Atrenta Collaborates With Sonics and Denali on a 1Team®-Genesis Reference Flow to Accelerate SoC Assembly

Reference Flow Aims to Create a Healthy Eco-System of "Ready to Integrate" IPs
Through Atrenta SpyLinks™ Program
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(Business Wire)--
Atrenta Inc., the leading provider of Early Design Closure® solutions to
radically improve design efficiency throughout the IC design flow, today
announced a collaboration with Sonics, Inc., and Denali Software, Inc., to build
a reference flow based on Atrenta`s 1Team®-Genesis automated chip assembly
product. The flow will facilitate a healthy eco-system of semiconductor
intellectual property (IP) that is qualified and ready to use in automated
system-on-chip (SoC) assembly.

The collaboration, launched under Atrenta`s SpyLinks™ partner program, enables
IP suppliers to ensure seamless integration of their IP portfolio into the
1Team-Genesis automated chip assembly and feasibility analysis solution. The
result of this collaboration is a reference flow that defines the interfaces to
the supplier`s IP generators, pre-qualifies their IP-XACT™ models and ensures
that the generated RTL is "SpyGlass® clean."

Atrenta plans to expand the collaboration to a broad set of IP suppliers to help
create a healthy eco-system of ready-to-integrate IP. This program is open to
all IP suppliers, both commercial and captive, including providers of bus
fabrics, processors, DSPs, interface IPs, memories, controllers, and any other
IP relevant to SoC design.

"The efficiency and time-to-market benefits of platform-based design and rapid
chip assembly are significant," said Piyush Sancheti, senior director of
business development at Atrenta. "With 1Team-Genesis, we have built a
best-in-class chip assembly and feasibility analysis solution. This
collaboration with our SpyLinks IP partners is an important step toward making
SoC design truly 'plug-and-play' for our customers, thus preventing chip
integration woes."

"Sonics` value is allowing our customers to add any IP, from any source at any
time," said Jack Browne, senior vice president of marketing and sales at Sonics,
Inc. "Our on-chip-network IP must be highly configurable as customers integrate
50 or more IP blocks from multiple sources into a single SoC. Sonics is pleased
to be working with Atrenta`s 1Team-Genesis to provide an SoC assembly platform
that makes it easy for the SoC developer to configure the on-chip-network for
connectivity of all the components in the system. This collaboration will
provide a significant productivity boost for chip architects."

"Memory access speed is a critical design consideration for most chips today.
Our Databahn™
DRAM controller is widely used in the industry for an optimal interface
between the IC and DRAM devices," said Marc Greenberg, director, technical
marketing at Denali Software, Inc. "Databahn is fully configurable for
performance, power, and port arbitration. This collaboration with Atrenta makes
it possible for SoC architects to explore feasibility of their architecture and
then dial-in the parameters and generate an appropriate Databahn configuration.
This is powerful stuff."

Atrenta, Sonics, and Denali will showcase the results of their collaboration in
a joint demonstration of an automated chip assembly flow in Atrenta`s booth at
the 46th Design Automation Conference in San Francisco. For details and signup,
please visit: http://www.atrenta.com/dac2009/sessions.html

About Atrenta

Atrenta is the leading provider of Early Design Closure solutions to radically
improve design efficiency throughout the IC design flow. Customers benefit from
Atrenta tools and methodologies to capture design intent, explore implementation
alternatives, validate RTL and optimize designs early, before expensive and
time-consuming detailed implementation. With over 150 customers, including the
world`s top 10 semiconductor companies, Atrenta provides the most comprehensive
solution in the industry for Early Design Closure. For more information, visit
www.atrenta.com. Atrenta, Right from the Start!

Atrenta, the Atrenta logo, SpyGlass, 1Team, and Early Design Closure are
registered trademarks of Atrenta Inc. All others are the property of their
respective holders.

This press release contains forward-looking statements. Atrenta disclaims any
obligation and does not undertake to update or revise the forward-looking
statements in this press release.

Atrenta Inc.
Charu Puri, +1-408-467-4254
Corporate Marketing
cpuri@atrenta.com
or
Lee PR
Ed Lee, +1-650-363-0142
ed@leepr.com

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