Magnum Semiconductor Selects Denali's Verification Software for Design of Next-Generation Digital Video Chips

Denali's MMAV Verification IP Product Used for Modeling, Simulating Memory

PALO ALTO, Calif., October 19, 2005 -- Magnum Semiconductor Inc. of Fremont, Calif., has adopted Denali Software's MMAV™ verification intellectual property (IP) software for next-generation Digital Video chip development.

Magnum will use MMAV within its design flow for modeling and simulating the interactions between its chips and external memory devices for design, verification and performance analysis. MMAV enhances verification by enabling designers to observe and operate on system-level data transactions during simulation, which optimizes design simulation and accelerates the overall verification process.

Says Cheng-Tie Chen, vice president of engineering at Magnum: "Designing next-generation digital video ICs demands leading-edge EDA tools and IP. We selected Denali's MMAV based on the product capabilities as well as Denali's reputation for quality and reliability."

"Magnum stands apart as a leader in the digital video arena," adds Vic Juneja, Denali's product marketing manager. "By providing Magnum with memory verification software, we are helping them continue to meet their rigorous standards for quality and performance."

About Denali
Denali Software Inc. is the world's leading provider of Engineering Design Automation (EDA) tools and Intellectual Property (IP) solutions for chip interface design, integration and verification. Its Databahn™ IP products offer fully configurable controllers for Flash, DRAM, and hard disk drives. Dataplex™ is an integrated subsystem of Databahn IP cores that provides optimal dataflow from external memory and storage to system designs. Denali's PureSpec™ and MMAV™ verification IP support all complex interfaces, including DRAM, Flash, PCI Express, ASI, AMBA, USB, Ethernet, CE-ATA, and Serial ATA. Denali's Blueprint product is an ESL product for on-chip register design and management. More than 400 companies worldwide use Denali's tools, technology, and services to design and verify complex chip interfaces for communication, consumer, and computer products. For more information, visit Denali at http://www.denali.com, call (650) 461-7200.

Magnum Semiconductor
Magnum Semiconductor is a premier provider of chips, software, reference platforms and engineering support for recording, viewing, and managing high-quality audio/video content. Magnum Semiconductor is headquartered in Fremont, California and has sales and engineering offices in Korea, Taiwan, and China. Further information is available at www.magnumsemi.com