Spansion Joins Denali Memory Vendor Program

PALO ALTO, Calif. -- Feb. 5, 2007 -- Denali Software, Inc., a world-leading provider of electronic design automation (EDA) software and intellectual property (IP), today announced that Spansion has joined its Memory Vendor Program (MVP) which provides chip designers with high-quality simulation models and other engineering resources to efficiently deploy Spansion® Flash devices into all electronic designs.

"Spansion is committed to providing innovative system-level solutions that bring added value to our customers," said Robert France, vice president of Corporate System Engineering at Spansion. "With Denali's high-quality tools, we are able to speed time-to-market and enable even earlier development cycles for our customers."

In close collaboration with leading memory vendors, Denali's MVP creates a support ecosystem which delivers up-to-date information on Spansion's memory device technology, product roadmaps and vendor capability. Benefit highlights of the MVP ecosystem include: an extensive database, including simulation models for MirrorBit® Flash memory and other specifications and memory models at www.ememory.com/Spansion-FLASH . Also, other available resources include an online publication, the "Denali Memory Report", which contains market information, profiles, pricing trends, and product roadmaps for Spansion's latest Flash memory technology and opportunities to participate in the industry's largest conference series, MemCon, which is targeted at bringing together chip designers, leading memory vendors and other leading companies in the value chain. For more information, visit www.denali.com .

"We are very pleased to be working with the world's largest pure-play provider of Flash memory solutions," said Kevin Silver, vice president of Marketing at Denali. "Spansion offers a compelling roadmap for high-density Flash memory, and through the Memory Vendor Program, we are able to work together to enable fast and efficient deployment of this technology into new product designs."

About Memory Vendor Program

Denali's Memory Vendor Program (MVP) ensures that the commercial-quality memory models developed by Denali have gone through thorough testing and quality assurance by participating memory vendors. This is to ensure that the models directly reflect the most accurate behavior and timing with respect to the actual silicon part.

For more information about MVP, visit:

http://www.denali.com/partners_memory.html .

About Denali Software

Denali Software, Inc. is a world-leading provider of electronic design automation (EDA) software and intellectual property (IP) for system-on-chip (SoC) design and verification. Denali delivers the industry's most trusted solutions for deploying PCI Express, NAND Flash and DDR DRAM subsystems. Developers use Denali's EDA, IP and services to reduce risk and speed time-to-market for electronic system and chip design. Denali is headquartered in Palo Alto, California and has offices around the world to serve the global electronics industry. More information about Denali, its products and services is available at www.denali.com .