NEWARK, Calif. -- April 30, 2003 - Prolific Inc. today announced agreements with Maojet Technology Corp., Advinno Technologies Pte Ltd., and TriTech Systems Inc. to sell and support Prolific's electronic design automation (EDA) products throughout Asia. The agreements build on the momentum of Prolific's new ProTiming™ optimization product and give the company a global reach.

Maojet Technology Corporation has been very successful in its focused role as a distributor of high quality EDA and IP products. The company, headquartered in Taipei, has branch offices in Hsin-Chu City and Shanghai City, China. Through its commitment to investment in technology, capital assets, and people, Maojet provides superior service to their customers and offers superior promotion, sales and service for all product lines. See http://www.maojet.com.tw/ for more information.

Advinno Technologies Private Limited is a design solutions company providing best-in-class EDA software solutions and design services. Advinno leverages extensive experience in IC design and leading edge EDA tools, to partner with clients and successfully deliver products to market faster. Advinno has operations in South East Asia, including Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, and Australia. For more information visit http://www.advinno.com/.

TriTech Systems, Inc. plays an important role for major customers in Korea, introducing them to the latest EDA technologies and maintaining relationships through professional technical support. TriTech's mission is to share success with its customers by enhancing their technology strengths. Customer success central to TriTech's business, and all its employees are focused on this mission. Additional information is available at http://www.tritech.co.kr/.

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About Prolific

Founded in 1995, Prolific Inc. develops the leading software for automatically creating standard cells without giving up custom design styles. Prolific's ProGenesis® suite allows designers to quickly and accurately create optimized standard-cell libraries using design-specific information contained in a SPICE netlist, process-specific information defined in design rules, and designer-specific options specified in the cell template. Prolific's ProTiming™ tool integrates the optimization of standard cell libraries into the mainstream EDA flow, enabling design-specific standard cells to be inserted on the fly during the synthesis and place-and-route phase of the EDA design flow. Prolific is headquartered in Newark, Calif., at 39899 Balentine Dr., Suite 380, Newark, CA 94560, telephone 510/252-0490, fax 510/252-0491. For more information, visit www.prolificinc.com.

ProGenesis is a registered trademark and ProTiming is a trademark of Prolific, Inc. PrimeTime is a registered trademark of Synopsys, Inc. Prolific acknowledges trademarks or registered trademarks of other organizations for their respective products and services.