Nethra Imaging Adopts PDTi's SaaS Tool for New Multi-Core SoC

VANCOUVER, BC--(Marketwire - June 1, 2009) - PDTi, an innovative provider of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) electronic design automation products, today announced that SpectaReg.com, the industry's first true SaaS hardware/software electronic design automation (EDA) tool, has been successfully adopted by Nethra Imaging, a leading imaging and video solutions company, for the design of their latest multi-core SoC.

"The Nethra SoC is the first production chip to use SpectaReg.com from design start to end and proves our value as a highly effective and reliable tool that will significantly cut development costs and time," said Jeremy Ralph, President of PDTi. "In today's economy, SpectaReg.com offers the ideal cost structure, particularly for small and medium size companies needing to reduce cost, allowing resources to be focused on differentiating core competencies."

"SpectaReg.com can be depended upon to produce consistent, error-free register IP and documentation from a single source even with close to two thousand registers and collaboration between many designers," said Krishnan Iyer, VP of Engineering. "Selecting SpectaReg.com was both a business and technical decision. It was easy to implement it into the SoC design flow and we expect to reap more savings and benefits from it in future designs."

SpectaReg, from PDTi, is an essential web-based register automation tool for software/hardware interface design. SpectaReg's web-browser GUI simplifies engineering workflows cutting development time and costs. Specifications are easily read into the tool and matching hardware logic, hardware verification, firmware, documentation and more are all rapidly auto-generated from a single source. Unlike traditional in-house solutions and competing offerings, SpectaReg is a collaborative web application that easily scales across teams and locations. SpectaReg.com is the industry's first true SaaS register automation tool available online today for evaluation and production. SpectaReg is also available onsite for companies with restrictive SaaS adoption policies. Try it at http://SpectaReg.com.

About PDTi

Productivity Design Tools, Inc. (PDTi) provides innovative electronic design automation products saving time and cutting chip development costs for designers by automating the critical process of hardware/software interface development. PDTi empowers design teams, enabling them to collaborate using a single source for register specifications and auto-generate deliverables for hardware, software, testing and documentation. A pioneer in bringing SaaS to EDA, PDTi products can be deployed onsite or online for all sizes of customers and budgets. For more information on PDTi visit http://Productive-EDA.com and http://SpectaReg.com.

About Nethra Imaging

Nethra Imaging is a fabless semiconductor company focused on delivering imaging and video solutions for a wide range of applications in the broadcast, medical, surveillance and military markets. The company uses proprietary algorithms to build flexible, fully programmable image processors and related products. Located in Santa Clara, California, Nethra is privately held and since its inception in 2003, has developed scalable image processing solutions for a variety of video and multimedia applications. For more information, visit www.nethra.us.com.

Contact Information: For editor contact: Susan Cain Cain Communications 503-538-2747 For reader contact: Jeremy Ralph PDTi 604-739-8534