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CAMBRIDGE, England and WOBURN, Mass., July 24 /PRNewswire/ -- ARM [(LSE: ARM); (Nasdaq: ARMHY)], the industry's leading provider of 16/32-bit embedded RISC microprocessor solutions, and Zaiq Technologies, Inc., the fastest growing design and verification solutions provider, today announced that Zaiq has been named as an ARM ATAP(TM) partner, expanding ARM's global network of ARM Approved Design Centers and adding a major design resource to the North American market.

Under the terms of the agreement, Zaiq will offer ARM silicon Partners and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) the resources, tools, training and experience required to implement quality ARM® core-based system-on-chip (SoC) designs. Zaiq's experience in the creation, integration and support of reusable intellectual property (IP) enables ARM Partners to reduce time-to- market and time-to-revenue delivery.

``The ARM ATAP program streamlines custom silicon design and implementation using embedded processor cores for our Partners and their customers,'' said David Lewis, ATAP program manager, ARM. ``Zaiq's comprehensive design methodology and ten design centers throughout North America will enable more ARM core-based designs to be undertaken than ever before.''

``Zaiq's results-driven approach will allow ARM core-based system designers to 'fast track' their development and lower product costs,'' said Jim Pena, vice president of marketing and strategic alliances, Zaiq. ``Our proven methodology for product development, IP encapsulation and system verification ensures our customers meet their critical time-to-production goals.''

About the ATAP Program

ATAP design partners must go through a strict qualification process to become an ARM Approved Design Center. This includes a design flow audit, training on implementing designs with ARM cores, tools, AMBA(TM) bus peripherals and development techniques. Each Design Center must demonstrate its own unique skills in specific technology domains, as well as market segment expertise. The ATAP technology access program also provides additional benefits such as geographic and time-zone locality and local language support. For more information on the ARM ATAP program, please email info@arm.com or visit the ARM Web site.

About ARM

ARM is the industry's leading provider of 16/32-bit embedded RISC microprocessor solutions. The company licenses its high-performance, low- cost, power-efficient RISC processors, peripherals, and system-on-chip designs to leading international electronics companies. ARM also provides comprehensive support required in developing a complete system. ARM's microprocessor cores are rapidly becoming the volume RISC standard in such markets as portable communications, handheld computing, multimedia, digital consumer and embedded solutions. More information on ARM is available at http://www.arm.com.

About Zaiq Technologies, Inc. Zaiq Technologies, Inc. enables its customers to meet critical product development objectives by offering a complete line of specialized design and implementation technologies and services. Zaiq is a recognized leader in system level design verification for complex, high-performance, system-on-chip (SoC)-based systems. Additional information about Zaiq and its services are available by phone at 781-932-2442, by e-mail at info@zaiqtech.com, or on the Internet at http://www.zaiqtech.com.

ARM is a registered trademark of ARM Limited. ATAP and AMBA are trademarks or ARM Limited. All other brands or product names are the property of their respective holders. ``ARM'' is used to represent ARM Holdings plc (LSE: ARM and NASDAQ: ARMHY); its operating company ARM Limited; and the regional subsidiaries ARM, INC.; ARM KK; ARM Korea Ltd.; ARM Taiwan.

Zaiq Technologies and the Zaiq logo are trademarks of Zaiq Technologies, Inc.