The ArmTech-2009 Congress is to be held at the Fairmont hotel, San Jose, California, USA.

At a meeting in the RA Embassy in Armenia, Rich Goldmance, Vice- President of Corporate Marketing and Strategic Alliances for Synopsys and CEO of Synopsys Armenia, reported that the congress will be held under the auspices of RA Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan, with the participation of the world’s leading IT experts, U.S. Congressmen, and a representative Armenian delegation. The conference is supposed to “build a bridge” between Armenia the Silicon Valley, Goldman said.

He told the guests about the company’s work in Armenia. Goldman pointed out Armenia’s most serious potential in the field of microelectronics. He reported that 300 IT companies are operating in Armenia now. Synopsys Armenia has employed 400 engineers, and Armenia’s leading technical higher schools supply specialists to the company.