hd Lab Becomes Tensilica Authorized Design Center

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – August 28, 2007 – Tensilica, Inc. today announced that hd Lab, Inc., has become an authorized Tensilica design center, supporting customers of both the Xtensa configurable processors and the Diamond Standard processor cores. Headquartered in Yokohama, Japan, hd Lab also has an office in Palo Alto, CA, and supports a number of multinational electronics companies.

hd Lab has expertise in three major digital design areas. First, their engineers understand and fully utilize leading edge EDA (electronic design automation) tools such as: system-level design tools, HDL (hardware description language) tools, and synthesis tools. Second, their engineers have thorough circuit application and system design knowledge. And third, they specialize in comprehensive and well thought out design methodology.

“Tensilica’s Xtensa configurable processor generator is an incredible design productivity tool,” Yoshifumi Nagano, president & CEO of hd Lab. “By adding specialized instructions to an Xtensa processor, designers can avoid the need to develop custom hardware accelerators, which take longer to design and are subject to lengthy and costly verification cycles.”

“hd Lab has an excellent reputation among major electronics companies for providing first-quality design services and we’re happy to add them to Tensilica’s expanding list of authorized design center partners,” stated Steve Roddy, Tensilica’s vice president of Marketing and Business Development.

In addition to providing design services, hd Lab will also provide in-depth training on Tensilica’s configurable processor technology.

About hd Lab, Inc.

hd Lab, Inc. was founded in April 1996 with the mission to become the leading solution provider of complex digital design for the electronic industry. Since its inception, hd Lab has focused on developing comprehensive services and products. The company has maintained strong expertise area in the HDL (hardware description language) design phase of ASIC (application specific integrated circuit) and IC (integrated circuit) design. The company is based in Shin-Yokohama, Japan and has been serving customers in both Japan and the United States.

About Tensilica

Tensilica, Inc. is the recognized leader in configurable processor technology and has leveraged that technology to become the leading supplier of licensable controllers and DSP cores for mobile audio and video applications. Tensilica offers the broadest line of controller, CPU, network, and specialty DSP processors in the market today – including full software tool-chain and modeling support - in both, an off-the-shelf format via the Diamond Standard Series cores and with full designer configurability with the Xtensa processor family. The modern design behind all of Tensilica’s processor cores provides semiconductor companies and system OEMs with the lowest power, smallest area solutions for high-volume products including mobile phones and other consumer electronics, networking and telecommunications equipment, and computer peripherals. For more information on Tensilica’s patented, benchmark-proven processors, visit www.tensilica.com