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To: Bruce Byall who wrote (646)	11/12/2002 7:29:36 PM
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ARM Joins Verisity's LicenseE(TM) Program Tuesday November 12, 5:00 am ET MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. and CAMBRIDGE, England, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Verisity Ltd. (Nasdaq: VRST - News), the leading supplier of essential technology and methodology for functional verification, and ARM [(LSE: ARM - News); (Nasdaq: ARMHY - News)], the industry's leading provider of 16/32-bit embedded RISC processor solutions, today announced that ARM has joined Verisity's LicenseE program, with a view to opening up access to the e verification language. As a member of the LicenseE program, ARM will be a strong supporter of the drive toward e language standardization. ADVERTISEMENT "As the Specman Elite(TM) tool continues to proliferate within ARM and our Partner base, it is now more important than ever to make e an open language," said Jonathan Morris, systems program manager, ARM. "Our goal as members of the LicenseE program is to ensure that the e language becomes easily available to everyone." ARM has adopted Verisity's testbench automation solutions because of the powerful capabilities that the e language provides. ARM also distributes e verification toolkits to its customers to aid in the integration of IP and measurement of compliance with the AMBA® on-chip bus specification. As a member in the LicenseE program, ARM will receive open access to the e language and will participate in the e Steering Committee. The Steering Committee's purpose is to drive the e language to standardization to better serve the verification market. All companies on the Steering Committee have equal say, including Verisity. "Top industry companies are coming together through the LicenseE program in support of the e verification language," said Francine Ferguson, vice president of worldwide marketing for Verisity. "Technology leaders such as ARM are welcomed additions to the e Steering Committee and to the standardization effort." ARM joins a prestigious list of strategic industry players supporting the e language initiative through the LicenseE program. Participating in the program are a number of Verisity customers, today including: Cisco Systems, Infineon Technologies, LSI Logic, Philips, PMC-Sierra and ST Microelectronics.