The history of TRIAS Mikroelektronik GmbH is: 1989 Foundation of TRIAS based on a representative agreement with MIETEC, later Alcatel Microelectronics (a European semiconductor supplier for mixed signal, analoge/digital ASIC for automotive-, telecom- and industrial-applications). The sales territory that has been assigned to TRIAS has systematically been expanded with high volume ASIC projects like : Diagnostics Interface IC according to DIN-ISO 9141 CAN Bus Transceiver according to DIN-ISO 11898 ( both for Trucks) Controller IC for central locking systems in cars An Anti-Skid Controller IC and others 1990 Alcatel Microelectronics offers its first Telecom ASSP (Application Specific Standard Product) [ISDN Devices] to the market. TRIAS wins the first project for the ISDN-NT single chip solution. 1992 TRIAS founds the business unit “CAE/EDA Software tools”. It starts with the distribution of the ISDATA product LOG/iC (a PLD/CPLD and FPGA compiler). Start of the business unit “Universal Programming Equipment”. TRIAS is assigned as the Distributor of SMS (Manufacturer of the SPRINT Programmers), today called DATA I/O. 1993 TRIAS expands the services in the ASIC business unit with offering ASIC Design Services through FS Chip Design (FS), today ATMEL Duisburg. For FS TRIAS builds-up the market for High Frequency Devices in the range of 433MHz to 2,4GHz. 1994 Distribution contract with the French EDA Vendor IST, (VHDL/Verilog Synthesis for ASIC and FPGA) 1995 TRIAS becomes the exclusive Representative for FrontLine Designautomation (USA) for Central Europe (EDA Vendor of Verilog Simulators). 1996 MINC (the American Vendor of PLD/CPLD Development Tools) takes over IST and concludes a new distribution agreement with TRIAS. Design Acceleration <DAI> (the US EDA expert for Verilog Verification Tools) announces TRIAS as their exclusive Representative for Germany, Austria and Switzerland, today Cadence. Chip Express (the US based Gate Array Vendor) expands the ASIC product lines of TRIAS with an exclusive representative agreement for Central Europe. 1997 Chip Express gives the Award 1997 to TRIAS as the most successful Representative in Europe. Summit (the American EDA Vendor for high level graphical design entry and verification systems for ASIC and FPGA development) announces TRIAS as their German distributor. 1998 Chip Express gives the Award 1998 to TRIAS as the most successful Representative in Europe. SynTest (the American EDA vendor for Design-for-Test solutions with ATPG tools and Fault simulators) and TRIAS close a representative contract. 1999 Chip Express gives the Award 1999 to TRIAS as the most successful Representative in Europe. TRIAS reorganizes the business unit “EDA Solutions” and becomes the authorized distribution partner of Mentor Graphics, one of the largest EDA Vendor in the world. Further TRIAS expands the EDA unit by signing a distribution contract with TransEDA (the American EDA Vendor of VHDL/Verilog Design Analysis and Verification Tools). 2000 Chip Express gives the Award 2000 to TRIAS as the most successful Representative in Europe. TRIAS founds the Chip Alliance (A Network of ASIC Design Center in Europe). The design capacity covers more than 100 ASIC designers. 2001 Chip Express gives the Award 2001 to TRIAS as the most successful Representative in Europe. An ASIC Design Center in Taiwan becomes a member of the Chip Alliance, our important interface to the world’s largest silicon foundry company TSMC. The long term relation with Alcatel microelectronics (now one part is owned by AMIS, the other by ST microelectronics) is terminated out of strategic reasons by Dec. 31st, 2001. 2002 Chip Express gives the Award 2002 to TRIAS as the most successful Representative in Europe. austriamicrosystems AG (Semiconductor manufacturer for integrated mixed signal ASIC/ASSP solutions.) announces TRIAS as their Representative for Automotive customers in Central Europe. The Chip Alliance wins more members located in Germany, France and South Africa and increases the design capacity to more than 300 ASIC/HW/SW Designers. Mentor Graphics announces TRIAS as their sole distributor in Germany for all HDL EDA products. TRIAS and the US company AccelChip, the leading provider of high-level compiler tools for DSP design (MATLAB in RTL out) sign the International Distribution Agreement for Central Europe. 2003 The Chip Alliance wins an additional member located in Spain with excellent IC design experiences in RF and Analogue applications. TRIAS becomes the Representative/Distributor of Europe Technologies (ET) for Germany, Austria and Switzerland. ET is a fables company offering ARM based System-on-Chip products (ASSP & ASIC). TRIAS and NeuriCAM, the intelligent optical sensor company (Smart Cameras and Intelligent Vision Chips) sign a Distribution and Representative Agreement for Central Europe. Atrenta, the Predictive Analysis EDA Company, announces TRIAS as their exclusive Representative in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. AMO and TRIAS sign a Representative agreement for Central Europe for ASIC Emulation and Rapid Prototyping systems. austriamicrosystems AG expands the agreement with TRIAS. TRIAS becomes the Distributor for all ASSPs and the Representative for all business units (Automotive, Communications, Industrial and Foundry Services).   2004 TRIAS becomes an authorized Distributor for the ASIC Prototyping System Solutions from HARDI. Impulse announces TRIAS as their exclusive Distributor in Germany, Austria and Switzerland for Co Developer an ANSI C-to-RTL-to-FPGA compiler.   2005 Auspy, a leading EDA company for FPGA automatic partition, announces TRIAS as their Distributor for Europe. Temento Systemsis an innovative provider for Test, Debug and Verify solutions for FPGA, System-on-Chip (SoC), Board and Hardware Platform. TRIAS becomes the Distributor of Temento for Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Poland and Romania with a strong focus on FPGA- and SoC Debug. TRIAS and ClioSoft a leading provider of design data management solutions for the electronics design industries, signed a Distribution Agreement for Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Poland and Romania