SANTA CLARA, Calif. - March 8, 2006 - Japan's Semiconductor Technology Academic Research Center (STARC) has certified Sequence Design's PowerTheater and CoolTime SoC power analysis and optimization tools for its new STARCAD-21 production flow. STARC (http://www.starc.jp) is a research and development consortium founded by 11 major Japanese semiconductor companies.

PowerTheater provides a complete power analysis and optimization toolkit for full design realization, including the only reliable view of power at the RT level. CoolTime is the industry's leading cell-based electrical integrity tool for the concurrent analysis of voltage drop, power, electromigration (EM), timing, and signal integrity (SI).

"CoolTime's ability to render accurate and convergent analysis of interdependent electrical effects is well suited to meet the challenges of 90nm design, and PowerTheater's results for peak power and average power in advanced designs were highly correlated with actual silicon," said Nobuyuki Nishiguchi, vice president and general manager, Development Dept.-1, STARC. "Sequence deftly meets the requirements for power-signoff, and is a key component of this important new production flow."

"It is an honor to be chosen for this advanced production flow," said Vic Kulkarni, Sequence president and CEO. "We have developed a great appreciation for STARC's commitment to advancing the science and art of chip design over the past year that we have worked together, and look forward to strengthening our relationship for many years to come."

PowerTheater is the industry standard for low-power design at RTL, with capabilities ranging from early RTL analysis to full-chip power estimates for today's largest designs. PowerTheater allows users to begin the design process with a firm handle on power budgets - before synthesis, when it is too late to optimize - and complete projects with verified results that correlate to silicon.

CoolTime is a cell-based electrical integrity tool providing concurrent analysis of voltage drop, power, electromigration, timing, and signal integrity for sub-90nm SoC designs, eliminating the need for multiple point tools and iterations.

More information about PowerTheater and CoolTime is available online: CoolTime.

About Sequence

Sequence Design accelerates the ability of SoC designers to bring high-performance, power-aware ICs quickly to market. Sequence's power and signal- integrity software solutions give customers the competitive advantage necessary to excel in aggressive technology markets, despite the demanding complexity and time-to-market issues of nanometer design. Sequence serves 9 of the top 10 semiconductor companies and over 130 customers worldwide, in application segments such as consumer, wireless, mobile computing, multimedia, cell phones, digital cameras, network-on-chip processors, and other power-sensitive markets. The company was named by Reed Electronics as one of the top 10 companies to watch in the electronics industry, and was recently selected as one of high-tech's Top 100 companies by siliconindia magazine. Sequence has worldwide development and field-service operations and is privately held. Please see sequencedesign.com.