NEWARK, Calif. -- January 30, 2004 - Prolific Inc., the leading provider of automated standard cell creation software, today announced demonstrations of ProTiming™ - the first commercially available design optimization tool providing advantages of full-custom design in a completely automated Synthesis Place and Route flow - at the DATE 04 exhibition for electronic design, automation, and test in Europe.

ProTiming performs design-specific timing optimization during the static timing analysis step of the physical design flow. The software makes use of cells already existing in the library and can result in a 5-10% performance increase without modifying RTL or adding complex cells to the design. If desired, ProTiming can also specify new cells that are created as needed, either by traditional methods or automatically by Prolific's ProGenesis® tool suite for an additional 5-10% performance increase.

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.