Arasan Chip Systems Moves Corporate Offices.

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Arasan Chip Systems, Inc. ("Arasan"), a leading supplier of reusable Intellectual Property (IP) cores, semiconductors and design services, today announced that it has moved into new corporate offices in San Jose. The office will serve as Arasan's headquarters and house a design center, R&D, sales, marketing and administration. The larger facility will help Arasan better serve its expanding customer base.

"A focused product portfolio delivered as a Total Technology Solution with emphasis on Quality and Excellent Support has contributed to our staggering growth," said Rich Timpa, Vice President of Sales at Arasan Chip Systems. "This is Arasan's third move in four years."

Arasan moved a step closer to its promise of delivering a complete suite of connectivity solutions with the recent launch of its Gigabit Ethernet IP Core. The coming months will see the launch of multiple bus interface products from Arasan.

The new office is located at 1150 North First Street, Suite 201, San Jose, California, 95112.

Total Technology Solution

Arasan provides a Total Technology Solution to all its licensees including IP source code, a comprehensive test environment, sample device drivers, firmware, synthesis scripts, and complete technical documentation. The Total Technology Solution also includes optional Product Design Development tools like the Hardware Validation Platform and Software targeted for Linux. Custom bus integration services are offered to integrate the IP in a customer-specific manner.

Arasan's Validation Platform is a stand-alone board used for compliance testing as well as prototyping, including driver development. The Validation Platform is the easiest way to prototype and to demonstrate compliance for customers. The Platform is available for purchase.

About Arasan

Arasan Chip Systems Inc. founded in 1995, is a leading supplier of Reusable Intellectual Property (IP's) cores, semiconductors and electronic design services. Arasan's product portfolio is focused on Bus Interfaces and includes IP's for USB 1.1 & 2.0, PCI, SDIO and CE-ATA technologies. Arasan's products and services enable businesses to develop and leverage product design and development. Arasan Chip Systems has been an executive member of SD Card Association since 2001, MMCA since 2003 and CE-ATA since 2004. Arasan is headquartered in San Jose, California, with design centers in India and support options available in Taiwan, China & Europe.

Visit: www.arasan.com for more product information.

Arasan, and the Arasan Logo, are trademarks or trademarks of Arasan. SDIO, CE-ATA, USB, PCI, MMCA, are all trademarks of their respective organizations.