>    Oddly behind the curve, newbie CLK DA is showing its Amber static
>    timing tool.  Yup, static.  It's claim to fame is that they use
>    multi-core, multi-processor compute platforms making it uber fast.
>    They also claim to be within 1% of PrimeTime and their SI flavor
>    is within 3% of SPICE.  (booth 5671)  Ask for Isadore Katz.
>
>        - from http://www.deepchip.com/gadfly/gad060107.html#19


From: Isadore Katz <is=user domain=clkda not calm>

John,

Give me a break!

What is it that EE Times, Gary Smith, EDN and Enews get that you don't.  If
there is anyone "behind the curve" on this one, it may be you.

CLK DA Amber the only timing and signal integrity solution that has a chance
of scaling with the next generation of designs.  Threading and incremental
is the future.  Catch up, Cooley.

    - Isadore Katz
      CLK Design Automation                      Littleton, MA

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From: George Chandler <george=user domain=shearwater not calm>

Hi John,

Of the three DAC "must-see" lists (yours, Gary Smith's list, and that from
Richard Goering), I was especially disappointed in Richard's list.

By Goering's own admission, he says his was list based only on the recently
published announcements he covered for the last 30 days in EE Times.  Now,
where is the "research" in that?  The names of the companies that are going
to be at DAC are published very early.  How hard is it for Richard to pick
up the phone or drop an email to do some actual investigation?

It appears that Gary's list and your list at least have some reasoning
behind them.  I am disappointed that we didn't end up on your list and wish
all of the pundits would look closer at the "old school" companies like
ours.  The Shearwater Group is a "channels company" representing Pinebush
Technologies' HyperX, HyperPlot, and HyperVibe, as well as Saratoga Data's
Flume technology (a drop-in replacement for FTP and rsync, but up to 100x
faster in data transmission time).

I invite you and Gary to stop by our booth and learn what you missed.

    - George Chandler
      The Shearwater Group, Inc.                 DAC Booth 4863