FREMONT, Calif., December 9, 2009 – Starting today, and extending until March 31, 2010, ClioSoft, Inc., the developer of the premier hardware configuration management system for the electronics design industry, will be giving away licenses to its SOS Starter Edition in exchange for donations to a charity.

SOS Hardware Configuration Management – Starter Edition (se.cliosoft.com), a design management solution perfect for small design teams, streamlines the design process by enhancing communication and facilitating efficient and accurate sharing of design data from concept through tape-out. SOS is integrated seamlessly with Cadence’s Virtuoso® Custom IC, Mentor’s ICstudio, SpringSoft’s Laker™ Custom Layout Automation System and Synopsys’ Galaxy Custom Designer flows. The Starter Edition provides revision control features integrated with any one of these IC design flows and includes ClioSoft’s highly-rated technical support.

For a $100 donation per user per year, paid directly to The Alameda County Community Food Bank (www.accfb.org), with ALL proceeds going to the charity, users will receive:

• A one-year license with the same price guarantee for three years

• World-class, round-the-clock technical support (email, phone, WebEx)

• One introductory live online (WebEx) training session, including Q&A

• Full access to online FAQs and application notes

• Downloads of patches and new releases

Engineers with design teams of 10 users or fewer can click here – se.cliosoft.com – to sign up for this offer and at the same time help the less fortunate. (Note that if the team grows or needs premium features, it is easy to upgrade licenses and instantly access all the additional features without any software installation or data migration.)

About ClioSoft:

ClioSoft is the premier developer of hardware configuration management (HCM) solutions for hardware design. The company's SOS design data collaboration platform is built from the ground up to handle the requirements of hardware design flows. The SOS platform gives design teams the freedom and flexibility to choose the way they work, share and collaborate, enabling efficient management of design data from concept through tape-out and improving global team productivity. Custom engineered adaptors seamlessly integrate SOS with leading design flows – Cadence’s Virtuoso® Custom IC, Synopsys’ Galaxy Custom Designer, Mentor’s ICstudio, and SpringSoft’s Laker™ Custom Layout Automation System. ClioSoft's innovative Universal DM Adaptor technology "future proofs" data management needs by ensuring that data from any flow can be meaningfully managed. For additional information, please see www.cliosoft.com.

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