TriCN Strengthens Relationship With The Logicworks

Sales Firm is Granted Exclusive TriCN Representation in Eastern North America  

SAN FRANCISCO, CA - May 24, 2004 - TriCN, a leading developer of intellectual property (IP) for high-speed semiconductor interface technology, and The LogicWorks, a provider of semiconductor IP solutions, today announced an agreement for the LogicWorks to become the exclusive representative of TriCN on the US Eastern seaboard, and Eastern Canada. This contract follows an initial agreement between the companies that resulted in numerous customer purchases of TriCN interface IP.

"The LogicWorks is a critical component of TriCN's strategy to serve the high-performance interface needs of semiconductor companies throughout the world," said Mark Goldman, VP Sales for TriCN. "The LogicWorks enables TriCN to provide localized service and significant expertise in the delivery of our products, which results in efficient solutions for our semiconductor customers in Eastern North America."

"We are very pleased that TriCN has chosen to name The LogicWorks as their exclusive representative for Eastern North America," said Jon Atwood, founder and President of The LogicWorks. "TriCN's high-performance interface IP is a centerpiece of the solution set of physical intellectual property we provide to our customers. This enhanced partnership between TriCN and The LogicWorks is a testimonial to the effectiveness of our "one-stop-shop" business model for best-in-class semiconductor intellectual property."


About The LogicWorks
The LogicWorks provides semiconductor intellectual property (SIP) and SIP solutions to fabless semiconductor and system companies that design complex systems-on-chip (SoCs). The LogicWorks' SIP solutions are used by leading-edge companies to address the complexity and time to market issues of designing multi-million gate SoCs. We have partnered with the technology leaders in Physical intellectual property and Register Transfer Level intellectual property to offer our customers best-in-class SIP solutions from a single source.

For more information, please visit The Logicworks web site at www.thelogicworks.com.

About TriCN
Founded in 1997, San Francisco, California-based TriCN is a leading developer of high- performance semiconductor interface intellectual property (IP). The company provides a complete portfolio of IP for maximizing data throughput on and off the chip. All products are designed using rigorous signal integrity and timing analysis to ensure first time power-up success. Products include Base I/O libraries for pad-ring creation, high-performance memory and networking interfaces, multi-function I/O's compatible with multiple interface protocols, and multi-gigabit SerDes products. TriCN's customers range from fabless semiconductor to systems companies and independent design manufacturers.