SANTA CLARA, Calif. - June 8, 2005 - Sequence Design has added two leading academics to its Technical Advisory Board (TAB). Professor Hyunchal Shin is with the school of electrical and computer engineering at Korea's HanYang University and Dr. Kimiyoshi Usami is an associate professor of electrical engineering at Japan's Shibaura Institute of Technology.

Both are widely recognized for their expertise in nanometer IC technologies, with an emphasis on designing for low power, and have published and presented numerous papers on the subject.

"We are very fortunate to have Professor Shin and Dr. Usami join our TAB," said Vic Kulkarni, Sequence president and CEO. "As we continue to push the envelope on low-power design, their knowledge and advice will be of great benefit to Sequence and our customers."

Other members of the Sequence TAB are Dr. Anantha Chandrakasan, MIT; Mustafiz Choudhury, inSilica; Masanori Hashimoto, Osaka University; Seiichi Nishio, Toshiba Corp. Semiconductor; Dr. Jan Rabaey, UC Berkeley; Dr. Wolfgang Roethig; Hiroshi Sakuma, NEC Electronics; Dr. Sachin Sapatnekar, University of Minnesota; George Serhan, FyreStorm; and Dr. Dennis Sylvester, University of Michigan.

The Sequence TAB meets annually, providing input on issues facing the design community, an analysis of current research and thinking on advanced design topics, and advice on what the EDA community can do to improve upon its service to the electronics industry.

According to Jerry Frenkil, Sequence CTO, vice president of advanced development, and chairman of the TAB, these meetings help the company understand strategic technical issues as well as future product opportunities related to power consumption and its effects.

"For instance," Frenkil said, "we have learned that new device structures, and their implications for power management, indicate that while some help is on the way from new processes, designers will shoulder the major responsibility of dealing with power and its effects for the foreseeable future, particularly with respect to leakage, and the EDA industry must be prepared to address these issues quickly."

Sequence at DAC 2005

"TAB 2005" will be launched on DAC Sunday to welcome new members and discuss the product roadmap. Frenkil will be chairing Sequence's 2005 TAB session covering specific topics on nextgeneration low-power design solutions.

In its booth # 301 at DAC 2005, Sequence will showcase its products in a system-level to signoff flow wherein power analysis and optimization are seamlessly integrated at each stage in the user's existing design and implementation flow. To be added to the list for future DAC announcements from Sequence, interested parties may contact: cpuri@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 the ARM/Artisan Connected Community (TM), Cadence Design Systems' Connections(TM), Mentor Graphics' Open Door(TM), and Virage Logic VIP(TM) partnership programs. Additional information is available at sequencedesign.com.