Fujitsu employs its in-house Direct-write e-Beam machine for manufacturing eASIC’s maskless and NRE-free Structured ASICs in a fast turnaround time

Yokohama, Japan and Santa Clara, California, November 16, 2005 – eASIC Corporation, a provider of Programmable ASIC products including Configurable Logic IP and Structured ASICs, today announced choosing Fujitsu as a foundry supplier for the company’s 90nm Structured ASIC devices. As eASIC’s Programmable ASIC manufacturing flow efficiently utilizes the maskless Direct-write eBeam technology, Fujitsu is an ideal foundry partner due to its in-house eBeam machine. Hence, eASIC’s Structured ASIC 90nm devices can be delivered NRE-free to customers requiring low-cost, high-performance and fast-turnaround ASICs. Following initial tape-out of the 90nm Structured ASIC array, the product is currently under further testing and development and is scheduled to be released in the first half of 2006.
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eASIC further expands global presence by choosing INNOTECH as distributor of its Structured ASIC devices

Santa Clara, California, October 17, 2005 – eASIC Corporation, a provider of Programmable ASIC products including Configurable Logic IP and Structured ASICs, together with INNOTECH, a Japanese based distributor of high-end semiconductor devices, electronics components, EDA software and a provider of technical services, today announced the formation of strategic partnership. As part of the partnership agreement, INNOTECH has become the distributor of eASIC’s Structured ASIC devices in Japan. INNOTECH will provide sales and technical support for eASIC’s products to the Japanese market.
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Crescendo and Evergreen have joined Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) and Vinod Khosla in supporting eASIC’s innovative Programmable ASIC products

Santa Clara, California, October 6, 2005 – eASIC® Corporation, a provider of Programmable ASIC products including Configurable Logic and Structured ASIC, today announced that it has secured $17 Million in equity financing from two new investors Crescendo Ventures, who led this round, and Evergreen Venture Partners as well as from existing investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) and Vinod Khosla. The funding will be used for expanding global operations and sales and further developing the company’s Programmable ASIC products at the 90nm and 65nm technology nodes.
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(Fastrack Design has joined eASIC’s Design Service Representative (DSR) program in order to provide its customers with Structured ASIC devices and design services)

San Jose, California, July 12, 2005 – eASIC® Corporation, a provider of configurable logic and Structured ASIC products, and Fastrack Design, a provider of turnkey ASIC design services, today announced the formation of a strategic partnership to deliver eASIC’s 0.13 micron Structured ASIC products. The companies have signed eASIC’s DSR (Design Service Representative) agreement, expanding eASIC’s sales channel reach and broadening Fastrack’s offerings. The partnership leverages the two company’s strengths to facilitate Structured ASIC design and shorten the overall development cycle, delivering to the customer breakthrough ASIC products and technology with no NRE fee.

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(The AO 100 List Showcases Most Innovative Companies of 2005)

San Jose, California, July 1, 2005 – eASIC® Corporation, a provider of breakthrough configurable logic technology and Structured ASIC products, today announced that the company won the AlwaysOn AO 100 Top Private Company Award for 2005. The AlwaysOn editorial panel selected the hundred most innovative and successful private firms from more than 1,000 companies nominated by venture investors, investment bankers, leading entrepreneurs and industry insiders. Like the other winners, eASIC was selected for its demonstrated excellence across five criteria: innovation, market potential, customer adoption, media buzz and investor value creation. The list of AO 100 winners consists solely of private companies at all phases of development from start-up to late-stage.

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San Jose, California, June 29, 2005 – eASIC® Corporation, a provider of breakthrough configurable logic technology and structured ASIC products, today announced its membership with FSA, the leading trade association supporting the fabless business model. eASIC represents a fabless company whose unique product line is composed of programmable ASIC chips as well as embedded configurable logic blocks to be embedded in System-on-Chip and platform designs. eASIC joined FSA because the association facilitates business partnerships and encourages the ongoing relationship between fabless companies and their foundry and supply chain partners.
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(eASIC, Magma and Flextronics Semiconductor Announce the Availability of Magma tools within the Easy eFlow™ Tools Suite for the FlexASIC Structured ASIC Product)

Santa Clara, California, May 24, 2005 — eASIC® Corporation, Magma® Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq: LAVA), and Flextronics Semiconductor today announced the availability of the complete Easy eFlow tools suite, incorporating the Blast Create™ SA tool for the FlexASIC product family. The three companies have established a long-term partnership to provide an optimal Structured ASIC product addressing the deep submicron design issues of cost, time to market and performance. FlexASIC devices, manufactured in 0.13-micron CMOS process, are offered by both eASIC and Flextronics Semiconductor. The Easy eFlow tool suite which includes Blast Create SA, is a unified design flow that allows for a seamless and fast path to affordable, high performance programmable ASIC designs.
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(KPCB and Vinod Khosla invested a total of $12.5M in two stages of funding, showing continued support for the company’s leading-edge configurable logic technology)

San Jose, California, April 4, 2005 — eASIC® Corporation, a provider of Configurable Logic and Structured ASIC products, today announced that it has secured $7.5 Million in equity financing from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) and Vinod Khosla. As follow-on to the previous investment of $5 Million on May 2004, this additional venture capital funding is a vote of confidence in the company’s breakthrough technology and fast growth. The funding will be used to expand the company’s global operations, including marketing and sales and develop the next generation configurable logic and Structured ASIC products in 65nm.
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(The printer platform chip tape-out employed Direct-write eBeam customization, eliminating NRE cost)

San Jose, California, April 25, 2005 — eASIC® Corporation, a provider of Configurable Logic and Structured ASIC products, today announced that its customer STMicroelectronics achieved 24 hours turnaround from RTL to tape-out using eASIC’s Structured eASIC technology. ST has licensed eASIC’s 0.13µ eASICore® for the rapid customization of a printer platform, which allows ST to offer fast and easy customization of a printer system controller, as well as image processing personalization, in a standard pre-verified printer-engine architecture. ST’s engineering team was able to ship the final GDS-II files to the silicon fab for eBeam customization in less than a day from the time RTL was received. The eBeam customization, which is maskless, takes only a few hours for Structured eASIC devices since just a single Via layer needs to be written.
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(ADT has joined eASIC’s DSR (Design Service Representative) program and will design and distribute Structured eASIC products in Korea)

San Jose, California, March 22, 2005 — eASIC® Corporation, a provider of Configurable Logic and Structured ASIC products, today announced the expansion of its award-winning Configurable Logic products to Korea through partnership with ADT (Advanced Design Technology, Korea), Co Ltd, a Fabless semiconductor company providing semiconductor design services and products using state-of-the-art System-on- Chip (SoC) implementation technologies. ADT has joined eASIC’s DSR (Design Service Representative) program and signed the partnership agreement. As part of this agreement, ADT will sell eASIC’s Structured ASIC products in Korea and also provide design services and support per the customer needs. This expansion is part of eASIC’s aggressive growth plans for Asia Pacific and inline with its channel distribution sales strategy.
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(A Stellar panel of industry technologists, educators and executives selected eASIC’s breakthrough Structured eASIC Technology for its innovation and creativity)

San Jose, California, March 11, 2005 — eASIC® Corporation, a provider of Configurable Logic and Structured ASIC products, today announced that its configurable logic product won the inaugural ACE (Annual Creativity in Electronics) Award presented by CMP Media’s EE Times at the first annual awards gala held on March 9, 2005 as part of the Embedded Systems Conference in San Francisco, California. eASIC’s innovative product was selected winner for Ultimate Products of the Year Award in the category of Logic and Programmable Logic, demonstrating leading edge technology and usability advantages.
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(Industry experts as well as technology users voted for eASIC’s breakthrough Structured eASIC Technology)

San Jose, California, February 22, 2005 — eASIC® Corporation, a provider of Configurable Logic and Structured ASIC products, today announced that its Configurable Logic product, eASICore was selected as ACE (Annual Creativity in Electronics) Awards finalist by CMP Media’s EE Times. Based on its innovative technology and usability advantages, the eASICore was nominated for Ultimate Product of the Year in the category of Logic and Programmable Logic. In this ACE Awards program, EE Times stated it will recognize the people, companies and products that demonstrated leadership in the electronics industry. The review Committee for the ACE Awards is composed of the leading voices of academia, industry visionaries and Wall Street’s top executives. The honors will be presented at the first annual ACE awards gala on March 9, 2005, as part of the Embedded Systems Conference in San Francisco.
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(eASIC Recognizes the Significant Opportunity in Japan and Attracts Industry Veteran with Track Record of Success to Manage Operations and Accelerate Growth)

San Jose, California, February 9, 2005 — eASIC® Corporation, a provider of Configurable Logic and Structured ASIC products, today announced the appointment of Seiji Miwa to the new position as President of eASIC Japan. Miwa-san will oversee all of eASIC’s operations in Japan, including sales, marketing and business development. He will report to Salah Werfelli, Executive Vice President of Strategic Business Worldwide. In conjunction with this appointment, eASIC has opened an office in Tokyo in response to the increasing need from Japanese customers for a viable low-cost and fast-turn ASIC solution such as provided by the eASIC’s patented Structured eASIC and configurable logic technology.
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(The industry recognizes the innovation embodied in eASIC’s configurable logic product – Structured eASIC)

San Jose, California, January 20, 2005 — eASIC® Corporation, a provider of Configurable Logic and Structured ASIC products, today announced that its Structured eASIC product was selected as a DesignVision Award finalist by The International Engineering Consortium (IEC). The Structured eASIC was selected for the category of “Structured/Platform ASIC, FPGA, and PLD Design Tools”. The inaugural DesignVision Award recognizes companies for recent products and services that have added a new dimension to the electronic design industry and to the society as a whole. The award ceremony will be held at the DesignCon conference in Santa Clara, Calif. on February 1, 2005. Award winners will be announced at the ceremony.
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(Ronnie Vasishta and Salah Werfelli bring extensive experience to drive eASIC’s aggressive growth plans in the Configurable Logic and Structured ASIC arena)

San Jose, California, January 10, 2005 — eASIC® Corporation, a provider of Configurable Logic and Structured ASIC products, today announced that two top executives have joined the company’s management team. Ronnie Vasishta was appointed to Executive Vice President of Marketing and Salah Werfelli was appointed to Executive Vice President of Strategic Business Worldwide. The addition of these distinguished executives will help the company successfully execute its business strategy and achieve its aggressive growth plans in the Structured ASIC and Configurable logic marketplace. Both Werfelli and Vasishta will report to eASIC President and CEO, Zvi Or-Bach.
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