SUNNYVALE, CA--(MARKET WIRE)--Sep 30, 2008 -- eSilicon Corporation, a pioneering semiconductor value chain producer (VCP), today announced it played a key role in the development of Spansion® EcoRAM(TM), previously announced on June 24, 2008. This breakthrough technology is designed to solve the growing energy consumption crisis in data centers by replacing power-hungry DRAM in servers.

With Spansion EcoRAM, powered by the Virident GreenGateway(TM), Spansion has created a way to re-architect the memory subsystem so it is still compatible with existing server designs. Spansion EcoRAM can help slash energy consumption by up to 75 percent in data center servers, and offer up to four times the memory capacity of traditional DRAM-only servers for the same energy consumption.

"We're very proud to play a key role in helping Spansion introduce this important technology," stated Jack Harding, chairman, president and CEO of eSilicon. "It's been very exciting for us to work with these two companies, as they slash costs and energy consumption in data centers."

This engagement is an example of eSilicon's integrated right-first-time approach to providing its customers application specific integrated circuits (ASICs) in a timely, lower risk and cost efficient manner. The company was involved in the package design, test development and qualification of the device and will provide fully packaged and tested production silicon to Spansion.

"Spansion EcoRAM is making a significant impact on the industry, directly addressing the challenge of providing an energy efficient solution while also supporting the increasing demand for instant access to Internet and other data," said Jan Silverman, vice president, Mass Storage Division at Spansion. "eSilicon plays an important role in helping us deliver this new class of product, and will continue to be a part of our effort to offer new server memory solutions to the market that dramatically reduce data center total-cost-of-ownership and energy."

Spansion, Inc. is a leading Flash memory solutions provider, and Virident Systems, Inc. is the creator of the first green data-centric technology platform delivering a new class of green memory, servers and applications for the data center.

About eSilicon

eSilicon, a pioneering semiconductor Value Chain Producer (VCP), provides a comprehensive suite of design, productization and manufacturing services, enabling a flexible, low-cost, lower-risk path to volume chip production. The company delivers custom chips (ASICs) to system original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and fabless semiconductor companies who serve a wide variety of markets including the consumer, computer, communications and industrial segments. eSilicon - Enabling Your Silicon Success(TM). For more information, please visit www.esilicon.com.

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