3DSP Unveils Its Masterpiece Partnership Program to Address Complete DSP System Design.

Business Editors

IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 28, 2001

With the disclosure of its first five major partners, 3DSP Corporation -- the leader in configurable, scalable digital signal processor (DSP) architecture -- began to unveil the scope of its new Masterpiece(TM) partnership program. This new program is aimed at creating a network of complementary suppliers of DSP- or IP-related products and services to empower designers. 3DSP's Masterpiece program will aid in developing leading edge system solutions for the communications marketplace with complete access to the latest and most thoroughly integrated technologies available on the market.

"The goal of our Masterpiece partnership program is to make our customers more successful by helping them find and use hardware and software IP, design tools and design services they need to get innovative next-generation DSP-based products to market more quickly," said Tom Beaver, CEO and president at 3DSP. "We are aggressively pursuing very close working relationships with a range of best-in-class partners to address virtually every aspect of today's communications system solutions, and expect to sign agreements with more than 20 industry leaders over the next few months."

Founding members of the 3DSP Masterpiece partnership program include:

-- Virage Logic -- a leading supplier of memory cores and compilers that allow
customers to implement cost-effective custom memory configurations that are
easily integrated with our entire family of DSP cores. The Virage memory
compiler is being successfully used by 3DSP for on-chip development.

-- InSilicon -- a leading supplier of I/O cores, providing our customers with a
comprehensive library of standard bus interfaces for their SoCs including, PCI,
USB and FireWire, among others. 3DSP is currently using an inSilicon PCI core
in a future development effort.

-- Artisan Components -- the leader in cell libraries, providing our customers
access to low cost, widely used IP for SoC design. 3DSP's chip developments are
based upon the Artisan 0.18-micron library.

-- Virtual Component Exchange (VCX) -- the industry's leading Internet-based
trading exchange for semiconductor IP, offering customers a way to streamline
the IP licensing process; and

-- Synopsys IP Catalyst -- the leading supplier of logic synthesis tools and
compilers. Synopsys' synthesis tools help make 3DSP cores portable and
configurable, and are used by most customers to output system designs to a
range of foundries.

"We have already developed the innovative DSP cores, a range of hardware and software IP, and the basic design system to attract significant customers. Our future Masterpiece partnerships in the areas of processor cores, hardware emulation, EDA tools, design services, and foundry capability will help us to facilitate more complete system solutions in the near future," Beaver noted.

About 3DSP

3DSP is a leader in implementing advanced digital signal processing solutions in silicon for embedded systems. The company offers the industry's only fully configurable DSP architecture, backed by a robust environment and application-based intellectual property to speed complex system-on-a-chip (SoC) implementations to silicon with first time success. 3DSP's capabilities are used by Internet, broadband, wireless and multimedia designers to implement next generation products. For more information on the company and its products, visit www.3dsp.com or contact 3DSP headquarters at 16271 Laguna Canyon Road, Irvine, Calif. 92618 (phone: [phone]; fax: [phone]).

3DSP Corporation, 3DSP, and Masterpiece are trademarks of 3DSP Corporation.