Dave Burow Joins Catalytic Inc. as Chief Executive Officer

Palo Alto, Calif. –– January 9, 2006 –– Electronic systems and semiconductor industry veteran Dave Burow today became president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Catalytic Inc., a company whose tools simplify signal processing design. His appointment follows Catalytic’s announcement last month that it raised $7 million in second round funding that will be used to expand its research and development efforts and distribution channels.

“Dave is a successful and experienced executive with the skill set to help advance Catalytic through its next phase of growth,” says Randy Allen, Catalytic’s founder who moves from being CEO to chief technology officer.

Adds Burow: “DSP design is central to the consumer and communications applications driving the growth in electronic systems and semiconductors. Catalytic and its exceptionally talented technical team are creating software tools ideally suited to serve this large designer community. The market opportunity and a solid team who work well together are what attracted me to Catalytic.”

Burow brings more than 20 years’ senior management experience to Catalytic. Most recently, he was executive chairman of Arithmatica, an Intellectual Property (IP) and Electronic Design Automation (EDA) firm that uses advances in silicon math algorithms to lower costs and power while increasing speed for math-intensive chips.

He previously was a senior vice president at Synopsys Inc., where he served as general manager of the Verification Group and of the Internet Design and Services Group. Burow joined Synopsys in 1997 through its acquisition of Viewlogic. At Viewlogic, he was group vice president of their IC design automation business. Prior to joining Viewlogic, Burow held CEO and senior management positions within the EDA and semiconductor industries at Silicon Architects (also acquired by Synopsys), CrossCheck Technology, SimuCAD and Fairchild Semiconductor. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering from Purdue University of West Lafayette, Indiana, and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago.

Burow serves on the Board of Directors of Arithmatica Limited, Claria Corporation and Numetrics Management Systems Inc.

Catalytic’s initial software product –– Catalytic RMS (Rapid MATLAB Simulator) –– is used to streamline and accelerate the algorithm design of signal processing systems through faster MATLAB (a popular numerical analysis and visualization environment from The MathWorks) simulation.

About Catalytic Inc. Catalytic speeds the development of signal processing applications by creating an efficient path from algorithmic specification to implementation. Catalytic Inc. was founded in 2001 by Dr. Randy Allen, a successful entrepreneur, world-renowned compiler technology expert and the co-author of the book, “Optimizing Compilers for Modern Architectures: A Dependence-based Approach.” Corporate headquarters are located at 1076A East Meadow Circle, Palo Alto, Calif. 94303. Telephone: (650) 846- 2555. Facsimile: (650) 846-2557. Email: info@catalyticinc.com. More information about Catalytic Inc. can be found at its website located at: http://www.catalyticinc.com

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