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ChipEstimate.com announces today that TSMC process-compatible third party intellectual property (IP) cores will be aggregated at the ChipEstimate.com portal. ChipEstimate.com collaborates with over 200 IP suppliers who provide IP that is compatible with TSMC's process technologies. TSMC also lists cores that pass their IP qualification programs on TSMC-Online.

"The ChipEstimate.com IP catalog is a resource for designers to connect with quality IP suppliers, facilitating efficient design decision," said ST Juang, senior director of design infrastructure marketing division at TSMC.

With this development, users of ChipEstimate.com can now find and explore thousands of pieces of IP designed for TSMC's manufacturing processes.

"We're very pleased that TSMC is working with ChipEstimate.com to connect buyers and sellers of IP designed for TSMC manufacturing processes," said Adam Traidman, group marketing director at ChipEstimate.com, a property of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. "Going forward, the true measures of IP value will be ease of use, ease of integration and quality. By working directly with leading IP vendors and foundries such as TSMC, we are able to provide designers with exceptional quality IP."

The TSMC-compatible IP is available immediately and can be accessed at http://www.tsmc.chipestimate.com.

About ChipEstimate.com

The ChipEstimate.com chip planning portal is an ecosystem comprised of over 200 of the world's largest IP suppliers and foundries. These companies all share in the common vision of helping the worldwide electronics design community achieve greater profitability and success. In addition to learning about the latest IP, including technical and quality information, users can use ChipEstimate.com to perform actual chip estimations using IP and data provided by IP companies. By estimating how the IP impacts a specific design, users can make high-level decisions about the feasibility of implementation, cost of required features, power consumption, and even specific cost targets for the entire project. To date, a diverse global audience of over 20,000 users has joined the ChipEstimate.com community and has collectively performed over 80,000 chip estimations. Chip Estimate is a subsidiary of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS), the leader in global electronic design innovation.

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For more information, please contact: Dan Holden Cadence Design Systems, Inc. 408-944-7457 holden@cadence.com