Synopsys’ Optical Solutions Group, formerly Optical Research Associates (ORA®), is one of the world’s leading developers of optical design and analysis tools, with CODE V® imaging design software and LightTools® illumination design software. The group is also an independent supplier of optical systems design services, with more than 4,800 completed projects in imaging, illumination and optical systems engineering. Since its worldwide introduction in 1975, CODE V has been instrumental in the development of highly advanced optical systems, sometimes with profound effects on business and culture. It has been used in the development of revolutionary applications such as the compact disk. CODE V algorithms are a key and dominant technology in the design of the microlithographic lenses that permit the imaging of ultra-fine lines on computer chips—a necessary ingredient in the continuing improvement of computer speeds