Get2Chip Joins Virtual Silicon's EDA Ambassador Program

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 24, 2001--Get2Chip Inc., the electronic design automation (EDA) supplier of system-on-chip (SOC) synthesis, today became a member of the EDA Ambassador Program sponsored by Virtual Silicon Technology, Inc. The move was designed to enable integration between Virtual Silicon's broad line of SoC IP and Get2Chip's VOLARE(TM) SOC synthesis design flow.

Current design implementation methodologies that target the electronic system level (ESL) ignore the physical world until late in the design cycle. Get2Chip's VOLARE considers physical implementation issues during the creation of a new architecture, while Virtual Silicon provides intellectual property (IP) components.

``Virtual Silicon provides IP components for complex SOC designs and readily supports the efforts of innovative tool providers,'' stated Taylor Scanlon, president and CEO of Virtual Silicon. ``We are pleased to partner with Get2Chip and their customers in simplifying the difficult task of SOC design through higher levels of abstraction.''

``Today's designers must consider physical effects early in the design process for best results on critical timing and die size,'' adds Bernd U. Braune, Get2Chip's president and CEO. ``Working with Virtual Silicon to connect to our SOC synthesis will make designing chips more practical and tape outs more predictable.''

About Get2Chip

Get2Chip, Inc., was launched in early 2000 by semiconductor veterans and chip design tool experts from LSI Logic, VLSI Technology, Synopsys (Nasdaq: SNPS) and Mentor Graphics Corporation (Nasdaq: MENT - ). Its breakthrough front-end tool suite, VOLARE(TM), provides fully integrated, multi-level synthesis that offers the flexibility to do chip design at the architectural, register transfer (RTL) or gate level. VOLARE has been developed for complex SOC designs in ultra-deep submicron silicon technology, targeted toward networking and telecommunications, wireless communications and multimedia applications. Its TOPOMO(TM)integrates and automates block partitioning, block placement, global routing and synthesis into one front-end integrated circuit (IC) design tool. Get2Chip is privately held and has development centers in San Jose, Calif., and Munich, Germany. Corporate headquarters: 2107 North First Street, Suite 350, San Jose, Calif. 95131. Telephone: (408) 501-9600. Facsimile: (408) 501-9610. Email: info@get2chip.com. Web Site: http://www.get2chip.com.

Get2Chip and VOLARE are trademarks of Get2Chip. Get2Chip and Virtual Silicon acknowledge trademarks or registered trademarks of other organizations for their respective products and services.

Contact:
     Nanette Collins
     Public Relations for Get2Chip
     (617) 437-1822
     nanette@nvc.com
      or
     Jim Lochmiller
     Public Relations for Get2Chip
     (541) 552-0616
     lochpr@yahoo.com