May 24, 2006 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 announces new seamless integration for OrCAD AND PADS Users

New PCBNavigator Provides PADS2005 Integration with OrCAD Capture Users and Enhances Design Flow by Defining Routing Constraints and Manage ECOs Bi-Directionally

SILVER SPRING, MD., May 24, 2006 - Precience, Inc., a leading developer of electronic design automation (EDA) design-for-supply-chain solutions, today announced a new integration that delivers seamless board design flow for Mentor Graphics PADS2005 PCB layout software and OrCAD Capture(CIS) 10.5. Working through the Mentor Graphics® OpenDoorSM program and Cadence® Connections ProgramSM, PrecienceÔ enhanced its PCBNavigatorÒ integration solution to enable Orcad Capture users to design for the PADS PowerPCB PCB layout tool, defining routing constraints and managing engineering change orders (ECOs) bi-directionally. The new solution speeds up the design flow significantly by delivering unsurpassed integration.

By working with Mentor OpenDoor Precience and Mentor demonstrating the commitment to providing new integration path for adopting Mentor’s and Cadence EDA tools.

“Precience continues to demonstrate it’s commitment by providing new integration path for best-in-class EDA tools design process. PCBNavigator 5.1 software is at the cutting edge of integration technology and support other PCB platforms such as Altium, and Zuken,” said Mike Harris, Director of Public Relations.

“By providing a common constraint and data management database for OrCAD Capture and PADS PowerPCB PCB users, constraints and design rules, such as those required to direct Mentor’s BlazeRoute® routing technology, can be defined. The new integration also provides these users the functionality needed to truly benefit from the power of the PowerPCB PCB Series layout and OrCAD CIS tools.”

About PCBNavigator 5.1 Integration Solution
The PCBNavigator 5.1 solution provides complete bi-directional integration between schematic capture tools and PowerPCB Series 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 Capture through automatic Swap file (.swp) generation.

PCBNavigator 5.1 software is integrated at the database level with schematic and target PCB systems using enhanced EDIF200. The user can select design elements in the schematic editors and appropriate footprints and other data 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 to keep design in synchronization.

Price and Availability
PCBNavigator 5.1 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/XP/NT/2000.

Interested users are encouraged to visit our Web site at
http://www.precience.com/pages/PCBNavigator.asp for more information.

About Precience, Inc.
Precience is a leading worldwide developer of EDA design-for-supply-chain integration technology and component supplier management products and serves over 200 companies worldwide. 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 (301) 421-9054, 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 BlazeRoute are registered trademarks and OpenDoor and PowerPCB are servicemarks and/or trademarks of Mentor Graphics Corporation. All other trademarks or registered marks are the property of their respective holders.