Nuvation announces partnership with QuickLogic becomes certified QuickDR

San Jose, Calif., May 5, 2001 — Nuvation, a leading electronics design firm in the Silicon Valley, today announced that it has been approved as a new member of QuickLogic's Design Resources Consultants Program, or "QuickDR." QuickLogic is the developer of the Embedded Standard Product (ESP) architecture, a unique programmable logic platform. QuickLogic has established QuickDR as a way for companies to locate certified design resources that are specialists in the QuickLogic architecture and specific technology areas. Nuvation was certified as a QuickDR partner based on its knowledge and expertise in QuickLogic devices. As such, Nuvation becomes a recognized partner to provide qualified engineering design services to QuickLogic's OEM clients.

More than ever before, market pressures are demanding that technology companies deliver their embedded systems projects with increasingly greater efficiencies. Today's industry leaders are embracing Contract Engineering as a key competitive advantage. Nuvation has built a solid reputation as the leading Silicon Valley electronic design services (EDS) firm for hardware and firmware systems development. Nuvation has been recognized for its innovative methodologies, scalable resources and technical competencies, delivering project success on accelerated development schedules. QuickLogic recognizes and promotes Nuvation where its clients require specialized skills and immediate resources to keep pace with today's market dynamics.

Michael Worry, Nuvation's CEO, said of the QuickLogic partnership, "QuickLogic is a pioneer in the semiconductor industry and we are excited to formalize the collaboration between our two companies. We have integrated their devices on a number of projects and have been very impressed with the architecture and performance of their platforms. This partnership enables us to collaborate to the benefit of our mutual customers."

About QuickLogic Corporation

QuickLogic Corporation (NASDAQ: QUIK) introduced the Embedded Standard Product (ESP) architecture in 1998, creating a new class of semiconductor devices that combines the guaranteed performance and lower cost of standard products with the flexibility and time-to-market benefits of programmable logic. Since then, QuickLogic has developed more than 100 ESP solutions for OEMs in such markets as telecommunications and data communications; video/audio, graphics and imaging; instrumentation and test; high-performance computing; and military systems. For more information on the company and its products, please go to www.quicklogic.com

About Nuvation

Nuvation is a leading Electronics Design Services (EDS) firm that provides ASIC, FPGA, board, and firmware design services for the embedded systems industry. Nuvation's design experience spans industries such as Communications, Consumer Electronics, Medical , and Security/Defense. Founded in 1997 and based in San Jose, California, Nuvation's customers include a number of notable companies such as Altera, Lucent, HP, JDS Uniphase, Infineon, LeapFrog, SanDisk, Finisar, and Trimble Navigation. Nuvation is a wholly-owned subsidiary of IAR Systems (OMX:IAR). More information is available at www.nuvation.com

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Nuvation
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