Streamline Design Solutions Joins the Team of International
                       Sales Representatives

SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 23, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Arasan Chip
Systems, Inc. ("Arasan"), a leading provider of Total Semiconductor IP
Solutions, announced today that the company has increased its
International support through a partnership with Streamline Design
Solutions in Moscow, Russia. Streamline Design Solutions will provide
Sales support for Arasan in Russia and the Eastern part of Europe,
while serving as point of contact for all customers in this region.

Streamline Design Solutions represents a wide range of EDA vendors,
providing semiconductor products, EDA solutions, turnkey services, and
design services to the Russian and CIS (Commonwealth of Independent
States) market. Streamline Design Solutions works with the most
innovative semiconductor, electronics companies in Europe and Asia.
Streamline Design Solutions was established in 2002, and maintains an
office in Moscow, Russia.

"We are very pleased to announce the appointment of Streamline Design
Solutions as our new Sales channel in this important region," said Ron
Mabry, Vice President Worldwide Sales. "Johnny and Alexander bring a
wealth of relevant industry experience and direct access to key
decision makers in the industry, which we are confident will help drive
the development of deep customer relationships and sales of our Mobile
Storage and Connectivity products."

"Arasan insures the fastest path to silicon success through their
exceptional Total IP Solutions approach. We are very excited to be able
to offer a market leading technology to a rapidly expanding market."
said Alexander Bukhteev, Streamline Design Solutions.

About Streamline Design Solutions





Streamline Design Solutions was founded in 2002 as a distributor and
provider of EDA tools on the territory of Eastern Europe and CIS
(Commonwealth of Independent States). Founders are Alexander Bukhteev
and Johnny Thunborg, both veterans in the field of EDA sales in Russia.
The founders also established the first Cadence office in Russia in the
early 1990s. The company represents a wide range of EDA vendors,
providing tools ranging from architectural design and virtual
prototyping, to IC and PCB layout design, verification and
manufacturing. In recent years, with a growing interest of SoC design,
Streamline Design Solutions also added IP solutions as a complement to
their portfolio to fulfill their customer's design requirements.

About Arasan

Arasan Chip Systems is a leading provider of Total IP Solutions for
mobile storage and connectivity applications. Arasan's high-quality,
silicon-proven, Total IP Solutions include digital IP cores, analog PHY
interfaces, verification IP, hardware verification kits, protocol
analyzers, software stacks and drivers, and optional customization
services for MIPI, USB, SD, SDIO, MMC/eMMC, CF, UFS, xD and many other
popular standards. Arasan's Total IP products serve system architects
and chip design teams in mobile, gaming and desktop computing systems
that require silicon-proven, validated IP, delivered with the ability
to integrate and verify both digital, analog and software components in
the shortest possible time with the lowest risk.

Unlike many other IP providers, Arasan's Total IP Solution encompasses
all aspects of IP development and integration, including analog and
digital cores, hardware development kits, protocol analyzers,
validation IP and software stacks and drivers and optional architecture
consulting and customization services. Based in San Jose, CA, USA,
Arasan Chip Systems has a 17 year track record of IP and IP standards
development leadership.

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CONTACT: Sales Contact - USA
         ARASAN CHIP SYSTEMS
         Ron Mabry
         408-282-1600 x108
         sales@arasan.com
         
         Sales Contact - Russia
         STREAMLINE DESIGN SOLUTIONS
         Alexander Bukhteev
         +7 (495) 5061474
         sasha@streamline-ds.net