OEA International Expands Distribution in Asian Market

Morgan Hill, California - January 8, 2003.  OEA International, Inc., the industry leader in 3D extraction of interconnects, announces today that it is implementing an expansion plan for sales channels in Asia. OEA appointed Advinno Technologies as their representative for South East Asia, SEA (Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, and Australia). Also, Avant Technology of Taiwan has signed an agreement to be OEA's distributor for Taiwan and China. The agreements cover sales and support for OEA's entire product line in Asia Pacific.

"OEA has impressive technology. Their high performance and high accuracy 3D extraction, planning and signal integrity software supports the complexities of DSM and nanometer technologies and is well suited to the Asian consumer electronics, communication and wireless electronic design markets. We believe that OEA products perfectly complement the logic design, analysis, and characterization products that are already in our portfolio," said Terry Teh, Technical Marketing Director at Advinno Technologies.

"Asia is a very important market for us. The leading EDA tool distributors in Asia, such as Avant and Advinno with their high quality service and professionalism are the ideal partners to support our expanding business in the Asia Pacific region. Our partnership with these companies reinforces our commitment to the Asian market, where our products are being requested by the world's leading electronics companies, " said Jerry Tallinger, VP of Marketing and Sales at OEA International, Inc.

"We have chosen to become OEA International distributor in both Taiwan and China because they have the best-in-class solutions for 3D Parasitic Extraction of Interconnects and Design Planning Tools," said Yao-Chang Chang, EDA Deputy General Manager at Avant Technology, Inc. "We were very impressed with the technical expertise of OEA's staff and the high quality of training and support they provide for distributors."

In response to increasing customer demand OEA continues to expand its global sales and support network in Asia, Europe, and the United States.

About Avant Technology

Avant Technology Inc. (ATI) focuses on EDA distribution. Its mission is to shorten time to market, better quality and lower the final costs for their customers. In addition to OEA International, Inc., ATI now represents Celoxica, Circuit Semantics, Dynalith, IntelliSense, Interra, K2, Monterey Design Systems, PineBush, Sagantec, Tanner and TransEDA. ATI has provided design services in the following areas. Full custom layout services, including place and route, cell libraries, random logic, gate-arrays, memories, and analog mixed signal designs. As part of it design services ATI provides "Re-use IP" from library, logic block, memory, IP and chip process migration from one process to another process, or from one foundry to another foundry. Avant Technology is headquartered at 5F, No. 3 Lane, Puding Road, Hsinchu City, Taiwan. Telephone +886-3-516-0188, fax: +886-3-516-0166. For more information visit http://www.avant.com.tw

About Advinno Technologies

Advinno Technologies Private Limited is a design solutions company providing best in class Electronic Design Automation (EDA) software solutions and design services. Through their extensive experience in Integrated Circuits design and leading edge EDA tools Advinno partner with clients to deliver a first pass success products to market faster and have operation in South East Asia, including Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines and Australia. For more information visit http://www.advinno.com

About OEA International

OEA International, Inc. is the industry leader in 3D extraction of interconnects. OEA's tools are currently used in the most demanding extraction and design environments.  Some of the world's most advanced design facilities use OEA tools for detailed analysis and design of high-speed clocks, buses, I/O rings, power grids, and synthesis of RF passive components.  For additional information call (408) 778-6747, or visit OEA online at www.oea.com

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