Tensilica Participates at Design Automation Conference With Technical Presenters, Published Authors and Ballerinas; Company Combines Art, Charity and Ballet With Technology at Leading Design Conference.

Tensilica:

What:  Tensilica(R), Inc. will participate in artistic creations
           for charity, book signings, panels and technical
           presentations at the 43rd Annual Design Automation
           Conference (DAC) held June 24 - 27, 2006, in San Francisco.

           Monday, June 24 - Thursday, June 27:
           Exhibit Hall Hours
           Painting Murals to Support the San Jose Ballet
           Tensilica Booth #3548 (North Hall)

                By painting 10"x10" canvases, conference attendees
                will artistically contribute to giant murals, designed
                by German artist Lothar Krebs, that will be given to
                leading Silicon Valley companies that make substantial
                donations to Ballet San Jose. Ballerinas from Ballet
                San Jose will be assisting the artists in the
                Tensilica booth. Attendees will be able to paint part
                of a different technology-themed picture each day.

           Monday, June 24:
           4:15 - 5:15 p.m.
           Book Signing for:
            --  "Designing SOCs with Configured Cores: Unleashing the
                Tensilica Diamond Cores Technology"
                --  Written by Steve Leibson, Tensilica Technology
                    Evangelist
            --  "EDA Handbook"
                --  Edited by Grant Martin, Tensilica Chief Scientist
           Booth 2228 (South Hall)

                Books will be available for sale and attendees are
                invited to meet and have copies signed by Steve
                Leibson and Grant Martin.

           Tuesday, July 25:
           11:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
           SystemVerilog User Forum Luncheon -- "SystemVerilog for
           Integrating IP"
           Akilesh Parameswar, Hardware Engineer, presenter
           San Francisco Marriott Hotel, Salons 10-15, 55 Fourth
           Street, San Francisco, CA 94103

                The use of IEEE Std. 1800-2005 SystemVerilog to
                increase design and verification productivity and
                quality is growing rapidly. Presenters will discuss
                the benefits and pitfalls of using SystemVerilog, a
                unified design and verification language.

           Tuesday, July 25:
           12:00 - 2:00 p.m.
           4th Annual DAC ESL Technology Symposium -- "Putting ESL to
           Work: Successful IP Selection, Integration and
           Interoperability for Effective SoC Design"
           Grant Martin, Tensilica Chief Scientist, presenter
           Room 200

                This symposium will discuss how IP and EDA companies
                are using ESL to cope with the increasing complexity
                and scheduling demands of SoC design with new tools,
                techniques and methodologies.

           Wednesday, July 26:
           8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
           MPSoC Design Tools Session: "Overview of the MPSoC Design
           Challenge"
           Grant Martin, Tensilica Chief Scientist, presenter
           Room 306-308

                Presenters will show how software design tools can
                help alleviate problems, what parts of the design flow
                can be fully automated, and what parts can be assisted
                by design tools. Grant Martin will present a paper
                titled, "Overview of the MPSoC Design Challenge."

           Thursday, July 27:
           12:00 - 12:45 p.m.
           Troubleshooting the Multi-Processor SoC Design Flow
           Grant Martin, Tensilica Chief Scientist, presenter
           Pavilion Panel

                This panel will discuss how the hardware and software
                worlds can unite to conquer the complex
                multi-processor SoC design problem.

    Where: Tensilica Booth #3548 North Hall
           Design Automation Conference
           Moscone Convention Center
           San Francisco, California

    Who:   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., Pnp Network Technologies, sci-worx, Seiko Epson, Solid State Systems, Sony, STMicroelectronics, Stretch, TranSwitch Corporation, u-Nav Microelectronics, Victor Company of Japan (JVC) and WiQuest Communications.