X Initiative and Nikkei Publications Announce X Architecture Seminar

WHAT: A seminar to be co-sponsored by Nikkei Publications and the X

Initiative. DuPont Photomasks, Numerical Technologies, Simplex

Solutions and Toshiba will introduce the X Architecture and the

successful results of the X Initiative to produce the world's

first photomask based on this revolutionary architecture.

    WHERE:   Makuhari Prince Hotel
             Prince Hall 2-3
             Hibino, Mihama-ku
             4 Chiba-shi, Chiba
             Japan

    WHEN:    Friday, Dec. 7
             11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

    WHO:     X Initiative ( www.xinitiative.org )
             DuPont Photomasks, Inc. ( www.photomask.com )
             Numerical Technologies, Inc. ( www.numeritech.com )
             Simplex Solutions, Inc. ( www.simplex.com )
             Toshiba Corporation ( www.toshiba.com )

             IC designers, fab managers, and process, yield and applications
             engineers within the semiconductor and semiconductor equipment
             industries will benefit from this highly informative seminar.

    CONTACT: For more information and to RSVP, please contact Meggan Powers at
             MCA, 650/968-8900 or mpowers@mcapr.com

About the X Initiative

The X Initiative, a group of leading companies from throughout the semiconductor industry, is chartered with accelerating the availability and fabrication of the X Architecture, a revolutionary interconnect architecture based on the pervasive use of diagonal routing. The X Initiative's five-year mission is to provide an independent source of education about the X Architecture, to facilitate support and fabrication of the X Architecture through the semiconductor industry supply chain, and to survey usage of the X Architecture to track its adoption. Representing leaders spanning the entire design-to-silicon infrastructure, X Initiative members include: Artisan Components, Inc. ( www.artisan.com ); Dai Nippon Printing ( www.dnp.co.jp ); DuPont Photomasks, Inc. ( www.photomask.com ); Etec Systems, Inc., an Applied Materials, Inc. company ( www.etec.com ); KLA-Tencor Corporation ( www.kla-tencor.com ); Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. ( www.matsushita.co.jp ); MicroArk Co. Ltd. ( www.microark.co.jp ); Monterey Design Systems, Inc. (www.montereydesign.com); Numerical Technologies, Inc. ( www.numeritech.com ); NurLogic Design, Inc. ( www.nurlogic.com ); PDF Solutions, Inc. ( www.pdf.com ); Photronics Inc. ( www.photronics.com ); Prolific Inc. ( www.prolificinc.com ); Silicon Logic Engineering, Inc. ( www.siliconlogic.com ); SiliconMap, LLC. ( www.siliconmap.net ); Silicon Perspective Corp. ( www.siperspective.com ); Simplex Solutions, Inc. ( www.simplex.com ); STMicroelectronics ( www.st.com ); Tensilica, Inc. (www.tensilica.com); Toshiba Machine Co., Ltd. ( www.toshiba-machine.com ); Toshiba Corporation ( www.toshiba.com ); Virage Logic, Inc. ( www.viragelogic.com ); and Virtual Silicon Technology, Inc. ( www.virtual-silicon.com ). Membership is open to all companies throughout the semiconductor supply chain. Materials can be found at www.xinitiative.org