Tanner EDA Strengthens Global Reach With Taiwan Foothold Offers Chinese-language menu support on HiPer Verify and L-Edit Pro PASADENA, California - February 17, 2004 - Tanner EDA has opened a wholly-owned subsidiary in Hsinchu, Taiwan, to accommodate increasing customer demand in Asia for cost-effective, Windows-based EDA tools. This is Tanner's second office in the region, following the establishment of Tanner Research Japan in April 2003. Tanner Research Taiwan will be responsible for sales efforts in Taiwan in addition to being a key support center for the entire Greater China region. It will offer customers a wide range of services including technical support and training, as well as multi-language support and native Chinese-language menus for HiPer Verify and L-Edit Pro layout and verification tools. Customers in Taiwan represent a cross-section of the entire Taiwan EDA software market. These include large foundries such as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (NYSE : TSM , United Microelectronics Corp ( NYSE : UMC ), as well as IC and MEMS design houses. The subsidiary is headed by Regional Directory for Greater China, Jinfu Chen. Chen has a B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering, as well as industry experience at Fairchild Semiconductors, Motorola, Alteon and Top Layer Networks. "Taiwan is home to the companies that produce about 26% of the worldwide chip designs and is also the largest EDA software market in Asia, excluding Japan," said Jinfu Chen, Tanner's Regional Director for Greater China. "The worlds' two largest independent semiconductor foundries, TSMC and UMC, are also based in Hsinchu, so we look forward to developing closer relationships with them to assist in their design needs." "The Taiwan EDA market is advanced, highly-competitive and innovative, with customers expecting the best possible performance/value solution for their design needs," said Dr. John Tanner, president and CEO of Tanner Research. "In this type of environment, Tanner EDA products and outstanding support are well positioned for further growth in Taiwan." About Tanner EDA Tanner EDA is a division of Tanner Research, Inc., a privately held company headquartered in Pasadena, California. Tanner EDA develops layout, verification and electronic simulation design software for analog and mixed-signal IC, MEMS and integrated optical designs on the Windows® platform. Tanner's HiPer Verify™, L-Edit Pro™ and T-Spice Pro™ tools provide a complete design flow including schematic entry, waveform probing, full-custom layout editing, placement and routing, LVS and DRC verification, netlist extraction and circuit simulation. Founded in 1988, Tanner Research, Inc. consists of three major divisions in addition to Tanner EDA. Edtorial Contact: Judy Bergstresser (626) 792-3000