May 15, 2005 Release

Saud Khudair
CEO
Precience, Inc.
Tel: +1 (240) 883-9170, Ext. 804
E-mail: saudk@precience.com

Mike Harris
Public Relations
Precience, Inc.
Tel: +1 (240) 883-9170, Ext. 3
E-mail: mikem@precience.com

Precience joins Mentor open-door program, and announces new integration for OrCAD and PowerPCB tools

Enhanced PCBNavigator Provides PADS Integration and Enables Orcad Capture Users To Define Routing Constraints and Manage ECOs Bi-Directionally

GAITHERSBURG, Maryland, May 15, 2005- Precience, Inc., a leading developer of electronic design automation (EDA) design-for-supply-chain solutions, today announced a new integration that delivers powerful support for Mentor PADS® layout software. Working through the Mentor Graphics® OpenDoorSM program, Precience? enhanced its PCBNavigator? integration solution to enable Orcad Capture users to design for the PADS layout tool, defining routing constraints and managing engineering change orders (ECOs) bi-directionally.

“PCBNavigator 5.0 software is at the cutting edge of integration technology,” said Javed Siddiqi, president and CEO of Precience. “By providing a common constraint database for Cadence Orcad Capture, and Mentor PCB users, constraints and design rules, such as those required to direct Mentor’s PADS routing technology, can be defined. The new integration also provides these users the functionality needed to truly benefit from the power of the PADS layout tools.”


About PCBNavigator 5.0 Integration Solution
The PCBNavigator 5.0 solution provides complete bi-directional integration between schematic capture tools and PADS layout tools. The design rule constraint spreadsheet editor enables rule passing for nets, pins, components and boards. Design integrity is maintained and synchronization with printed circuit board (PCB) ECOs (reference design, rules, etc.) is automated. ECOs can be easily read into Orcad CaptureCIS through automatic Swap file (.swp) generation.

PCBNavigator 5.0 software is integrated at the database level with schematic and target PCB systems. The user can select comp/net/pin in the schematic editors and appropriate rules are highlighted automatically in the PCBNavigator spreadsheet (dynamic cross-probing link). The solution automatically checks the PCB ECO file and reports items that can be back annotated to the schematic design.


Price and Availability
PCBNavigator 5.0 software is sold by Precience and through the company’s worldwide reseller network. The product is priced at $3,499.00 for a single floating seat and is available immediately. The product is available on Windows 98/NT/XP/2000. Interested users are encouraged to visit our Web site at www.preceience.com and request a 14 day money back guarantee evaluation.

About Precience, Inc.
Precience is a leading worldwide developer of EDA design-for-supply-chain integration technology and component lifecycle management products including PCBNavigator 5.0, Obsolescence Manager?, and PartNavigator? 3.5. Precience is a privately held company established in 1995 with corporate headquarters at 201 Perry Parkway Suite 1, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20866. To learn more about Precience and its products, please visit the Precience Web site at www.precience.com. For further information contact Precience at +1 (240) 883-9170, or via e-mail at info@precience.com.

Precience, PCBNavigator, PartNavigator, and Obsolescence Manager are trademarks or registered marks of Precience, Inc. Mentor Graphics and PADS are registered trademarks and OpenDoor is a servicemark and/or trademark of Mentor Graphics Corporation. All other trademarks or registered marks are the property of their respective holders.