ChipX Achieves PCI Express Compliance Certification

SANTA CLARA, CA, Jan 15 (MARKET WIRE) --
ChipX, Inc., a Mixed-Signal ASIC company with the broadest offering of ASIC
solutions, today announces that it has passed full PCI Express (PCIe)
compliance at the December 2007 PCI-SIG compliance workshop in Milpitas,
California. The certification gives customers confidence that their ASIC, built
by ChipX, passes PCI SIG certification as well.

ChipX offers PCI Express solutions consisting of a silicon proven controller
and
PHY that can be integrated in a Mixed-Signal Standard Cell ASIC, Hybrid ASIC,
Embedded
Array,or Structured ASIC platform. Using the "Trusted PHY" PCIe development
system, designers can
implement a ChipX-supplied controller in FPGA and then interface to a test
chip with the exact same PHY that will be used in the final Mixed-Signal
ASIC. By doing so, the interface implementation risk is greatly reduced.
Most other systems available today cannot be tested in a FPGA with the same
PHY that will be used in the final ASIC.

"We are delighted to announce full PCI Express compliance for our one to
multi-lane PCI Express solutions," said Wouter Suverkropp, Director of
Marketing for ChipX. "Designers now have the broadest choice of Mixed-Signal
ASIC options available to them, and can select the optimum solution based on
their sensitivities to time to market, unit cost, and NRE."

Companies that want to keep their initial NRE investment low and get to
market quickly -- while taking advantage of the performance, power, and cost
benefits of an ASIC -- can go to market with a PCI Express Structured ASIC
platform.
Using ChipX XPath methodology, customers can seamlessly migrate to a
Mixed-Signal
Standard Cell ASIC once the market and features are proven. Alternatively,
customers can start with a Hybrid ASIC or Mixed-Signal Standard Cell ASIC
from day one.

To celebrate the PCI-SIG approval of its PCIe PHY, ChipX has a drawing for
free PCI Express development kits, which include a PCI Express endpoint
controller, a PCI Express development board with FPGA, as well as
software.The entire system is geared towards Mixed-Signal Standard Cell,
Embedded Array, or
Structured ASIC design prototyping. Registration for a free PCI Express
development kit is at www.chipx.com/win. For more information about ChipX
Mixed-Signal ASIC solutions, visit us at www.ChipX.com.

About ChipX

ChipX, Inc. is a Mixed-Signal ASIC company with the broadest offering of
value-added ASIC solutions, including Standard Cell, Structured ASIC, Embedded
Array and Hybrid ASIC technology. ChipX has unique expertise in PCI
Express, USB 2.0, DDR/DDR2 and data conversion Mixed-Signal cores; all are
silicon proven and certified and they can be integrated in customers' ASICs with
a
record first-time to market success. ChipX products are widely used in
consumer equipment, computing peripherals, communication systems,
instrumentation and
industrial control, medical equipment and military/aerospace systems.
Headquartered in Santa Clara, CA, ChipX is a privately held corporation,
with a Research and Development subsidiary in Israel. Investors include
Elron Electronic Industries, Ltd. (NASDAQ: ELRN), VantagePoint Venture Partners,
Wasserstein Venture Capital, UMC and Needham Capital Partners.

Copyright 2007 ChipX Inc. All other products or service names mentioned
hereinare the property of their respective owners.

ChipX Contact:
Elise Wallworth
ChipX, Inc.
408-235-7433
Email Contact

Agency Contact:
Matthew Quint
Quint Public Relations
650-599-9450
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