Denali Software Names Bob Pierce Head of Flash Products

Industry Veteran Responsible for Launching New Line of Flash Products from Denali

PALO ALTO, Calif., December 7, 2005 -- Denali Software today announced that semiconductor industry veteran Robert (Bob) Pierce has joined Denali as the Sr. Director of Flash products. He reports to Sanjay Srivastava, Denali's president and chief executive officer (CEO) and is responsible for Denali's new line of Flash Product development.

Notes Sanjay Srivastava: "Bob has an excellent track record in the memory industry, and we are delighted to have him as part of the Denali team. I have great respect for Bob's experience and capabilities, and we are already seeing the signs of great things to come from the Denali Flash initiative."

"I can't think of a better place to be with this Flash solution right now," said Bob Pierce. "I'm definitely excited to be working in this environment. Denali has all the right tools, technology, expertise, and brand to make this happen. The Flash industry is in flux right now, and the market is in need of a comprehensive solution."

Pierce has more than 20 years of industry experience and has expertise in a variety of technologies, including power devices, data conversion, analog, optics and ASIC technology and design. He joins Denali from eSilicon Corporation and brings a comprehensive background in memory, IP, design automation technology, and marketing. Previously, he was vice president of Marketing and Sales for communications products at Infineon Technologies and headed up the specialty memory business where he developed its embedded DRAM program and development of the RLDRAM. Prior to Infineon, he spent eight years with Oki Semiconductor in various sales and marketing positions.

About Denali
Denali Software Inc. is the world's leading provider of Engineering 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.