SANTA CLARA, Calif. - April 07, 2005 - Sequence Design, the accuracy and performance leader in power integrity EDA tools, has named D'gipro Design Automation & Marketing Pvt. Ltd. its distributor in India. Under the terms of the agreement, D'gipro will provide sales and support for Sequence's complete line of chip-design software for power-aware SoC designs from RTL power analysis and optimization, to concurrent analysis and optimization of timing, signal-integrity, dynamic voltage-drop, and leakage power at the physical level.

Founded in 1987, D'gipro is one of the country's top EDA suppliers for ASIC, FPGA, and system-level design tools. D'gipro is headquartered in India's high-tech hub of Bangalore, with additional offices in New Delhi and Hyderabad. Its prominence in design circles is exemplified by D'gipro's VLSI design center in Bangalore which has trained more than 1,000 VLSI engineers for leading design houses such as STMicroelectronics, TI-India, Philips India, IBM, and Broadcom among others.

"With many design services companies and multinational corporations in India moving into the complete ASIC Design flow, India is an emerging and important market for Sequence in the Asia-Pacific region," said Mark Goldman, Sequence vice president of field operations. "D'gipro is an excellent partner and their reputation in this market for quality and post-sales technical support is unmatched by any other company in India."

"Adding D'gipro to our team provides tremendous benefit to our customers in India," according to D. Krishna Kumar, general manager of Sequence India Pvt Ltd. "We greatly expand our ability to provide real-time sales and support to the growing design and development teams flourishing here today."

"We are excited to deliver a complete suite of Sequence's advanced software tools to the power-aware SoC design community while helping them build a successful franchise here," said S. Ramachandran, managing director, D'gipro Design Automation. "D'gipro has a strong team of sales, marketing and technical professionals. The company insists on rigorous training, professional workshops, and market updates, and this is what enables us to provide excellent service and support to our customers."

About Sequence Design India

In the past five years, Sequence has invested Rs. 20 Crores (over $4.5 million) in its India-based R&D operations. The company has a growing customer base of multinational semiconductor companies in India, particularly in Bangalore's technology-rich environment, and is in the process of expanding its "Center of Excellence" in Noida's new Logix Techno Park. In addition, the company launched its "Made in India" initiative in February 2005 and is planning to implement a new educational and advanced research program with leading Indian universities in mid-2005. For more information on Sequence India by e-mail: info@sequencedesign.com.

About Sequence

Sequence Design, Inc. enables system-on-chip designers to bring higher-performance and power-aware nanometer integrated circuits quickly to fabrication. Sequence's power and signal- integrity software give its more than 125 customers the competitive advantage necessary to excel in aggressive technology markets, despite demanding complexity and time-to-market issues of nanometer design.

Sequence has worldwide development and field service operations. The company was recently named by Reed Electronics as one of the top 10 companies to watch in the electronics industry. Sequence is privately held. Sequence is a member of Cadence Design Systems' Connections(TM) and Mentor Graphics' Open Door(TM) partnership programs. Additional information is available at sequencedesign.com.