Design And Reuse adds Actel to its IP web portal

GRENOBLE, France, July 29, 2002 – Design and Reuse (D&R) today announced that Actel Corporation (Nasdaq:  ACTL), a supplier of innovative programmable logic solutions, has joined D&R's IP Provider Partner Program, a web-based semiconductor intellectual property (SIP) directory.  Actel has added over 30 intellectual property cores to D&R's online IP portfolio, extending Actel's reach to the global FPGA design community.

"We are very excited about being listed on the D&R SIP web portal," stated Yankin Tanurhan, Senior Director of Actel's IP Solutions Group.  "The Design and Reuse listing will help FPGA designers, who are burdened with challenging - time-to-market goals, easily examine our library of IP cores and quickly integrate them into their design."

"D&R is committed to expanding its offerings and services to companies worldwide," said Gabriele Saucier, chairman of the board of Design & Reuse.  "We are pleased that Actel, a leading FPGA solution provider, has joined D&R's growing roster of silicon providers, IP vendors and IP integrators.  This step emphasizes our mutual goal to help companies and designers develop products quickly and efficiently."

On the Design and Reuse site (http://www.design-reuse.com/), Actel's customers will have the ability to search for and access IP cores.  A detailed description of each Actel-optimized core is provided and links are also available to Actel's web site so customers can immediately obtain more detailed information about Actel FPGA devices and IP cores.

About Design and Reuse
Design And Reuse is the leading web portal for IP and SoC exchange, and the first worldwide provider of intranet/internet XML based IP reuse and IP supply chain for SoC design software called IP/SoC Manager Series™. Founded in September 1997 in Grenoble of France, D&R now has operations extended to Europe, North America and Asia. For more information on Design And Reuse, please visit the website at < www.design-reuse.com > or send an email to info@design-reuse.com. Telephone (headquarters): + 33 476 70 64 87, Fax : +33 476 70 64 53.

About Actel
Actel Corporation is a supplier of innovative programmable logic solutions, including field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) based on antifuse and flash technologies, high-performance intellectual property (IP) cores, software development tools and design services targeted for the high-speed communications, application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) replacement and radiation-tolerant markets.  Founded in 1985, Actel employs approximately 500 people worldwide.  The Company is traded on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol ACTL and is headquartered at 955 East Arques Avenue, Sunnyvale, Calif., 94086-4533, USA.  Telephone:  888-99-ACTEL (992-2835).  Internet:  http://www.actel.com .

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