VSIA USA Member Meeting at the Communications Design Conference.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

LOS GATOS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 24, 2001

    --  Event Will Highlight Semiconductor Reuse Standard Donation to
        VSIA by Motorola

    --  Program Includes Keynote and Panel Addressing Platform And
        Embedded Software Reuse Issues

Members of the communications design, embedded software, and system-on-a-chip (SoC) communities are invited to attend the VSI Alliance (VSIA) USA Member Meeting at the Communications Design Conference on October 1, 2001. This year's meeting will feature a keynote by J. Augusto de Oliveira, Sr. Fellow and Chief Architect & Innovation Manager, Business Unit Consumer Systems, Philips Semiconductors (NYSE:PHG), discussing issues associated with SoC and platform development with embedded software reuse emphasis. There will also be a panel addressing the challenges to VSIA relating to platform, methodology, and embedded software reuse. This event is supported by the Communications Design Conference and is open to everyone.

Other program features include presentations on the Functional Verification (VER) Development Working Group's (DWG) plans for Motorola's SRS Donation, the Manufacturing-Related Test (TST) DWG's new Test Access Architecture Standard, STARC's plans for their DRML standard, a walkthrough of the other DWGs' progress, and highlights of recently released documents. During the meeting, awards for DWG member achievements and recognition of service will also be presented.

Event Summary

Event:     VSIA USA Member Meeting at the Communications Design
           Conference

Date:      October 1, 2001

Time:      1:30 - 5:30 p.m.

Venue:     Room J2, San Jose Convention Center, San Jose, California

Fee:       Free to Everyone

Reception: Cocktail Reception at 5:30 p.m. in Room J1

About VSIA

The VSI Alliance (VSIA) is an open, international organization that includes representatives from all segments of the System-on-Chip (SoC) industry: System houses, Semiconductor vendors, Electronic Design Automation (EDA) companies, and Intellectual Property (IP) provider companies. VSIA's vision is to dramatically accelerate system-chip development by specifying open standards that facilitate the mix and match of virtual components from multiple sources. Many companies have adopted the use of VSIA specifications, standards and documents. VSIA has wide industry participation with more than 170 member companies from around the world. Membership is open to any company with an interest in the development and promotion of open standards used in the design of System-on-Chip. For more information, visit the VSIA Web site at www.vsi.org, or e-mail to [e-mail].

Adoption

Adoption and use of VSIA's documents, specifications, and standards are growing at many System-on-Chip companies. Some of the companies that have adopted VSIA specifications and standards include Alcatel; Aristo Technology, Inc.; ARM Ltd.; Cadence Design Systems, Inc.; Fujitsu Limited; Hewlett-Packard Company; Infineon Technologies Corp.; Intel Corp; inSilicon Corp.; LogicVision, Inc.; LSI Logic Corp; Mentor Graphics Corp.; Motorola SPS; Nokia Mobile Phones; Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.; PalmChip Corp.; Philips Semiconductor; Schlumberger Semiconductor Solutions; Sican Microelectronics Corp.; STMicroelectronics Ltd.; Synopsys, Inc.; United Microelectronics Corp.; Virtual Component Exchange, and Xentec, Inc.

Note to Editors: VSI Alliance is a trademark of the Virtual Socket Interface Alliance, Inc.