NEWARK, Calif. -- October 29, 2004 - Could these be signs of the end of the world? The Boston Red Sox have won the World Series for the first time in 86 years. Their curse-ending evening also featured both a full moon and a lunar eclipse. Researchers have discovered hobbit-sized remains on the Indonesian island of Flores. Meanwhile, evidence from Saturn's moon Titan indicates that what must be a methane cloud is not made of methane.

Prolific Inc. is sure these are merely unlikely coincidences. But the last days and weeks of a design that is nearing tape out and isn't meeting its performance or power goals can feel like an apocalypse. If that describes your project, our ProTiming™ software can help. ProTiming automatically improves performance, even after the design has been optimized by hand and by place and route tools.

Performance shortfalls prior to tape out don't need to be the end of the world. For more information about how ProTiming can help you meet your design objective without selling your soul, contact Prolific at (510) 252-0490.

If you're not currently under tapeout pressure, attend the 2004 ICCAD Technology Fair on Tuesday, November 9 to see Prolific's tools, including our ProGenesis® cell creation software. More information about ICCAD is available at http://www.iccad.com/.

About Prolific

Prolific Inc.'s IC design optimization software significantly reduces time to tapeout by automatically improving performance or reducing power consumption of cell-based designs. Prolific's customers include companies like AMD, NEC, ARM, and Broadcom. Prolific is a 10-year-old, privately held, profitable company based in Silicon Valley, at 39899 Balentine Dr., Suite 380, Newark, CA 94560, telephone (510) 252-0490, fax (510) 252-0491. For more information, visit http://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.