Chouki Aktouf is Founder & CEO of Defacto Technologies and Co-Founder of Innova Advanced Technologies. Prior to founding Defacto in 2003, Dr. Aktouf was an associate professor of Computer Science at the University of Grenoble – France and leader of a dependability research group. He holds a PhD in Electric Engineering from Grenoble University.
Tell us a little bit about yourself and your company.
As a startup with a unique software offer to manage design flow and more generally design resources (EDA tools, computing servers, IP cores, etc.) Innova’s PDM tool help predict, manage and report design resources by targeting not only cost but also eco-design compliance.
What was the most exciting high point of 2024 for your company?
Innova confirmed its unique methodology how procurement and design teams can benefit from its PDM software to predict EDA tools licenses and computing servers for new projects and also how to track and optimize the design resource access by users.
What was the biggest challenge your company faced in 2024?
In 2024, the challenge for the startup was to convince first users that Innova is a real alternative to old and traditional tools for design flow management with much higher possibilities including customization and a much lower cost.
How is your company’s work addressing this biggest challenge?
We work closely with leading R&D teams in France and in Europe to help solving technical challenges.
What do you think the biggest growth area for 2025 will be, and why?
We believe AI-based EDA will be the main topic for the coming year
How is your company’s work addressing this growth?
The company has engaged since several years with best Research labs in Europe to work closely on advanced AI-based technologies for EDA.
What conferences did you attend in 2024 and how was the traffic?
We were a key sponsor of DSD/Euromicro in Paris in August in 2024.
We were invited in the booth of Defacto Technologies at DAC this year. We were happy to be able to present our technology and the traffic was really good. Also, we exhibited at DSD/Euromicro in Paris in August where we presented our new methodology around eco-design and sustainability analysis. This is a small conference compared to DAC but it was fairly good.
Will you attend conferences in 2025? Same or more?
Of course, since we are based in Grenoble, we’ll be attending DATE. Defacto renewed its invitation to have us on their booth so we will be present at DAC also in 2025.
How do customers engage with your company?
The best way is to contact us through our website (https://www.innova-advancedtech.com/formulaire-de-contact).The we have an evaluation package that can be sent anytime. The installation is fast and we use to provide a close support from our AE to optimize the use of our solution and enable the users see the benefits we can bring.
Also Read:
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Innova at the 2024 Design Automation Conference
INNOVA PDM, a New Era for Planning and Tracking Chip Design Resources is Born
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