LSI Logic To Standardize On LogicVision's Embedded Test Technology.

MILPITAS and SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 10, 1999--

World's Largest ASIC Vendor Incorporates LogicVision's Embedded Test

Technology in Very Deep Submicron and SOC Designs

LSI Logic Corporation (NYSE:LSI), the System on a Chip Company(R), and LogicVision, Inc. today announced an agreement whereby LSI will incorporate LogicVision's embedded test technology into the design methodology for the company's very deep submicron (VDSM) and system-on-a-chip (SOC) integrated circuits (ICs).

Under the agreement, LogicVision's embedded test technology and automation tools will be deployed to each of LSI's design centers worldwide and will be used in internally-designed cores, standard products and ASICs.

"More than 50 percent of our existing customers already rely on LSI Logic for their designs, so we have seen firsthand the results that can be delivered through our combined expertise," said Dr. Vinod Agarwal, LogicVision's president and CEO. "LSI Logic's decision to standardize on our embedded test technology clearly validates LogicVision's leadership in the ASIC test market."

LogicVision's icBIST(tm) tools are being integrated directly into LSI's FlexStream(R) design solution. The FlexStream design methodology is a comprehensive design automation solution consisting of proprietary and third-party electronic design automation (EDA) tools. FlexStream provides a complete set of physical design capabilities allowing users to proceed from system design to physical implementation in a seamless flow. icBIST will also be incorporated into LSI's CoreWare(R) design program, which forms the basis of the company's SOC methodology.

The icBIST product family combines patented intellectual property, in the form of circuit designs and testing methods, with a suite of test automation tools, to realize a fully automated implementation of embedded test. icBIST achieves robust, at-speed test and diagnosis for logic blocks, embedded memories, and legacy cores at the chip-level, as well as interconnects and memory modules at the system-level.

Through integration with the FlexStream environment and the CoreWare design program, embedded test significantly reduces the time required for system verification, test and debug of ASIC designs. For SOC designs, embedded test facilitates plug-and-play core reuse methodologies by allowing test reuse at all levels of integration, ie. chip, board and system. LogicVision's hierarchical SOC solution ensures that multiple cores with different test methodologies can be combined quickly and successfully on a single chip.

"Embedded test is one of the fundamental technologies behind our continued success in submicron and system-on-a-chip design," said Thomas Daniel, VP of ASIC technology at LSI. "By standardizing on LogicVision, we can ensure that LSI Logic and its customers stay at the leading edge of IC development as complexities continue to increase."

LogicVision Technology

LogicVision's patented technology embeds high-performance test and diagnosis circuitry directly into integrated circuits, eliminating some of the most challenging design and manufacturing issues associated with very deep submicron and system-on-a-chip technologies.

The embedded test circuits are inserted using LogicVision's proprietary design tools, and test programs are automatically generated. By minimizing the need for capital- and labor-intensive external test, embedded test shortens time to market and greatly reduces test costs.

In addition, the embedded test circuitry can be reused hierarchically at the board- and system-level to optimize the quality and cost of electronic products. For integrated circuits consisting of more than one million gates, embedded test requires less than 2 percent silicon overhead. The solution is compatible with existing design flows and manufacturing environments.

About LSI Logic

LSI Logic (NYSE:LSI), the System on a Chip Company(R), is a leading supplier of custom, high-performance semiconductors, with operations worldwide. The company enables customers to build complete systems on a single chip with its CoreWare(R) design program, which increases performance, lowers system costs and accelerates time to market. LSI develops application-optimized products in partnership with trend-setting customers, and operates leading-edge manufacturing facilities to produce submicron geometry chips. The company maintains a high level of quality as demonstrated by its ISO 9000 certifications.

LSI is headquartered at 1551 McCarthy Blvd., Milpitas, Calif. 95035, http://www.lsilogic.com.

About LogicVision

LogicVision has licensed its embedded test technology to leaders in the computer, communications, military/aeronautics and semiconductor industries, including Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ:SUNW), Nortel Networks, Hughes Space and Communications and Texas Instruments.

Headquartered in San Jose, LogicVision has sales and support offices in Solano Beach, Calif.; Waltham, Mass.; Raleigh, N.C.; Richardson, Texas and Basingstoke, United Kingdom. Distribution partners provide sales and support in Ra'anana, Israel; Seoul, South Korea; Taipei, Taiwan; Tokyo, Japan and Singapore. The company also has a research and development facility in Ottawa, Ontario.

For more information on the company and its products, please visit the LogicVision Web site at: www.logicvision.com.