Intrinsix Named an Authorized Design Center by Tensilica

Santa Clara, CA, October 9, 2000 – Tensilica, Inc., a Santa Clara-based provider of configurable application-specific processor cores and development tools for System-on-Chip (SOC) designs today announced that Intrinsix Corp. has been appointed a Tensilica Authorized Design Center and a charter member of the Tensilica Xtensions™ Network Program.

Design Centers provide essential services to many organizations that are defining and building their leading edge SOC designs today. Through the company’s Authorized Design Center program, a part of the Tensilica Xtensions Network Program, Tensilica ensures that these services will be available to its licensees. Tensilica Authorized Design Center engineering personnel receive extensive training on the Xtensa™ architecture, configuration and software development tools, on-going support and access to technology updates, and direct access to applications engineering.

Tensilica and Intrinsix have recently partnered to support a major developer of Internet Appliances, connectivity products and interactive toys that is creating a series of Xtensa processor powered products. Configurability of the Xtensa processor and third party expertise in SOC design, system software development and integration were critical factors in the selection process.

“Intrinsix is one of the premier design services companies supporting customers with complex multi-million gate SOC designs and companion system software,” stated Bernie Rosenthal, Tensilica’s vice president of marketing and business development. “As a Tensilica Authorized Design Center they will serve a critical role in enabling designers to exploit the full benefits of the configurable Xtensa platform. Our design win with Intrinsix clearly demonstrates this. We are excited to be working with them to assist our customers in meeting their demanding performance and time to market requirements.”

Josh Schissler, vice president of business development at Intrinsix commented, “The Tensilica Xtensa architecture provides a powerful ability for SOC customers to add functionality to their processor to meet the individual application requirements of their designs. Intrinsix as a certified design center will offer Tensilica customers combined hardware / software expertise based on our deep experience in SOC design and verification. This combination will provide the means for some of the most powerful technical solutions to be brought to market in the shortest possible time frame.”

About Intrinsix Corp.

Intrinsix Corp., headquartered in Westboro, Massachusetts, is an independent provider of advanced electronic design services to systems OEMs and semiconductor companies. Intrinsix designs semiconductor devices, as well as the accompanying system-level hardware and software that comprise advanced electronic products. Intrinsix operates 19 design centers throughout the United States and Canada and recently commenced operations in Europe.

About Tensilica

Tensilica was founded in July 1997 to address the fast-growing market for configurable microprocessor cores and software development tools for high volume, embedded systems. Using the company's proprietary Xtensa Processor Generator, system-on-a-chip (SOC) designers can develop a processor subsystem hardware design and a complete software development tool environment tailored to their specific requirements in hours.

Tensilica's solutions provide a proven, easy-to-use, methodology that enables designers to achieve optimum application performance in minimum design time. The Company is engaged in research, development, and customer support from its offices in Santa Clara, California, Waltham, Massachusetts, Princeton, N.J., Houston, Texas, Oxford, U.K. and Yokohama, Japan.

Tensilica is headquartered in Santa Clara, California (95054) at 3255-6 Scott Boulevard, and can be reached at (408) 986-8000 or via www.tensilica.com on the World Wide Web.

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