eASIC Expands Global Presence by Adding New Channel Partners in Asia

Advinno Technologies (Singapore), Asiacom Technology (China), EE Solutions (Taiwan), Innoasic (South Korea) and Reptechnic (Australia) Have Signed Partnership Agreements to Represent eASIC

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 26, 2006 -- eASIC Corporation, a provider of Programmable ASIC products including Structured ASIC and Configurable Logic IP, today announced the addition of five channel partners in Asia. Singapore-based Advinno Technologies, China-based Asiacom Technology, Taiwan-based EE Solutions, South Korea-based Innoasic and Australia-based Reptechnic have all signed partnership agreements with eASIC. These channel partners will provide local sales and technical design support for eASIC's 90nm Programmable ASIC product family called Nextreme(TM). This expansion is part of eASIC's sales and marketing strategy focused on global presence and increased support for its breakthrough electronic design solution.

"Each one of our new partners adds a significant value and helps us in building a powerful sales and support channel that complements our customers' global needs," said Salah Werfelli, eASIC Executive Vice President of Customer Operations. "We chose these channel partners due to their technical expertise, outstanding customer service and proven track record of successful ASIC and FPGA designs completion. We are excited to join forces with such experienced partners and we look forward to providing the customers in Asia with the cost and time-to-market benefits of our Programmable ASIC products."

"We are very pleased to represent eASIC and introduce its innovative Structured ASIC products to the local marketplace," said Terry Teh, Business Partner at Advinno Technologies Ltd. "This partnership expands our service capability and enables us to offer our customers an alternative solution that copes with some major FPGA design issues such as power consumption and high unit cost. eASIC's NRE-free offering, due to the deployment of mask-less lithography, is a great advantage that we can pass on to our customers. We are experiencing an increasing need for an affordable and high performance programmable logic solution, such as offered with Nextreme product family."

About eASIC

eASIC is a fables company offering breakthrough Programmable ASIC products including Structured ASIC devices and Configurable Logic IP aimed at dramatically reducing the overall fabrication cost and time of customized semiconductor chips. Low-cost, high-performance and fast-turn ASIC and System-on-Chip designs are enabled through patented technology of FPGA-like programmable logic coupled with ASIC-like Via-layer customizable routing. This innovative fabric efficiently employs mask-less customization with Direct-write e-Beam, and thus allows eASIC to offer NRE-free Programmable ASICs.

Founded in 1999, eASIC Corporation is privately held, headquartered in Santa Clara, California. Investors include Vinod Khosla, Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers (KPCB), Crescendo Ventures, and Evergreen Partners. www.eASIC.com