Xpedion extends sales and support to Chinese customers through distribution agreement with Crescendo Technologies For more information contact: Nelson Seiden Cindi R. Maciolek Xpedion Design Systems Grand Arbor Press Tel: 1.408.449.4035 Tel: 1.702.341.5395 Email: nelson@xpedion.com Email: cindi@grandarbor.com http://www.xpedion.com XPEDION EXTENDS SALES AND SUPPORT TO CHINESE CUSTOMERS THROUGH DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT WITH CRESCENDO TECHNOLOGIES Industry veterans bring extensive design automation sales experience to RFIC design community. MILPITAS, Calif., — October 25, 2004 — In response to increasing demand for its simulation and model compiler products, Xpedion Design Systems, the RFIC simulation company, has signed an agreement with Crescendo Technologies to be its distributor in mainland China. Crescendo Technologies is led by seasoned electronic design automation (EDA) professionals with strong relationships with Chinese customers. Crescendo Technologies joins SCHitech in Japan, MaoJet Technology Corporation in Taiwan and FTD Solutions Pte Ltd. in Singapore as Xpedion’s core Asian distribution network. This enables the company to reach important semiconductor companies that need Xpedion's RFIC analysis and modeling technologies for their innovative and highly complex RFIC designs. Crescendo Technologies is headed by David Young and is a leading distributor of EDA tools in China. Their focus is to enable the growing semiconductor design community in China with the most advanced EDA tools, particularly in the area of analog, mixed-signal and RF. Crescendo Technologies is headquartered in Shang Hai and has representatives located in all the major design areas in China. “Crescendo recognized the trend toward increased RF chip design within China,” said David Young. “We pursued Xpedion aggressively because of the strong reputation of GoldenGate among RFIC designers. We are extremely pleased to represent Xpedion's RFIC simulation and modeling technology. Xpedion has proven its solutions where time-to-market pressures and controlled development costs are critical to the success of our customers.” “Xpedion is committed to delivering the very highest level of professionalism in sales and technical support to our customers throughout the world.” said Paul Pickering, executive vice president sales and marketing for Xpedion. “Crescendo Technologies brings a wealth of experience and we look forward to developing very long-term relationships with them and our customers.” About Crescendo Technologies Crescendo Technologies was founded in 2001 to provide EDA software, SIP and other semiconductor design and analysis software to leading electronics companies in China. With cutting-edge solutions Crescendo can definitely maximize our customer's return-on-investment (ROI) while enabling their success. About Xpedion Design Systems Xpedion delivers the most advanced RFIC simulation technology in the industry. This enables RFIC designers to analyze their designs at the transistor level faster and more accurately. The benefits are measured in shorter design cycles, reduced silicon spins and higher performing products. Xpedion is a member of the Cadence (NYSE: CDN - News ) Connections Program, the Mathworks Partners Program, the Platform Partners Program, and is a Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq: SUNW - News ) development partner. Xpedion's products are also available on the Red Hat (Nasdaq: RHAT – News ) Linux operating system. Xpedion Design Systems, Inc. is located at 1900 McCarthy, Suite 210, Milpitas, California, USA, 95035. Telephone: 408/449-4000, FAX: 408/449-4030, email: info@xpedion.com, www.xpedion.com. %%# TRADEMARKS GoldenGate/Sim and GoldenGate/Model Compiler are trademarks of Xpedion Design Systems. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. ©2004 Xpedion Design Systems, Inc.