Sophia Systems Offering JTAG Emulator, UniSTAC/J for Xtensa, for the Tensilica's Xtensa IP

Tensilicao, Japan - November 16, 2000 -- Sophia Systems Co., Ltd., Japan's market leader in the embedded microcomputer systems development field, announced today their partnership with Tensilica Inc. (U.S.), and the development of a microcomputer development system that supports the Tensilica Xtensa series of high-performance configurable 32-bit RISC microprocessor cores.

The company has become a partner in the "Tensilica Xtensions Network" Alliance, a worldwide family of third party organizations providing support to Tensilica licensees.

UniSTAC/J for Xtensa for the Tensilica Xtensa series is a low-cost debugging tool using a JTAG debug function implemented on the MPU. This emulator provides high-level debugging capabilities, such as on-chip debugging and branch trace. This emulator includes Windows 95/98/NT/2000-based WATCHPOINT as a source level debugger supporting C/C++. Sophia Systems is currently exhibiting the UniSTAC/J for Xtensa at the MST 2000 trade show in Tokyo.

About Tensilica

Tensilica was founded in July 1997 to address the fast-growing market for application-specific microprocessor cores and software development tools for high volume, embedded systems. Using the company's proprietary Xtensa Processor Generator, system-on-chip (SOC) designers can develop a processor subsystem hardware design and a complete software development tool environment tailored to their specific requirements in hours.

Tensilica's solutions provide a proven, easy-to-use, methodology that enables designers to achieve optimum application performance in minimum design time. The Company has over 100 engineers engaged in research, development, and customer support from its offices in Santa Clara, California, Burlington, Massachusetts, Princeton, NJ, Houston, Texas, Oxford, U.K. and Yokohama, Japan.

Tensilica is headquartered in Santa Clara, California (95054) at 3255-6 Scott Boulevard, and can be reached at (408) 986-8000 or via www.tensilica.com on the World Wide Web.

About Sophia Systems

Sophia Systems sells and supports high-performance in-circuit emulators and debuggers for the development of embedded microcomputer systems. Headquartered in Shinjuku, Tokyo and led by Masashi Saito, for over 20 years Sophia Systems has been Japans leader in embedded systems development technology and currently has 1.608 billion yen in capital.

For additional information on Sophia Systems or the products that they offer visit their Web site at http:/www.sophia-systems.co.jp or call +81-44-989-7245.

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