Berkeley Design Automation Selected as a Finalist for the "Red Herring 100 Global" Awards 2007
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Berkeley Design Automation Selected as a Finalist for the "Red Herring 100 Global" Awards 2007

SANTA CLARA, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—November 27, 2007— Red Herring Magazine announced that Berkeley Design Automation, Inc. has been selected as one of the top 200 contenders for its "Red Herring 100 Global 2007" Award. Representing Berkeley Design Automation, Ravi Subramanian, CEO of Berkeley Design Automation, will join the celebration at the Red Herring Global event in Seattle, WA, on December 3-5. Red Herring Global is an exclusive event honoring the 200 most promising cutting-edge private technology companies from across the world.

Red Herring 100 winners and finalists from North America, Europe and Asia of the last three years were eligible for this award. The Red Herring editorial team used a very competitive process to whittle down this pool of 1800 promising companies to the 200 finalists of this first-time award. Evaluations were made on both quantitative and qualitative criteria such as financial performance, innovation, management, global strategy, and ecosystem integration.

"The 200 finalists we selected from around the world are all excellent contenders," said Joel Dreyfuss, Editor-in-Chief of Red Herring. "They are exceptional companies with smart and innovative platforms that attest to the importance of technology in today's global economy."

Berkeley Design Automation has made the final group because of its outstanding achievements, and Red Herring Magazine is honored to announce it is one of the most promising technology firms in the world.

"We are extremely honored to be selected as a finalist for the prestigious Red Herring 100 Global 2007 Awards," said Ravi Subramanian, President and CEO of Berkeley Design Automation. "Along with the strong worldwide adoption of our products, this selection further recognizes our team's success in dramatically changing the face of analog/RF/mixed-signal semiconductor design."

About Berkeley Design Automation

Berkeley Design Automation, Inc. is the recognized leader in advanced analog/RF verification. Its Precision Circuit Analysis technology combines the accuracy, performance, and capacity needed to verify GHz designs in nanometer-scale silicon. Berkeley Design Automation is the recipient of EDN Magazine's 2006 Innovation Award and the 2006 Red Herring 100 North America Award, making it the first analog and RF EDA company to be honored with either exclusive award in five years. Founded in 2003, the company is funded by Woodside Fund, Bessemer Venture Partners, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd., and NTT Corporation. For more information, see http://www.berkeley-da.com.

About Red Herring

Red Herring is a global media company uniting the world's best high technology innovators, venture investors and business decision makers in a variety of forums: a leading innovation magazine; an online daily technology news service; technology research, and major events for technology leaders around the globe. Red Herring provides an insider's access to the global innovation economy, featuring unparalleled insights on the emerging technologies driving the economy. For more information, visit www.redherring.com.

Analog FastSPICE, RF FastSPICE, PLL Noise Analyzer, WaveCrave, and Precision Circuit Analysis are trademarks and Berkeley Design is a registered trademark of Berkeley Design Automation, Inc. HSPICE is a registered trademark of Synopsys Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS). Spectre is a registered trademark of Cadence Design Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:CDNS). Any other trademarks or trade names mentioned are the property of their respective owners.

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