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Apache Exceeds Q2 Sales Targets, Marking Sixth Consecutive Quarter of Record Growth

MOUNTAIN VIEW , Calif. - July 13, 2004 - Apache Design Solutions, the technology leader in physical power integrity solutions for system-on-chip (SoC) designs, today announced its sixth consecutive record quarter. Compared to the previous quarter, sales increased more than 30 percent. Contributions to the record results came from new customer orders, as well as from additional licenses and renewals from a number of existing accounts. Apache's full-chip dynamic physical power integrity solution, RedHawk-SDL, has been adopted by a majority of the top ten semiconductor companies to address their ever-growing dynamic power closure issues.

"As mainstream designs move towards 130nm and 90nm process nodes, we are seeing more and more chip failures due to the dynamic power supply noise and its impact on timing," stated Andrew Yang, CEO of Apache. "Our tools lead the market in addressing the critical missing link in today's power flow, especially for those designs using advanced low power techniques."

"We're excited by the growing worldwide acceptance of our solutions by leading chip designers," said Keith Mueller, vice president of worldwide sales and marketing. "The adoption of RedHawk-SDL by top semiconductor companies as well as by TSMC in their Reference Flow 5.0 demonstrates the need for an accurate true-dynamic power integrity solution."

To support the continuously increasing market demands, Apache opened a direct European sales and support office in Paris, France. EDA veteran Jose Gandlarz joined Apache to head the European operations. Before joining Apache, Gandlarz lead European sales for Axis Systems (acquired by Verisity Inc., Nasdaq:VRST). Prior to Axis Systems he was at Avant! (acquired by Synopsys Inc., Nasdaq:SNPS). In addition, Apache has responded to numerous product inquiries from the South Korean market by signing Siliconeer Inc. as its distributor for sales and technical support.

About RedHawk-SDL

Apache’s flagship RedHawk-SDL is a full-chip Vectorless Dynamic™ physical power integrity solution that fills the critical missing link for physical power flows in 130nm, 90nm, and 65nm SoC designs. Certified by TSMC’s 5.0 Reference Flow and correlated with silicon measurements and SPICE, RedHawk-SDL delivers the most accurate power integrity solution on the market. It addresses dynamic power issues such as simultaneous switching outputs (SSO) for core, memory, clock, and I/O, as well as the effects of on-chip inductance, package RLC , and decoupling capacitance.

RedHawk-SDL delivers cell-based capacity with transistor-level accuracy and is the cornerstone of Apache’s physical power integrity flow. It can be used early in the design flow when physical implementation decisions are being made, and throughout the entire design process. RedHawk-SDL enables designers to examine the timing impact of dynamic voltage drop on high performance SoCs, including those utilizing advanced low-power design techniques such as leakage current control, power gating, multiple voltage domains, and multiple threshold transistors.

About Apache Design Solutions

Apache is an EDA software supplier of innovative next-generation silicon integrity platforms for low-power, high-performance system-on-a-chip (SoC) designs. By considering all sources of noise that impacts the design, such as power, signal, package / system IO, substrate, and temperature, Apache’s silicon signoff platform enables designers of leading networking, wireless, communication, consumer, and semiconductor companies to detect, fix, and prevent design weaknesses that can result in reduced yield or failed silicon. Apache’s vendor neutral platform enables designers to adopt any industry’s standard physical design flow and is certified by TSMC’s 5.0 and 6.0 Reference Flow (NYSE: TSM). Apache has direct sales and support offices worldwide with over 40 customers, including 7 of the top 10 semiconductor companies.

Apache Design Solutions, NSPICE, RedHawk, PsiWinder, and Vectorless Dynamic are trademarks of Apache Design Solutions, Inc.

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