Tensilica CEO to Present Keynote at WORLDCOMP'06; Chris Rowen to Discuss ''The Reinvention of the Microprocessor'' to Attendees of 28 Conferences.

Tensilica:

Who:   As the provider of the broadest line of controller, CPU and
           specialty DSP processors on the market today, Tensilica,
           Inc. is recognized as an industry leader with its
           low-power, benchmark proven processors. Dr. Chris Rowen,
           president and CEO of Tensilica, will discuss new
           architectures and methods that may ultimately transform
           general computing architectures through their essential
           advantages in silicon efficiency and energy consumption in
           his presentation on "The Reinvention of the
           Microprocessor."

    What:  The 2006 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer
           Engineering, and Applied Computing (WORLDCOMP'06) is the
           largest annual gathering of researchers in computer
           science, computer engineering and applied computing. It
           assembles a spectrum of affiliated research conferences,
           workshops, and symposiums into a coordinated research
           meeting held in a common place at a common time. This model
           facilitates communication among researchers in different
           fields of computer science and computer engineering. The
           WORLDCOMP'06 is composed of 28 major conferences and more
           than 2000 people from 75 countries are expected to attend.

    When:  Dr. Chris Rowen will present on Monday, June 26, 2006, at
           9:45 a.m.
           The WORLDCOMP event takes place June 26 - 29.

    Where: The WORLDCOMP'06 event takes place at the Monte Carlo
           Resort in Las Vegas. For more information, visit
           http://www.world-academy-of-science.org/worldcomp06

About Dr. Chris Rowen

Dr. Chris Rowen is president and chief executive officer of Tensilica. He founded Tensilica in July 1997 to develop automatic generation of application-specific microprocessors for high-volume communication and consumer systems. He was a pioneer in the development of RISC architecture at Stanford in the early 1980s and helped start MIPS Computer Systems, Inc. in 1984, where he served in a variety of functions including as vice president for Microprocessor Development and managed MIPS in Europe. When Silicon Graphics purchased MIPS, he became the technology and market development leader for Silicon Graphics Europe. In 1996, he was hired by Synopsys to be the vice president and general manager of the Design Reuse Group. This experience helped him realize the limitations of the current EDA mindset and the shortcomings of existing embedded processor cores for large-scale system-on-chip (SOC) design, and led him to the founding of Tensilica. He received a B.A. in physics from Harvard University and M.S. and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Stanford University.

About Tensilica

Tensilica offers the broadest line of controller, CPU and specialty DSP processors on the market today, in both an off-the-shelf format via the Diamond Standard Series cores and with full designer configurability with the Xtensa processor family. Tensilica's low-power, benchmark proven processors have been designed into high-volume products at industry leaders in the digital consumer, networking and telecommunications markets. All Tensilica processor cores are complete with a matching software development tool environment, portfolio of system simulation models, and hardware implementation tool support. For more information on Tensilica's patented approach to the creation of application-specific building blocks for SOC design, visit www.tensilica.com.

Editors' Notes:

--Tensilica and Xtensa are registered trademarks belonging to Tensilica Inc. All other company and product names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

--Tensilica's announced licensees include ALPS, AMCC (JNI Corporation), Aquantia, Astute Networks, Atheros, ATI, Avago Technologies, Avision, Bay Microsystems, Berkeley Wireless Research Center, Broadcom, Cisco Systems, Conexant Systems, Cypress, Crimson Microsystems, ETRI, FUJIFILM Microdevices, Fujitsu Ltd., Hudson Soft, Hughes Network Systems, Ikanos Communications, LG Electronics, Lucid Information Technology, Marvell, MediaWorks, NEC Laboratories America, NEC Corporation, NetEffect, Neterion, Nippon Telephone and Telegraph (NTT), NVIDIA, Olympus Optical Co. Ltd., sci-worx, Seiko Epson, Solid State Systems, Sony, STMicroelectronics, Stretch, TranSwitch Corporation, u-Nav Microelectronics, Victor Company of Japan (JVC) and WiQuest Communications.

--Editors interested in an interview with the company should contact: Erika Powelson, [phone], [e-mail].