S2C Opens a Direct Office in Taiwan

Enables Better Support for Taiwan Customers

San Jose, CA – January 18, 2011– S2C Inc., a leading rapid SoC prototyping solutions provider, announced today that it has opened a direct office in HsinChu, Taiwan. The office is located near the HsinChu Science Park and will provide direct sales, superior technical support and local hardware maintenance to S2C customers in Taiwan.

Archer Yang has been named the general manager of S2C Taiwan. Mon-Ren Chene, Chairman and CTO of S2C, said: “ Taiwan has been a major market for S2C since 2005. Our rapidly expanding business there has grown to a point that we can invest in a direct office to better service our customers locally. SoC prototyping is becoming a critical step in today’s hardware design and SoC software development. Having reliable SoC prototyping hardware is a requisite. This office not only will provide enhanced level of technical support but will also provide a local hardware maintenance capability to ensure our customers have almost zero down-time. S2C is committed to continue providing the best SoC Prototyping user experience for designers in Taiwan.”

S2C Taiwan Contact Information  5F-5, No.65, Gaotie 7th Rd.  Zhubei City, Hsinchu County 302  Taiwan  Email: archery@s2cinc.com Phone: +886 3 667-5782

About Archer Yang Archer has over 16 years of FPGA design, technical support, and senior management experience. Prior to S2C, Archer worked at Galaxy Far East Corp., a publically-listed electronics components distributor in Taiwan. At Galaxy Far East Crop, Archer spent 12 years as an FAE/FAE manager for several product lines including Altera and Aptix before spending 4 years as the director for developing and marketing Altera-based FPGA emulation boards. Archer later took on senior-level management positions including being the spokesmen for Galaxy Far East Corp. after the company went public. Archer graduated from National Taiwan University of Science and Technology in 1993 with a degree in Electronic Engineering.

About S2C

Founded and headquartered in San Jose, California, S2C has been successfully delivering rapid SoC prototyping tools since 2003.  S2C provides:

• Rapid SoC FPGA-based prototyping hardware systems plus design and verification software.

• Third-party Prototype Ready IP™

• SoC design, prototype and production services

S2C’s value proposition is our highly qualified engineering team and customer-focused sales force that understands our customers’ commercial SoC development needs.  S2C’s unique FPGA-based electronic system level (ESL) solution, using our patented TAI IP technology, enables designers to quickly assemble FPGA-based SoC prototypes on S2C FPGA boards easily and securely.  This gives customers an early start on software development, typically the long pole item in development schedules. Combining rapid prototyping methodologies with a comprehensive portfolio of Prototype Ready™ IP and advanced design solutions, S2C can greatly reduce the SoC design cycle.