News Release

Keith Hopkins joins EVE as Vice President of Worldwide Sales

Well-Known Executive Tasked With Forging Sales, Support Organizations

SAN JOSE, Calif. & PALAISEAU, France -- Wednesday March 7, 2007 --EVE today named Keith Hopkins to the position of vice president of worldwide sales, reporting to Dr. Luc Burgun, its chief executive officer (CEO) and president. He will be based in EVE-USA's San Jose, Calif., headquarters.

Hopkins has held most recently the title of vice president of sales at Denali Software Inc. (2000-2003) and Artisan Components, now part of ARM Ltd (2004-2007). He began his career in 1981 as a technic al marketing engineer at Intel. He held technical positions at Intel and the former Daisy Systems, Inc., and then in 1988, moved to Mentor Graphics Corp, where he rose through the ranks to become director of sales.

"EVE is committed to continuing its vigorous expansion in 2007 and the years ahead," said Dr. Burgun. "Adding experienced key executives like Keith will help us not only to keep gaining share rapidly, but also better serve EDA customers around the world with solutions and service they truly value. Keith has an impeccable reputation throughout the industry. He is uniquely equipped to meld the sales and support teams from EVE and recently-acquired Tharas into one cohesive organization delivering true excellence in customer service."

Hopkins holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tenn.

Remarked Hopkins: "EVE is a progressive EDA company focused on industry leadership and accelerating all across the marketplace. It's an exciting time to become part of a company destined to be the one firm supplying a full range of hardware-assisted verification solutions."

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For more information about EVE and ZeBu, contact Lauro Rizzatti, general manager of EVE USA. He can be reached at (408) 855-3201 or via email at lauro@eve-team.com.