Blue Pearl Software Expands Japanese Presence with NeXtreamPartnership

Visual Verification Suite Now Available in Japan from both NeXtream and FUJISOFT Inc.

SANTA CLARA, California – March23, 2018 – Blue Pearl Software, Inc. a leading provider of design automation software for ASIC, FPGA and IP RTL verification, today announced it has entered into an agreement with NeXtream of YokohamaJapan, to provide RTL verification solutions including the next generation Visual Verification Suite in the Japanese market.

“NeXtream is focused on introducing new, innovative technologies and solutions that provide value, accelerate development and reduce customer risk. The Visual Verification Suite from Blue Pearl delivers high reliability RTL and we are delighted to represent the tool suite.” said Tsunemori Kawahara, president and chief executive officer of NeXtream.

Blue Pearl Software customers are RTL managers and developers, in consumer, communications, military, aerospace and safety critical design companies, who wish to avoid costly and time-consuming design spins due to simulation versus hardware mismatches, invalid timing constraints and clocking issues that can cause metastability issues. The Visual Verification Suite complements RTL simulation solutions with an integrated, easy-to-use, lint, debug, clock and clock domain crossing environment which delivers the fastest bug find / fix rate in the industry, and isavailable on both Windows and Linux operating systems.

“This partnership highlights Blue Pearl’s continued growth and commitment to the Japan market.” Said Ellis Smith, Chairman and Chief Executive Office, Blue Pearl Software. “Now our customers can work closely with NeXtream or FUJISOFT depending their specific needs.”

About Blue Pearl Software

Blue Pearl Software, Inc. is a provider of DO-254 compliant design automation software for ASIC, FPGA and IP RTL verification. Our customers are RTL managers and developers, in military, aerospace, semiconductor, medical, communications and safety critical design companies, who wish to avoid costly and time-consuming design spins due to simulation / HW mismatches, invalid constraints and clocking issues. To learn more about Blue Pearl visit www.bluepearlsoftware.com

About NeXtream

NeXtream Corporation provides value added reselling and support services for a number of companies around the world. Partnering with electronic semiconductor and systems companies in Japan, NeXtream leverages many years’ experience of cooperation with these engineering organizations. The company is focused on introducing new, innovative technologies and solutions in the Electronic Design Automation (EDA) and Electronic Intellectual Property industries. NeXtream is located in Kanagawa, Yokohama, Japan. Website: www.nextream.bz, Email: kawaharainfo@nextream.bz.

Press Contact:

Jenn Treiber, Blue Pearl Software, +1- 408.961.0121, x341

jenn.treiber@bluepearlsoftware.com