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Azuro Expands Into Japanese Consumer
Market
Leading Japanese EDA distributor
KeyBridge Inc. to Provide Sales Support for Azuro
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA– January 24, 2006 – Azuro, Inc. a
provider of innovative electronic design automation (EDA)
tools that significantly reduce the power consumption of
digital semiconductor chips, today announced that it has
selected KeyBridge, Inc. to provide sales support in Japan.
KeyBridge is widely recognized as a leading Japanese
distributor for EDA products with a reputation for building
strong customer relationships and delivering compelling new
EDA tools to the Japanese market.
“The Japanese consumer is leading the technology curve in
many wireless and handheld device markets, " said Barb Acosta,
vice president sales and business development at Azuro. “Power
budgets have become a critical concern for wireless chip
design teams, and we are seeing significant interest in our
PowerCentric™ solution in Japan. Azuro and KeyBridge share a
united vision of building strong, long lasting customer
relationships and providing dedicated local technical support
in Japan.”
“We are very pleased to be partnering with Azuro,” said
Masahiro Ishihara, president and chief executive officer of
KeyBridge. “KeyBridge has established strong relations with
customers in the wireless and consumer markets where we see a
significant need for new low power design solutions. The
introduction of Azuro’s PowerCentric design tool is well timed
to meet the evolving power requirements of the thriving
Japanese IC market.”
Launched in May 2005, PowerCentric is a complete solution
for the implementation of low power clock networks that
significantly reduces digital switching power above and beyond
existing low power industry design solutions. Azuro’s
customers can translate this power saving advantage directly
into enhanced functionality, talk time or play time on their
devices.
About Azuro
Azuro, Inc. is a
provider of innovative software solutions that significantly
reduce the power consumption of next-generation wireless
devices. Founded in 2002, the privately held company is
headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., with a development
center in Cambridge, UK. For further information, visit
www.azuro.com or call (650) 237-3500.
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Azuro, PowerCentric, and the Azuro logo are
either trademarks or registered trademarks of Azuro, Inc. All
other trademarks are the property of their respective
owners.
Contacts:
Azuro – Jennifer Bilsey, (650)
237-3505, jen@azuro.com
Cayenne Communication – Michelle
Clancy, (252) 940-0981, michelle.clancy@cayennecom.com
KeyBridge – Masahiro Ishihara,
+81-3-5304-2591, ishihara@keybridge.co.jp
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