP Sales at Magma Design Automation (San Jose, CA) and was responsible for sales and operations in Japan.

“Tanner EDA is growing and we’re doubling our focus on customers' needs in analog and mixed signal design application areas like power management and image sensor design,” said Greg Lebsack, President, Tanner EDA. “Adding seasoned EDA industry executives like Hamed Emami, with his IC design flow and analog software sales experience, improves our ability to introduce our full suite of tools to these customers.”

Prior to joining Tanner EDA and Magma, Hamed was VP Sales at AXIOM Design Automation, Milpitas, CA and Tera Systems, Campbell, CA. He has an MBA from Santa Clara University and a BSEE from UC San Diego.

About Tanner EDA Software

HiPer Silicon™ is Tanner EDA’s hallmark software suite for the design, layout and verification of A/MS, RF and MEMS ICs. It includes core functionality for schematic capture, analog circuit simulation and physical layout as well as advanced features that improve designer productivity; including the HiPer Verify™ foundry-compatible physical verification engine, Verilog-A simulation, an interactive autorouter and device layout automation. The entire Tanner EDA product line is available on Windows and Linux platforms.

About Tanner EDA

Tanner EDA is a global provider of electronic design automation (EDA) software solutions for the design, layout and verification of analog and mixed-signal ICs and MEMS. The low learning curve, high interoperability and powerful user interface of Tanner’s tool suite promotes innovation and speeds designs from concept to silicon. Tanner EDA software is used by thousands of designers in commercial and academic institutions for applications including Power Management, Displays and Imaging, Automotive, Consumer Electronics, Life Sciences, and RF. HiPer Silicon, the company’s complete IC design suite, is available on both Linux and Microsoft Windows platforms.  Founded in 1988, Tanner EDA has shipped over 33,000 licenses of its software to more than 5,000 customers in 67 countries. For more information on Tanner EDA products, visit www.tannereda.com.

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Acronyms:

A/MS: Analog and Mixed Signal

EDA: Electronic Design Automation

MEMS: Microelectromechanical Systems

RF: Radio Frequency

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