Sirius and Tality Collaborate On Baseband Solutions For Third-Generation Mobile Phone Applications

SAN JOSE, Calif.----Oct. 17, 2000-- Tality Corporation, a subsidiary of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NYSE:CDN) - and Sirius Communications NV - announced today that they will collaborate on turnkey development of third-generation (3G) mobile phone applications.

Under their non-exclusive agreement, Tality will incorporate Sirius' wide-band CDMA baseband core into its 3G design service offering. The two companies aim to accelerate the design cycle for 3G wireless multimedia information devices, such as smart phones and Internet-enabled personal communicators.

The Sirius CDMA baseband solution - dubbed CDMAx(TM) - is a low-power software-configurable intellectual property core for 3G wireless handsets. It is also reconfigurable as a GPS navigation baseband receiver core and as a Satellite UMTS (S-UMTS) transceiver core. Its on-chip ARM7TDMI processor handles reconfiguration control.

``The emerging market for 3G devices is one of Tality's key focus areas. CDMAx, in combination with our proprietary technology, design solutions and expertise enables us to offer customers leading-edge solutions in this critical market,'' said Brent Hudson, vice president and general manager of Tality's Wireless and Multimedia Design Group. ``Sirius' low-power programmable co-processor technology is a powerful solution because it offers customers great flexibility in selecting an implementation path.''

``Tality's strength in baseband and RF design will provide our customers with an accelerated path to market for their next-generation 3G products based on the CDMAx technology,'' stated Kristoffel Mulier, director of sales and marketing for Sirius Communications. ``In collaboration, Tality and Sirius offer 3G handset and chipset manufacturers a complete go-to-market solution''.

Tality also announced today that Sirius has become a member of Tality's SureLink supply-chain partner network. SureLink enables providers in the electronic system and IC supply chains to integrate their offerings with those of Tality, collectively providing superior solutions to mutual customers.

Participants in the SureLink program encompass IC library, IP and IC foundry service providers, and system component and electronic manufacturing service providers. SureLink is the broadest and deepest program of its type in the electronic design-services industry.

ABOUT TALITY

Tality Corporation, formerly the Electronic Design Services group of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NYSE: CDN), was recently launched as a separate company. With more than 1000 engineers located in 14 design sites worldwide, Tality is the world's largest independent provider of engineering services and intellectual property for the design of complex electronic systems and integrated circuits.

Tality is headquartered at 555 River Oaks Parkway, Building no. 3, San Jose, California, 95134.

ABOUT SIRIUS COMMUNICATIONS

Founded in 1996, Sirius Communications is a fabless semiconductor company that spun out of IMEC, Europe's largest independent microelectronics research institute. The company's CDMA chip solutions implement Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum techniques and can function in a wide variety of CDMA telecommunication systems.

Sirius also licenses its CDMAx(TM) wideband transceiver intellectual property (IP) to foundries and telecommunications companies. Sirius' engineering team has extensive experience with Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) technology and holds several patents. Sirius Communications NV is headquartered near Brussels, Belgium, with sales offices located throughout the world.

Sirius Communications was a founding member of the UMTS Intellectual Property Association and is a member of the Virtual Socket Interface Alliance (VSIA). Sirius Communications NV is headquartered at Wingepark 51, B-3110 Rotselaar, Belgium. More information on Sirius Communications is available at http://www.siriuscomm.com.

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