Accent Emphasizes Greater Design Chain Productivity with Semiconductor Data Management Solution from ENOVIA MatrixOne

Dassault Systemes (DS)(Nasdaq:DASTY) (Euronext Paris: #13065)(Paris:DSY), a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management(PLM) solutions, today announced that Accent has expanded itsimplementation of ENOVIA MatrixOne's Synchronicity line of solutions.Accent, one of Europe's leading and largest electronics design housesand an early adopter of the Synchronicity(R) Developer Suite(TM), willnow leverage MatrixOne's Synchronicity Publisher Suite(R) with IPGear(TM) to manage its intellectual property (IP) portfolio for bothinternal and external use with partners and customers.

As a leading supplier of complex SoC ICs, Accent engineers work onseveral projects concurrently across design centers and customers'locations. The company has now expanded its implementation ofSynchronicity DesignSync(R) to enhance collaborative data designmanagement. Accent has adopted ProjectSync as its collaborative toolfor tracking issues, design requirements and specifications across itsglobal locations. In addition, ProjectSync will be deployed as part ofthe collaborative tool suite that Accent is providing to its customersto enable a concurrent engineering design environment.

"Today's complex SoC designs require the availability of anefficient collaborative workgroup design environment enablingconcurrent engineering approaches. Accent's design infrastructure,based upon state-of-the-art EDA tools and a grid computing serverfarm, is complemented by ENOVIA MatrixOne solutions includingDesignSync, ProjectSync and HCM," said Paolo Mancini, VP and chiefinformation officer for Accent. "The only way to reach theproductivity made necessary by today's time-to-market challenges is toreuse and leverage existing IPs and design modules using a proprietarydesign platform. In this respect IP Gear plays a fundamental rolebeing the foundation of Accent design-for-reuse platforms."

In order to pool its SoC IP, Accent turned to SynchronicityDeveloper Suite to allow its project teams to safely share designdata. Now, the organization will use Publisher Suite to build a designreuse system to be stored in a customized IP catalog. Engineerproductivity is expected to increase as they are able to easily searchfor, learn about, evaluate, acquire and get support on suitableexisting design blocks for their projects.

"Accent, like many other leading semiconductor manufacturers, hasworked successfully with ENOVIA MatrixOne to get more out of itsexisting IP assets," said Patricia Megowan, vice president, globalelectronics for ENOVIA MatrixOne. "With a secure solution that enablesnew collaborative business models and design reuse, Accent isimproving cycle time while reducing costs."

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About Accent

Accent Srl is a leading electronics design house that helpscustomers worldwide to realize their new product ideas and concepts aswell as further innovate existing products through the development ofdedicated ICs (integrated circuits) and complex, high performance SoCs(systems-on-chip). Accent works closely with IDMs, OEMs and fablesscompanies alike as well as increasingly with non-electronics companiesthat need access to electronics expertise as part of their productinnovation processes. Accent can provide a turnkey design service fromconcept and architecture definition through to design implementationand prototyping as well as assist customers' own design teams withexperienced design engineers at every stage of the development flow.Accent can also manage the whole electronics supply chain includingaccess to the major foundries for small-to-medium volumes silicon witha COT (customer-owned tooling) approach through its Highway to Siliconprogramme. Accent operates through offices and representatives inGermany, Israel, Nordic, Italy, the UK and the USA. For moreinformation about Accent, please visit www.accent.it, call +39 039629011 or email info@accent.it

About ENOVIA MatrixOne

MatrixOne, Inc. was acquired by Paris-based Dassault Systemes inMay, 2006 and today is part of its ENOVIA PLM CollaborativeEnvironment family of solutions. The ENOVIA MatrixOne solutions enablecompanies to accelerate product innovation to achieve top line revenuegrowth and improve bottom line profitability. ENOVIA MatrixOne isfocused on helping companies across the automotive, aerospace &defense, consumer, machinery, medical device, semiconductor andhigh-tech industries solve their most challenging new productdevelopment and introduction problems. More than 850 companies useENOVIA MatrixOne solutions to drive business value and gain acompetitive advantage, including industry leaders such as BAE Systems,Bosch, Comau, General Electric, Honda, Johnson Controls, Linde AG,NCR, New Balance, Nokia, Philips, Porsche, Procter & Gamble, REI, SonyEricsson, STMicroelectronics and Toshiba. ENOVIA MatrixOne(www.matrixone.com) is headquartered in Westford, Massachusetts, withlocations throughout North America, Europe and Asia-Pacific.

About Dassault Systemes

As a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)solutions, the Dassault Systemes group brings value to more than90,000 customers in 80 countries. A pioneer in the 3D software marketsince 1981, Dassault Systemes develops and markets PLM applicationsoftware and services that support industrial processes and provide a3D vision of the entire lifecycle of products from conception tomaintenance. The Dassault Systemes portfolio consists of CATIA fordesigning the virtual product - SolidWorks for 3D mechanical design -DELMIA for virtual production - SIMULIA for virtual testing and ENOVIAfor global collaborative lifecycle management, including ENOVIA VPLM,ENOVIA MatrixOne and ENOVIA SmarTeam. Dassault Systemes is listed onthe Nasdaq (DASTY) and Euronext Paris (#13065, DSY.PA) stockexchanges. For more information, visit http://www.3ds.com.

CATIA, DELMIA, ENOVIA, SIMULIA and SolidWorks are registeredtrademarks of Dassault Systemes or its subsidiaries in the US and/orother countries.