Tata Elxsi Joins the IPFlex DAPDNA Partner Program.

Bangalore and Tokyo, Japan, Aug 29, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - IPFlex Inc. today announced that Tata Elxsi, one of the largest product design services firms, has joined the DAPDNA* Partner Program. Headquartered in Bangalore, with over 20 offices around the world and more than 2000 engineers in its four global design centers in India, Tata Elxsi will offer DAPDNA based solutions to its vast array of customers. The DAPDNA Partner Program aims to create valuable, first-to-market products using a dynamically reconfigurable processor** (henceforth referred to as DRP) platform.

IPFlex DRP, based on DAPDNA technology, is a market leader in the next generation processor architecture. As the world's first off-the-shelf DRP manufacturer, IPFlex already has multiple, DAPDNA-2 processor powered systems operating at customer sites.

Tata Elxsi, one of the largest product design and embedded services firms in the world, servicing customers in a wide range of industries, joins the DAPDNA Partner Program along with 15 other partners that are already part of the program.

"The IPFlex DAPDNA technology enables our signal processing system designers to better implement complex and sophisticated algorithms for areas such as high-end signal and image processing, software defined radio and high-performance re-configurable computing, providing a compelling proposition for our global customers in the video, imaging, consumer electronics, wired and wireless infrastructure space, for compact, high performance system development," said Nitin Pai, Worldwide Head of Marketing for Product Design Services. "We are pleased to partner with IPFlex to bring this technology to our global customers."

Koichi Hagishima, CEO of IPFlex commented, "More than five customers have started operating systems powered by DAPDNA technology. These customers are first in the world to start using off-the-shelf, commercial DRP. We expect an increasing demand for efficient design services for DRPs, and Tata Elxsi based in Bangalore, India, joined our DAPDNA Partner Program. Given their reach into various fields of technology, I expect an even faster adoption of DRPs."

IPFlex plans to aggressively increase the number of Program partners in order to support the growing demand for DAPDNA technology.

About IPFlex, Inc.

IPFlex Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company founded in March 2000. IPFlex supplies high performance, multifunctional processors that are dynamically reconfigurable. IPFlex also provides development environment software, evaluation boards, and peripheral interface products for these processors. With its DAPDNA Dynamically Reconfigurable Processor and DAPDNA Integrated Development Environment, based on the Software to Silicon (R) concept, IPFlex provides tools to shorten development cycles, increase product functionality, and swiftly support application modification. For more information, please visit www.ipflex.com.

Source: IPFlex, Inc.

Contact:

Tata Elxsi
Nitin Pai
Head, Marketing/Product Design Services,
Tata Elxsi Limited
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IPFlex Inc.
Keis Ide
Director, International Business Development
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