Denali Appoints Raju Pudota as Managing Director of India Subsidiary

Industry Veteran to Run Denali Design Systems Private Limited in Bangalore, India

PALO ALTO, Calif., February 7, 2006 -- Denali Software today announced that semiconductor industry veteran Raju Pudota has joined Denali as managing director of Denali Design Systems Private Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Denali Software, Inc.

Based in Bangalore, India, Pudota is responsible for managing the research and development, engineering and support teams in India, and reports to Denali's president and chief executive officer (CEO) Sanjay Srivastava.

Says Sanjay Srivastava: "Raju has a unique range of talents spanning design, verification, and senior project management in modern system design methodologies. He has an excellent track record for developing world-class teams, and we look forward to his success in growing our presence in India as a new center of excellence for Denali."

"I am very excited about this opportunity," remarks Pudota. "In addition to a culture based on customer success, Denali has made some wise investments in technology, which enables it to deliver best-in-class products for design and verification of complex SoCs. The opportunities for Denali are huge as convergence drives the adoption of advanced methodologies. We are looking at new technology areas which will further increase customer success going forward."

Pudota joins Denali from AMCC where he was the managing director of the AMCC India design center, responsible for assembling a world-class team and delivering verification solutions for product development efforts. Prior to AMCC, he spent 10 years at the IBM India ASIC Design Center where he held senior management positions and was responsible for developing and growing the team. He has worked on various processor and bus architecture platforms, and has developed a wealth of experience in system design, ASIC design and verification methodologies, embedded software and technology process challenges. Pudota has a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India.

About Denali
Denali Software Inc. is the world's leading provider of Electronic Design Automation (EDA) and Intellectual Property (IP) products for design and verification of semiconductor chip interfaces. Denali's Databahn™ and Dataplex™ IP products provide control and optimal data throughput for external DRAM and Flash memory devices. The PureSpec™ and MMAV™ verification IP products support all standard interfaces, including DRAM, Flash, PCI Express, ASI, AMBA, USB, Ethernet, Serial ATA, and CE-ATA. Denali's Blueprint product provides complete solution for on-chip register design and management. For more information, visit Denali at http://www.denali.com, call (650) 461-7200 or email info@denali.com.