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10 December 2007

Product News

Virage Logic and Marketech International Corporation (MIC) Partner to Provide Silicon Aware Intellectual Property (IP) to Rapidly Growing China, Singapore, and Taiwan Markets

Virage Logic Corporation and Taiwan-based technology service provider MIC announced a partnership agreement to service the needs of the growing SoC design community in China, Singapore, and Taiwan. Under the terms of the agreement, MIC is establishing a new division dedicated to providing IP solutions to the region's design community. Virage Logic's Silicon Aware IP offering will enable MIC to offer a silicon-proven portfolio of semiconductor IP.

"We are very pleased to add Virage Logic's silicon-proven advanced IP solutions to our product portfolio," said Mr. Scott Lin, president of MIC. "We see this partnership with Virage Logic as an opportunity to work with a highly reputable industry pioneer to offer a much-needed IP solution for SoC designers in China, Singapore, and Taiwan. We believe our customers will greatly value our new offering."

"With the semiconductor industry's rapid growth in China, Singapore, and Taiwan the region is experiencing an escalating need for a trusted IP supplier," said Pete Rodriguez, chief marketing officer for Virage Logic. "We are eager to partner with MIC and fill that void, supplying Silicon Aware IP solutions to help the region's SoC design community increase yields and maximize profitability. As the semiconductor industry's trusted IP partner, Virage Logic's silicon-proven, fully characterized IP solutions are used by more than 300 global customers."

About Silicon Aware IP

To help SoC designers address the complex predictability and manufacturability challenges at advanced process nodes, in 2005 Virage Logic pioneered a new class of semiconductor IP called Silicon Aware IP. The company's Silicon Aware IP offering (embedded memories, logic libraries and I/Os) includes silicon behavior knowledge for increased predictability and manufacturability. This intelligence includes hardware implementations for optimal yield in the design phase and extends to include test, repair, and diagnostics for manufacturability. Because Silicon Aware IP understands the behavior of silicon and is able to address post-silicon issues, it is key in helping designers maximize yield, lower test escapes, increase reliability, speed time-to-volume and improve overall manufacturability.

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