Quickturn Design Systems

Quickturn Design Systems, Inc. is a provider of complex computer systems that emulate the performance and operation of computer chips and electronic systems. The Company's products are used to verify that the customers' computer chips and electronic systems perform in accordance with their desired specifications. The Company also provides its SpeedSim brand of simulation software products that enable engineers to simulate the performance and operation of individual computer chips early in the design process in order to verify that each chip performs in accordance with its desired specifications. It is also a provider of engineering services that enable designers of electronic systems and complex computer chips to reduce the time it takes from designing a product to marketing it. The Company's principal design verification products include the System Realizer, Mercury Design Verification System and CoBALT.