Press Release

OCP-IP and Si2, Inc. Announce Collaboration

PORTLAND, ORE. — September 22, 2003 — Open Core Protocol International Partnership (OCP-IP) and Silicon Integration Initiative (Si2) announce memberships in each others’ respective organizations. Mutual memberships will allow the industry organizations to collaborate more closely and gain a greater awareness of the direction for each organization. Both organizations believe working together will increase awareness in the design community, while at the same time illustrating and strengthening the belief that open technologies are the wave of the future.

OCP-IP is the association providing a common standard for intellectual property core interfaces, or sockets, that facilitate "plug and play" SoC design, and Si2 is the organization focused on improving productivity and reducing cost in creating and producing integrated silicon systems.

The value in a relationship with Si2 for OCP-IP is a closer collaboration and synergy with open IP content and open EDA systems; for Si2 the collaboration enables support for open technologies.

“Si2 pursues rapid development, promotion and adoption of open technologies,” said Steve Schulz, president of Si2. “While Si2 is currently focused on the overall design flow, OCP-IP supports those same goals by standardization of SoC IP interfaces. Collaboration by both organizations will greatly benefit the industry as a whole.”

“As the only truly open, fully supported industry standard socket, it is important that OCP-IP enter relationships such as this; that facilitate improved collaboration, helps us communicate to our memberships and thus better serve industry interests,” said Ian Mackintosh, president OCP-IP. “We look forward to working with Si2 in the future.”

About OCP-IP
The OCP International Partnership Association, Inc. (OCP-IP) was announced in December 2001 to promote and support the open core protocol (OCP) as the complete socket standard that ensures rapid creation and integration of interoperable virtual components. OCP-IP's Governing Steering Committee participants are: Nokia [NYSE: NOK], Texas Instruments [NYSE: TXN], STMicroelectronics [NYSE: STM], United Microelectronics Corporation [NYSE: UMC], Sonics, and other industry leading companies. OCP-IP is a non-profit corporation delivering the first fully supported, openly licensed core-centric protocol that comprehensively fulfills system-level integration requirements. The OCP facilitates IP core reusability and reduces design time and risk, along with manufacturing costs for SoC designs. For additional background and membership information, visit www.ocpip.org.

About Si2
Si2, a non-profit standards organization, has a mission to achieve industry adoption of collaborative technology and services that deliver higher levels of silicon design integration, enabling compelling advantages for our members through reduced costs, faster time to market, and improved IC design capability. For additional background and membership information, visit www.si2.org.

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