Live Oak Logic Partners with Innovasic Semiconductor to Provide Software and Hardware Solutions for the New fido™ Industrial Microcontroller Family

Business Wire, Sept 19, 2006

SAN ANTONIO -- Live Oak Logic, a technology services company, today announced that they have partnered with Innovasic Semiconductor, a leader in replacement integrated circuit (IC) and microcontroller solutions, to provide software and support services for the new fido(TM) family of microcontrollers.

Live Oak Logic has been a close partner assisting Innovasic with software design and testing during the development of the new fido microcontroller. As a result, Live Oak Logic now has detailed knowledge of the architecture, unique capabilities and benefits of the fido family for industrial applications. The company stands ready to support Innovasic's customers as part of the fido family ecosystem.

"We are very excited to partner with Innovasic," said Saumil Shah, president of Live Oak Logic. "In this market, software and system test are a huge burden for developers. The fido microcontroller has a unique architecture that is unlike any other product on the market today. The Innovasic team has produced a remarkable device that directly addresses the needs of embedded industrial system designers. We look forward to providing services to support Innovasic and their customers to reduce development time."

"We are pleased to have Live Oak Logic as part of our team," said Keith Prettyjohns, CEO of Innovasic Semiconductor. "They have executed very well in supporting our development activity and they now are fully trained and ready to support fido customers."

About Live Oak Logic

Live Oak Logic, LLC, is a technology services company, located in San Antonio. Their core team members have been working together for more than 20 years, developing a strong mentoring and collaborative business culture with proven capabilities in diverse fields, including new product definition and realization, computer and enterprise software architecture, software and protocol architecture, software design and development, quality assurance, software and system testing, technical and user documentation, and customer service.

For more information visit http://www.liveoaklogic.com.

About Innovasic(R) Semiconductor

Innovasic Semiconductor is a fabless semiconductor company focused on serving the industrial market. The company has established a world-class reputation for solving obsolescence problems by developing microcontrollers and peripheral ICs that are 100 percent compatible with an original manufacturer's part in response to an End of Life notice. Having shipped over a million production ICs to the industrial market, Innovasic has become a trusted partner and an approved vendor to many of the leading industrial equipment manufacturers worldwide.

By developing close partnerships with its customers, the company has not only secured numerous wins for its growing line of replacement microcontrollers, but it has now launched its own family of industrial microcontrollers - specifically designed to solve problems typically overlooked by other semiconductor manufacturers. The new fido(TM) brand of microcontrollers have a novel architecture protected by multiple patent applications, while at the same time being compatible with one of the most widely used instruction sets.

For more information on fido, please visit http://www.engineersbestfriend.com/.> For more information on Innovasic Semiconductor, please visit http://www.innovasic.com.

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