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CoWare, Magma Design Automation, MIPS Technologies and Virage Logic to Co-Host Hands-On Tutorial Session at Design Automation Conference Joint Tutorial Session at 2005 DAC Features Designing Extendable Cores With Low-Cost Metal Programmable Technology Calif., May 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Four leading technology companies, CoWare(R) Inc., Magma(R) Design Automation Inc. (NASDAQ:LAVA), MIPS Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:MIPS), and Virage Logic Corporation (NASDAQ:VIRL) have joined to lead a hands-on tutorial as part of the System-Level Design and Verification track at the 2005 Design Automation Conference (DAC). The tutorial session will be held on Tuesday, June 14, 2005 at the Anaheim Convention Center, Room 211AB, from 2 p.m. - 5 p.m. Attendees will observe a complete system-level design process, starting from exploring the system architecture and trading-off hardware and system software partitioning. They will derive CorExtend(TM) User Defined Instructions to extend the instruction set of the MIPS32(R) 24K(R) core using CoWare's CORXpert(TM). The resulting RTL block can be taken all the way through GDSII with Magma's Blast Create(TM) and Blast Fusion(R) IC implementation flow. The CorExtend block helps the resulting extended MIPS(R) core to better perform application-specific tasks. The use of Virage Logic's metal programmable cell library for the implementation enables different CorExtend instructions targeting different applications to be implemented with fast turn around time and lower manufacturing cost using metal only changes. Aimed at ASIC/SoC designers, system architects, system platform designers and SoC design engineers needing the latest information on design tools and IP, this hands-on tutorial experience demonstrates an integrated solution offering custom ASIC optimization -- with platform SoC savings -- that enables fast design turn around time with metal only changes. This solution features: -- CoWare's system-level design to explore extensions of the MIPS32(R) 24K(R) Pro microprocessor core through application optimized instructions -- Magma Design Automation's Unified Implementation Design Flow that seamlessly handles standard cell and structured ASIC designs on the same chip -- MIPS Technologies' high-performance MIPS32(R) 24K(R) Pro microprocessor featuring CorExtend(TM) user defined instructions -- Virage Logic's ASAP Logic(TM) Metal Programmable cell library enabling extensive and rapid changes with only metal mask changes Registration cost for the hands-on tutorial session is $75.00 per person and seating is very limited. To register for the tutorial, please go to http://www.dac.com/42nd/reg.html . For more information about 2005 DAC, please visit http://www.dac.com/42nd/index.html . About CoWare CoWare is the leading supplier of system-level electronic design automation (EDA) software tools and services. CoWare offers a comprehensive set of electronic system-level (ESL) tools that enable SoC developers to "differentiate by design" through the creation of system-IP including embedded processors, on-chip buses, and DSP algorithms; the architecture of optimized SoC platforms; and hardware/software co-design. The company's solutions are based on open industry standards including SystemC. CoWare's customers are major systems, semiconductor, and IP companies in the market where consumer electronics, computing, and communications converge. CoWare's corporate investors include ARM Ltd., Cadence Design Systems, STMicroelectronics, and Sony Corporation. CoWare is headquartered in San Jose, Calif., and has offices around the world. For more information about CoWare and its products and services, visit http://www.coware.com/ . About Magma Magma provides leading software for designing highly complex integrated circuits while maximizing Quality of Results with respect to area, timing and power, and at the same time reducing overall design cycles and costs. Magma provides a complete RTL-to-GDSII design flow that includes prototyping, synthesis, place & route, and signal and power integrity chip design capabilities, capacitance extraction, design For test (DFT), physical verification (DRC/LVS), static and statistical timing analysis and characterization and modeling in a single executable, offering "The Fastest Path from RTL to Silicon"(TM). Magma's software also includes products for advanced logical, physical synthesis and architecture development tools for programmable logic devices (PLDs), FPGAs and Structured ASICs; capacitance extraction; and characterization and modeling. The company's stock trades on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol LAVA. Visit Magma Design Automation on the Web at http://www.magma-da.com/. About MIPS MIPS Technologies, Inc. is a leading provider of industry-standard processor architectures and cores for digital consumer and business applications. The company drives the broadest architectural alliance that is delivering 32- and 64-bit embedded RISC solutions. The company licenses its intellectual property to semiconductor companies, ASIC developers and system OEMs. MIPS Technologies and its licensees offer the widest range of robust, scalable processors in standard, custom, semi-custom and application-specific products. The company is based in Mountain View, Calif., and can be reached at +1-650-567-5000 or http://www.mips.com/. About Virage Logic Corporation Founded in 1996, Virage Logic Corporation (NASDAQ:VIRL) rapidly established itself as a technology and market leader in providing advanced embedded memory intellectual property (IP) for the design of complex integrated circuits. Today the company is a global leader in semiconductor IP platforms comprising embedded memories, standard cells, and I/Os and is pioneering the development of a new class of IP called Silicon Aware IP. Silicon Aware IP tightly integrates Physical IP (memory, logic and I/Os) with the embedded test, diagnostic, and repair capabilities of Infrastructure IP to help ensure manufacturability and optimized yield at the advanced process nodes. Virage Logic's highly differentiated product portfolio provides higher performance, lower power, higher density and optimal yield to foundries, integrated device manufacturers (IDMs) and fabless customers who develop products for the consumer, communications and networking, hand-held and portable, and computer and graphics markets. The company's comprehensive quality efforts are validated in its FirstPass-Silicon Characterization Lab, which helps ensure high quality, reliable IP across a wide range of foundries and process technologies. Headquartered in Fremont, California, Virage Logic has R&D, sales and support offices worldwide. For more information, visit http://www.viragelogic.com/. NOTE: All company or product names are the registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners. FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS FOR MAGMA DESIGN AUTOMATION: Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters set forth in this press release are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. Further discussion of these and other potential risk factors may be found in Magma's latest filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 10-K, and any subsequent updates thereto on form 10-Q. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof. Magma disclaims any obligation to update these forward-looking statements. SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT FOR VIRAGE LOGIC UNDER THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995: Statements made in this news release, other than statements of historical fact, are forward-looking statements, including, for example, statements relating to trends, business outlook, products, and customer relationships. Forward-looking statements are subject to a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties, which might cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. These risks and uncertainties include Virage Logic's ability to forecast its business, including its revenue, income and order flow outlook; Virage Logic's ability to execute on its strategy to become a provider of semiconductor IP platforms; Virage Logic's ability to continue to develop new products and maintain and develop new relationships with third-party foundries and integrated device manufacturers; adoption of Virage Logic's technologies by semiconductor companies and increases or fluctuations in the demand for their products; the company's ability to overcome the challenges associated with establishing licensing relationships with semiconductor companies; the company's ability to obtain royalty revenues from customers in addition to license fees, to receive accurate information necessary for calculating royalty revenues and to collect royalty revenues from customers; business and economic conditions generally and in the semiconductor industry in particular; competition in the market for semiconductor IP platforms; and other risks including those described in the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended September 30, 2004, and in Virage Logic's other periodic reports filed with the SEC, all of which are available from Virage Logic's website (http://www.viragelogic.com/) or from the SEC's website (http://www.sec.gov/), and in news releases and other communications. Virage Logic disclaims any intention or duty to update any forward-looking statements made in this news release. DATASOURCE: Virage Logic Corporation CONTACT: Mindy Palmer of CoWare, Inc., +1-408-392-8513, or ; or Cathy Browne of MIPS Technologies, +1-650-567-5178, or ; or Monica Marmie of Magma Design Automation, +1-408-565-7689, or ; or Sabina Burns of Virage Logic Corporation, +1-510-743-8115, or Web site: http://www.viragelogic.com/ http://www.coware.com/ http://www.magma-da.com/ http://www.mips.com/

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