ASIC Alliance Corporation Continues Rapid Expansion - Opens Second New Hampshire Office.

Business/Technology Editors

WOBURN, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 22, 2000

New Design and Verification Center Enables the Company to Deliver

Quality Time-to-Revenue Design Engineering Solutions

to Clients in New England

ASIC Alliance Corporation today announced the opening of a new Design and Verification Center (DVC) located in Nashua, New Hampshire. Nashua's proximity to numerous telecommunication and networking companies makes it a convenient facility for both customers and the many ASIC Alliance employees who live in the area. The Nashua DVC compliments ASIC Alliance's DVC in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and expands the total number of Design and Verification Centers located across the United States to six.

Headquartered in Woburn, Massachusetts, ASIC Alliance is a leading high technology design and verification consultancy for companies that produce products using highly-complex integrated circuit technologies. The Company plans to open additional Design and Verification Centers elsewhere in the United States this year.

"The opening of the Nashua Design and Verification Center represents ASIC Alliance's continued success in providing customers with Time-to-Revenue Design Engineering Solutions(SM) that enable them to be successful. We are excited about opening a second DVC in New Hampshire," said Ray Carlin, president and CEO of ASIC Alliance. "This area of New Hampshire is an ideal place to expand and will certainly be one of our major New England facilities."

ASIC Alliance's Nashua DVC is managed by Damian Denault, area director, and is located in North Crest Executive Park at 39 Simon Street. ASIC Alliance's consulting teams work at customer sites or outsource all or part of a project at the Company's headquarters or at any of its Design and Verification Centers. More information about ASIC Alliance and its Nashua DVC is available by contacting ASIC Alliance in Woburn at 781-932-2442 or through its Web site at www.asic-alliance.com.

About ASIC Alliance Corporation

Headquartered in Woburn, Mass., ASIC Alliance Corporation is a leading provider of tools, processes and services to companies developing products with complex, sub-micron ASIC and FPGA technologies. The Company provides Time-to-Revenue Design Engineering Solutions(SM) that enable breakthroughs in the time-to-market delivery of digital systems using a system level verification methodology integrating "best of class" EDA software with its own unique tools. ASIC Alliance forms a partnership in its customers' success by leveraging a center of excellence grounded in ASIC technology and industry expertise. Information about ASIC Alliance and its services and products is available by phone at 781-932-2442, by e-mail at [e-mail] or on the Internet at http://www.asic-alliance.com.