PACT XPP Technologies teams with SoftJin to offer generic MIPS and ARM based Development Systems and Application Platforms for XPP System Solutions
Bangalore, India and Munich, Germany, November 12th 2002

SoftJin, one of the leading providers of EDA tool development services, and PACT XPP Technologies AG today announced an agreement targeted at generic MIPS and ARM based development systems, speeding time-to-market for customers of PACT XPP Technologies. Under the terms of the agreement, SoftJin will develop and offer a full set of development tools for all of PACT XPP Technologies system solutions.

“Increasingly complex SoC designs in telecommunications and multimedia have created the need for software tool design outsourcing for the application platform solutions. SoftJin will help PACT XPP Technologies customers in getting the most out of their IPs for reconfigurable processing and will enable them to deliver their products to market faster”, said Dr. Ravi R. Pai, Managing Director of SoftJin. “By leveraging on high-performance PACT XPP Technologies cores and using our expertise in developing tools for reconfigurable processors, we will give PACTs customers the best solutions for their wireless and multimedia applications.”

“SoftJin is one of the most experienced EDA tool development services companies with world-class service, quality and system expertise that will help maximize value to our customers on a global basis, enabling them to realize significant productivity and time-to market benefits with their MIPS and ARM based tool platforms”, said Dr. Eckardt Bihler, CEO of PACT XPP Technologies.

About SoftJin

SoftJin offers software services for the development of Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tools to semiconductor and electronic design companies around the globe. SoftJin uses a combination of software services and licensing of its pre-existing EDA IP modules to develop EDA solutions for the specific requirements of its customers.

SoftJin has a team of highly qualified and energetic engineers with excellent software development skills and experience in several EDA domains. The team has successfully developed customized EDA tools across several EDA domains such as System Design Automation, Logic Design Automation, Physical Design Automation and Technology CAD for global semiconductor companies. More information about SoftJin is available at www.softjin.com

About PACT XPP Technologies

PACT XPP Technologies is semiconductor IP, software tool and application software vendor. PACT has developed a unique reconfigurable architecture, which combines the performance of an ASIC with the flexibility of a DSP. Power consumption and performance surpass that of DSPs by several multiples. PACT sells the XPP cores in the form of soft IP that can be easily customized for use in mobile telephones, PDAs, workstations and further high-performance next-generation systems. Further information about PACT XPP Technologies is available at www.pactxpp.com, including a number of detailed white papers describing company’s technology.

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