Denali to Provide Advanced Memory Modeling Solutions for ARM PrimeCell Peripheral Products.

Business/Technology Editors

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 13, 2000

ARM(R) PrimeCell(TM) Peripherals use SOMA(TM) for delivery of Memory

Modeler(TM) and PureData(TM) tools, speeding verification and

integration for ARM Powered(TM) SoC designs.

Denali Software, Inc. today announced that ARM (LSE:ARM); (Nasdaq:ARMHY) has signed an agreement to enable ARM PrimeCell(TM) Peripheral products customers to utilize SOMA (Specification of Memory Architecture) model descriptions with Denali's modeling and verification tools for advanced SoC (System-On-Chip) designs.

This agreement provides these ARM customers with Denali's memory modeling and verification tools and access to SOMA model descriptions.

"ARM has been one of the most popular cores used by our customers, and we are delighted to expand our relationship with ARM to enable more efficient verification of SoC designs based on ARM's PrimeCell Peripherals," said Sanjay Srivastava. "This program provides ARM PrimeCell Peripherals customers with instant access to all the necessary resources required to verify ARM cores with complex memory subsystem designs. Time-to-market is the key requirement of Denali customers that motivated us to pursue this relationship with ARM."

"Denali's SOMA solution provides developers using ARM's PrimeCell Peripheral memory controllers with an efficient validation environment," said Chris Jones, Peripheral Products manager for ARM. "Delivering our PrimeCell Peripheral products with Denali's Memory Modeler and PureData tools further demonstrates that ARM intellectual property provides reliable and easy integration into customers' design flows."

The PrimeCell Peripherals are AMBA(TM) (Advanced Microcontroller Bus Architecture) bus-compliant, synthesizable intellectual property cores developed by ARM for SoC integration. With the Peripherals, designers save significant time and cost by concentrating their resources on SoC development, rather than dividing efforts between designing the peripherals and then developing the SoC.

About Denali Software, Inc.

Denali Software, Inc. is the world's leading provider of solutions for memory subsystem design automation. Denali's products are used to simulate memory systems for computer systems, networking and telecommunications equipment, consumer electronics and other complex electronic systems. Memory vendor relationships and SOMA technology allow Denali to streamline the traditionally inefficient flow for integrating new memory technologies into today's designs. More information on Denali's products and services is available at www.denalisoft.com.

Note to Editors: SOMA, Memory Modeler and PureData are trademarks of Denali Software, Inc. ARM and the ARM Powered logo are registered trademarks of ARM Ltd. AMBA and ARM Powered are trademarks of ARM Ltd. All other brands or product names are the property of their respective holders. "ARM" is used to represent ARM Holdings plc (LSE: ARM and NASDAQ: ARMHY); its operating company ARM Limited; and the regional subsidiaries ARM, INC.; ARM KK; ARM Korea Ltd.