REF: VI/PROMO/CADENCE To THE PRINCIPAL

KIND ATTN.: HOD OF ECE Dear Sir / Madam, SUB: AN INDUSTRY BASED EDA TOOL FOR ACADEMICS LABS - Reg. UG - 6th SEM (EC 2357) VLSI DESIGNING LAB AND PG - M.E VLSI COURSE & M.E. APPLIED ELECTRONICS COURSE Hope you all know that we (Vi Microsystems Pvt. Ltd.,) are a leading manufacturer and supplier of laboratory equipments to all academic institutions in India and Abroad. We have more than 3000 products to cover the syllabi of different universities. For the students benefit every four year the syllabus will be revised by Anna University to add new subject based on Technology development and Industry requirements. Keeping this in mind "Anna University" had revised the syllabus to study about the chip design and manufacturing technology in semi conductor industry.

"CADENCE" is a leading edge EDA tools used in all the Semiconductor industry across the globe . The students having knowledge about this tool will have a bright opportunity to work as a design engineer in any one of semi conductor chip design and manufacturing industry like Intel, AMD, Samsung, ARM etc... as a core engineer. Key Features o Industry Tools - not Academic versions. o To give students edge by raising their level of expertise and thereby differentiate themselves for placements. o Students to participate in the prestigious annual Cadence Design Contest. o Joint Programs - Workshops and technology conferences. o Taught by Industry professional o Matlab Compatible EDA Tool We are glad to inform you that we are a Sole Distributor to sell and support this world class "CADENCE EDA TOOL" in TAMILNADU and KERALA. We will give onsite training to the staffs to familiar in this tool. For any requirements like demo, pre discussion, budgetary quote kindly does feel free to contact us immediately. Thanking you and assuring of our best services always.

Yours faithfully, For Vi Microsystems Pvt. Ltd.,

Authorized Signatory. Encl: List of Academic Users of "CADENCE EDA TOOL" Comparison Chart Budgetary Proposal

List of Academic Users of "CADENCE EDA TOOL"

No 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 Name of the Institute Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Anna University National Institute of Technology Thiagaraja College of engineering Alagappa Chettiar College of Engg.& Tech Savitha Engg College Dhanalakshmi Engg. College Prince Sri Venkateswara Engg. College Prince Dr. K. Vasudevan Engg. College Mohamed Sathak Engg. College Karpaga Vinayagar coll. of Engg Jeppiaar Institute of Tech RMK College of Engg Syed Ammal College of Engg Theni Kammavar College of Engg Nadar Saraswathy College of Engg. Adhi Parasakthi Engg College Vels University SRM university Meenakshi Ammal Engg. College Arulmigu MeenakshiAmmal Engg College Vins Women College of Engg CAPE Institute of Technology Rajas College of Engg James College Engg Indian Engg PET Einstein Engg College FX College of Engg Sivanthi Adithanar College of Engg Tagore Engg college Jerusalem Engg college VRS College of Engg J.N.N College of Engg S.M.K Fomra College of Engg A.R Engg College Pauls Engg College Mohandas College of Engg Place Chennai Chennai Nagaland Madurai Karaikudi Chennai Chennai Chennai Chennai Chennai Chennai Chennai Chennai Ramnad Theni Theni Chennai Chennai Chennai Chennai Chennai Nagercoil Nagercoil Nagercoil Nagercoil Nagercoil Nagercoil Tirunelvely Tirunelvely Thiruchendur Chennai Chennai Villupuram Chennai Chennai Chennai Chennai Trivandrum - Kerala

COMPARISION TABLE - CADENCE vs TANNER

S.No. Feature 1. Four stages of chip development RTL, Net List, Transistor & Layout . #. '. &. Layout to !erilog conversion $ll technology li"rary support Frontend, "ac(end, )FT, Formal verification, Timing verification, *o+er analysis, lo+ po+er and "oard support ,eamless migration from RTL to tape out Cadence

Tanner Only transistor, layout Not possi"le Only %. &um Only "ac(end Need other tool to create netlist Only custom layout Only used "y academic and researchers 4 15 Not sure

50%
Very high and preferred Yes Yes Very High easy easy Yes Very high Very high Easy excellent easy complete Yes Yes yes yes yes yes yes assured Possible

-. 0.

.ustom layout, digital design, hy"rid design, mi/ed signal design 1ndustrial standard for chip design

2. 9

3ar(et share !alue to student for getting placement

1 . 11. 1!. 1&. 1(. 1*. 1+. 1.. 1/. 19. ! . !1. !!. !&. !(. !*. !+. !.. !/. !9. & .

!alue to management to hire tool, conduct value added training, consultancy !alue for management to get sponsored pro6ect !alue for researchers to prepare international papers 3igration to other commercials tool 1ntegration +ith other commercial tools and standards .omplete !L,1 development support seamlessly 7ase of use, learning and support 8orth for money 7ase of learning and usage "y faculty $fter sale support and upgradation *articipation in national international competitions9T1, .adence, 1nnovation, !L,1 )esign .onf, 1ntel etc ,upport for $,1. design 1nternational certification *articipation standard and 1* development Recognition "y industry and international "odies :niversity program supporting internship employment *articipation in conduct of +or(shop "y personnel Funding of innovative pro6ects 1ndustrial readiness acceptance "y different forum :p (eeping +ith industrial developments and trend *roduct and 1* development

No No "er# $ea% Need to 'earn a 'ot "er# )ard No d,--,cu't "er# 'o$ Not su00orted $e'' Not sure d,--,cu't On'# 1ac% end No $ea% Not sure no no Not sure Not sure Not sure Not 0oss,1'e

B2D3ETAR4 PROPOSAL

No. oProduct Descr,0t,on users %2n,vers,t# Bund'e 5&6 Ana'o7 8 D,7,ta' FE 8 BE 5-or 23 Courses6 % *erpetual T#0e o- L,cense *erpetual

Pr,ce ,n Rs. 5Lacs6

7.50 (Approx)

14.00 (Approx)

2n,vers,t# Bund'e 5&6 Con-,7urat,on

2n,vers,t# Bund'e Ana'o7 8 D,7,ta' FE 8 BE 5-or 23 courses9 M.E. "LSI 8 M.E. A00',ed E'ectron,cs6 ;%%%# ;&11& ;& 1% ;&#1% ;-&1 R. %% 7), %% ;- 1% ;% !irtuoso 3ulti9mode ,imulation +ith $* ,imulator !irtuoso<R= ,chematic 7ditor >L !irtuoso<R= $nalog )esign 7nvironment >L !irtuoso<R= Layout ,uite >L 1ncisive 7nterprise ,imulator 9 >L 7ncounter RTL .ompiler9>L 7ncounter )igital 1mplementation ,ystem >L .adence ? *hysical !erification ,ystem )esign Rule .hec(er >L .adence ? *hysical !erification ,ystem Layout vs. ,chematic .hec(er >L !irtuoso @R. 7/traction L

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TERMS 8 CONDITIONS Cadence 2n,vers,t# So-t$are L,cense and Ma,ntenance A7ree:ent 52SLMA6; to "e signed along +ith the *O and sent to us for for+arding to .adence to avoid delay in invoicing and shipment. 8e have attached :,L3$ *)F format here+ith for your reference. <ard$are 8 OS se7:ent; Aour confirmation for the availa"ility of hard+are as per the configuration mentioned in the attachment and Linu/ licensed operating system soft+are should "e given along +ith *O. Pa#:ent Ter:sB 1%%5 in advance along +ith purchase order. Note: TDS not applicable as this is purely a sales transaction. No service tax is charged. T)ree Contacts to 1e 7,ven ,n t)e PO. )irector C*rincipal +ith *hone and 7mail <$t least one email id must contain the college domain name=. DO) +ith *hone and 7mail. *rimary .ontact +ith *hone and 7mail. S),0:entB 7lectronic Licenses <No Dard+are Loc(= and *hysical )eliveries.

L,cense Per,od and Tec)n,ca' Su00ort; *erpetual soft+are licenses are for a period of ;; years and 3aintenance ,ervices <as defined in the :,L3$=, during the first one <1= year only is included in the price. ,u"seEuent years of 3aintenance ,ervices may "e rene+ed at %5 of the total price paid for the perpetual licenses. De',ver#; .adence soft+are +ill operate only in Linu/ & operating system & ,olaris. The configuration for ,erver & .lient machines are listed in our schedule. Therefore +e +ill supply +ithin ' +ee(s from the date of receipt of your confirmation that des(top, server and operating system are installed in your college and on receipt of the follo+ing documents. #=.adence :niversity ,oft+are License and 3aintenance $greement <:,L3$= '=7ducational $ccounts Letter &=Three .ontacts -=.onfirmation of la" 1nfrastructure.<$s per the attachment= 0=Dost 1d of the server <+ith screen shot=, +here the soft+are has to "e installed. st Tec)n,ca' Su00ortB *erpetual license the 3aintenance ,ervices +ill "e availa"le for the 1 year, and for the su"seEuent years you have to issue a *O at the rate of %5 of original invoice value per annum. =uote "a',d,t#B Offer is valid upto one month from the date of the Euotation. Tra,n,n7 8 Insta''at,onB On9site # days "y .adence free of cost. La" 1nfrastructure to "e ready for installation at the college ma/ +ithin months from the date of issue of the *O <unless there is an e/ception reEuest, +hich should "e sent to .adence +ithout any delay=.

:niversities are supposed to post into the +e"site of their colleges a"out the tool usage +hich +ill "e lin(ed into .adence 1ndia :niversity site. - The same has to "e sent +ithin - months from the date of purchase of tools. - This +ould help us connect you to our customers and your students to the opportunities availa"le at .adence. Educat,ona' Accounts LetterB Aour confirmation for the usage of soft+are for educational purposes should "e given along +ith *O <as per the attachment=.

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$ll .adence agreements for license, sale, services, and maintenance are effective only after acceptance "y an authoriFed officer of .adence at its offices in )u"lin, 1reland.

Not+ithstanding anything to the contrary in the :,L3$ "et+een the parties, the licensed soft+are shall "e delivered at your end. .adence shall have the right to select the method of delivery for the products, +hich generally shall "e via electronic means using the .adence e)$ on Tap functionality. *rices Euoted in this proposal apply to products delivered and installed for use in $sia <e/cluding Gapan=. TrainingB .ontact ,ales Representative for detailed information and pricing for on9site and customer site training, "eyond days. )ocumentationB One copy +ill "e provided e/clusively in electronic format +ith the purchase of each soft+are license. ,oft+are License Rehost FeesB .adence soft+are products are licensed for use on a specific hard+are unit and in accordance +ith the :,L3$. The .adence soft+are may only "e rehosted to another hard+are unit if covered "y a current maintenance contract and the rehost fee has "een paid. *lease contact us for pricing information.

.adence also reEuires the payment of incremental price differences for the re9host of e/isting licenses to other geographical regions Hreference appropriate 1nternational

So-t$are L,cense Re)ost Fees9 cont,nued;

The follo+ing guidelines +ill "e used +hen determining ,oft+are License Rehost FeesB <*CN9 TR$&%%= Rehost of a soft+are license<s= from a single hostid to a single hostid +ith compati"le o"6ect code <e.g. rehosting licenses from machine $ to machine I=. ,unO, to ,un ,olaris upgrades are no charge transfers if done on the same hostid.

<*CN 9 TR$1%%%= Rehost of a soft+are license<s= from one or more hostids to multiple hostids +ith compati"le o"6ect code <e.g. rehosting licenses from machine $ and splitting them "et+een machine I and machine .=. ,unO, to ,un ,olaris upgrades are no charge transfers if done on the same hostid.

<*CN 9 TR$ %%%= Rehost of a soft+are license<s= from one or more hostids to one or more hostids +ith non9 compati"le o"6ect code <e.g. ,un to 1I3 +here a ne+ .) set is reEuired=. ,unO, to ,un ,olaris upgrades are no charge transfers if done on the same hosted.

,upport ,ervicesB 3aintenance ,ervices includes ,ource Lin(J .ommunications, "ug fi/es, telephone and critical on9site support.

Tec)n,ca' Su00ort Serv,ces; 3aintenance ,ervices includes :pdates <as defined in the :,L3$= and access to ,ourceLin(J. Su77ested S#ste: Re>u,re:ents and La1 Set-u0 <ard$are Re>u,re:ents O0erat,n7 S#ste: <ard D,s% S0ace M,n,:u: 53B6 ,erverB #% LIN2@ .lientsB #% .lientsB &% .lientsB .lientsB <:pdate 1, , or #= Reco::ended 53B6 ,erverB &% S,?e o- t)e RAM M,n,:u: 53B6 ,erverB Reco::ended 53B6 ,erverB ' Operating ,ystem RD7L9 & So-t$are Re>u,re:ents

$long +ith these, "elo+ mentioned are some other reEuirements that are reEuired for the set9up. 1. Fire+all should "e disa"led on all the client machines and the server. . ,erver as +ell as the client machines should "e assigned a static 1* address and a hostname. #. $ll the client machines should "e a"le to ping the server +ith the 1* address of the server as +ell as the hostname of the server +ith %5 pac(et loss. <*lease use ping command.= '. The client machines should also ping themselves +ith their respective hostname and the 1* address. &. .lient machinesK date and time should "e in proper sync +ith the serverKs. -. $ separate login can "e created for the root and the user in the client machines. 0. Ftp and telnet should "e ena"led. 2. ,erver should have a )!) reader.

Yours faithfully, For Vi Microsystems Pvt. Ltd.,

Authorized Signatory.