VIRAGE LOGIC EXPANDS ITS SEMICONDUCTOR IP OFFERING ON CHARTERED'S 0.13-MICRON PROCESS
New Technology-Optimized Platform Helps Cut Costs, Ease Design Complexity and Enable Shorter Design Cycles
FREMONT and MILPITAS, Calif., June 23, 2003 - Virage Logic Corp. (Nasdaq: VIRL), a leading provider of
best-in-class semiconductor IP platforms, today announced it will make available its Technology-Optimized Platform on
Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing's 0.13-micron baseline logic process. In support of Virage Logic's platform
strategy, this latest development furthers a successful alliance between the two companies, which currently features
the availability of silicon proven embedded memories on multiple technology nodes from 0.35 micron down to 0.13 micron.
The new Technology-Optimized Platform for the Chartered 0.13-micron process will be available in September 2003.
Virage Logic's Technology-Optimized Platform - comprising silicon proven memories, logic, and I/Os - provides
System-on-Chip (SoC) designers the capability to manufacture on Chartered's 0.13-micron process with enhanced
performance and accuracy.
In addition to the Technology-Optimized Platform for Chartered's 0.13-micron baseline logic process, Virage
Logic also announced today the availability of embedded memories for Chartered's 0.13-micron low-leakage
offering. Additional components for Chartered's derivative processes will also be made available to allow
customers to mix and match solutions to better address their specific performance and power requirements.
"As more companies face increasingly greater time-to-market requirements and address design challenges at
0.13-micron, Chartered is committed to working closely with industry-leading partners to offer proven
design solutions to our customers," said Kevin Meyer, vice president of worldwide marketing and services
at Chartered. "With Virage Logic's proven track record in providing quality and reliable semiconductor IP,
we believe that our alliance with Virage Logic will provide Chartered customers access to competitive
technical solutions from a trusted single source. And our collaboration with Virage Logic on multiple
process offerings will enable companies to mix and match IP for a design solution that best suits their
needs from a performance perspective."
"As a long-time Chartered partner, we look forward to delivering our Technology-Optimized Platform on its
0.13-micron process," said Adam Kablanian, CEO and president, Virage Logic. "As a single source for fully
tested and validated IP, we will be able to help our joint customers achieve high manufacturing yields.
Also, by reducing system integration issues and verification times, we will be able to help them to
successfully address the dramatic rise in system and silicon costs."
Technology-Optimized Semiconductor IP Platforms
Building on its technology and market leadership position, Virage Logic's Technology-Optimized Platforms aim to meet
the critical requirements of reducing silicon costs and failure risks, while boosting performance and ensuring high
manufacturing yields for a particular foundry or integrated device manufacturer (IDM) process. By providing silicon-proven,
integrated IP that is compatible with all the major EDA flows, Virage Logic's Technology-Optimized Platforms address
the needs of complex and mainstream SoC designs.
Virage Logic's Technology-Optimized Platforms are based on its highly differentiated IP including the Self-Test and
Repair (STAR) Memory SystemÔ; the Area, Speed and Power (ASAP) MemoryÔ product line; the ASAP LogicÔ product line
with its metal programmable and standard cell libraries; and the recently introduced Base I/O libraries.
Technology-Optimized Platforms enable customers to expedite the creation of next-generation products by addressing
the increasingly complex task of identifying and obtaining the semiconductor IP needed to produce successful,
on-time products. Virage Logic's semiconductor IP platform strategy calls for the delivery of Technology-Optimized
Platforms for a broad range of third-party foundry and IDM processes.
About Virage Logic
Virage Logic Corp. (Nasdaq:VIRL) is a leading provider of best-in-class semiconductor IP platforms based on memory,
logic, I/Os, and IP development tools that are silicon proven and production ready. Virage Logic meets market demands
for cost reduction, while improving performance and reliability for fabless and integrated device manufacturer (IDM)
companies focused on the consumer, communications and networking, handheld and portable, and computer and graphics
markets. Virage Logic is headquartered in Fremont, California and has sales and support offices worldwide. For more
information, visit www.viragelogic.com or call (877) 360-6690 toll free or (510) 360-8000.
About Chartered
Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing, one of the world's top three dedicated semiconductor foundries, is forging a
customized approach to outsourced semiconductor manufacturing by building lasting and collaborative partnerships
with its customers. The Company provides flexible and cost-effective manufacturing solutions for customers, enabling
the convergence of communications, computing and consumer markets. In Singapore, Chartered operates five fabrication
facilities and has a sixth fab, which will be developed as a 300mm facility.
A company with both global presence and perspective, Chartered is traded on both the Nasdaq Stock Market
(Nasdaq: CHRT) and on the Singapore Exchange (SGX-ST: CHARTERED). Chartered's 3,500 employees are based at
11 locations around the world. Information about Chartered can be found at www.charteredsemi.com.
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Statements made in this news release other than statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements,
including, for example, statements relating to Virage Logic's business outlook, new products and new relationships.
Forward-looking statements are subject to a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties, which might cause
actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. These risks and uncertainties
include Virage Logic's ability to maintain and develop new relationships with third-party foundries, adoption of
technologies by semiconductor companies and increases in the demand for their products, the company's ability to
overcome the challenges associated with establishing licensing relationships with semiconductor companies, the
company's ability to obtain royalty revenues from customers in addition to license fees, business and economic
conditions generally and in the semiconductor industry in particular, competition in the market for embedded memories
and other risks including those described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended September
30, 2002, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on December 16, 2002, and in Virage Logic's other
periodic reports filed with the SEC, all of which are available from Virage Logic or from the SEC's
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duty to update any forward-looking statements made in this news release.
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from historical results or those anticipated. For example, changes in market outlook and trends; the rate of
semiconductor market recovery; economic conditions in the United States as well as globally; customer demands; the
performance level of our fabrication facilities; the successful implementation of our alliance and collaboration with
Virage Logic; and competition. Although we believe the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are
based upon reasonable assumptions, we can give no assurance that our expectations will be attained. In addition to
the foregoing factors, a description of certain other risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ
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