SAN JOSE, CA. - July 8, 2002 - Atrenta Inc., the Predictive Analysis company, announced the appointment of two new members to its executive team - Kallen Chan as Chief Financial Officer and Mo Mohaved as Vice President of Engineering. It also promoted Dr. Bernard Murphy to the newly created position of Chief Technology Officer.

"We are growing at an accelerated pace and these two new hires are absolutely essential for the increased activity we're experiencing," said Ajoy Bose, Atrenta Chairman, President and CEO. "Kallen brings us the financial know-how to grow the company through its pre-IPO stage and beyond. Mo's engineering background is rock solid and he has the leadership skills to lead our team. With Mo on board, Bernard can move into a more strategic role as the visionary that can help us expand our position as the premier provider of Predictive Analysis technology."

Kallen Chan has over 20 years of high technology financial management experience in semiconductor, software, e-commerce and systems companies. Prior to joining Atrenta, Kallen was VP and CFO of Cinta Networks. Earlier, Kallen led the financial operations of Healtheon, from its start-up phase through its initial public offering and then its merger with WebMD. He was director of audit and business development at Cirrus Logic and was CFO for various early stage technology firms, including Harmonic and Caeco. Kallen started his professional career with Philips (Signetics) Semiconductor. Kallen holds an MBA and a degree in commerce from Santa Clara University.

Mo Movahed has over 20 years of engineering and management experience in the EDA industry and Internet Application Infrastructure. He previously held key positions at Lattice Semiconductor, as vice president of software engineering, and senior management and research positions at Cadence Design Systems and Xerox Corporation. Mr. Movahed holds a Bachelor in computer engineering from University of California, Los Angeles, and a Masters in electronic engineering from University of Southern California where he worked toward his Ph.D. degree.

Dr. Bernard Murphy has over 20 years experience in design, sales, marketing and business development. He previously held senior positions with Cadence Design Systems, National Semiconductor and Fairchild. Dr. Murphy received both a Bachelor of Arts and D.Phil. in physics from Oxford University.

About Atrenta
Atrenta offers a new approach in accelerating the design of complex ASICs, FPGAs, and SoCs through predictive analysis. Its SpyGlass software is the first tool that performs detailed structural analysis on register-transfer-level Verilog and VHDL code in order to check for complex problems, which include coding styles, RTL-handoff, design re-use, clock/reset requirements, and much more. Its breakthrough and innovative "look-ahead" capability incorporates a fast-synthesis engine, logic evaluator, and testability technologies. Atrenta has over forty-five customers, such as Agere, Agilent, Apple, ARM, Canon, Compaq, Fujitsu, Hitachi, LSI Logic, Motorola, National Semiconductor, NCR, Nortel and Olympus, who are using SpyGlass to achieve shorter overall design cycles, increased design productivity and lower costs. Atrenta is headquartered in San Jose, California, with European headquarters in Swindon, England, a research and development center in India, and sales and support distributors in Japan, Taiwan, India and Singapore. For further information, visit the Atrenta website at www.atrenta.com or call 1-866 ATRENTA.

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Atrenta Inc
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