Blaze DFM becomes SoftJin customer

SANTA CLARA, USA & BANGALORE, INDIA: SoftJin, a customized EDA tool development company, recently announced that Blaze DFM, the electrical design for manufacturing (DFM) company, had joined SoftJin's growing list of customers for custom EDA software components.

SoftJin's software component development and licensing business model has proved crucial for bringing quality DFM software to market faster. Its offerings used by Blaze include the Bi-directional OpenAccess to OASIS Translator and custom verification package for validation of key software 

modules of Blaze's products.

Nachiket Urdhwareshe, CEO of SoftJin, said: "Our customized EDA tools model using a combination of custom tool development and re-usable software components have been accepted as the way to go by several semiconductor and EDA companies. Blaze DFM is among the leading EDA  technology companies, who understand the value of adding quality and proven components to their software, so they can commercialize products faster and focus on their core expertise."

Dr. Steffen Rochel, vice-president of engineering at Blaze, added: "Speed is of the essence to us. As a startup, Blaze's existence depends on our ability to deliver high-value products to our customers on a timely basis. Wherever possible, we leverage existing technology and infrastructure. That is what drove our selection of the OpenAccess database and our licensing of EDA software components from SoftJin. This approach enabled us to deliver our first product, Blaze MO leakage power optimization software, in less than 18 months"