Jeffrey Bouchard Joins Open-Silicon Executive Team

IC Industry veteran appointed as CFO for new-generation fabless ASIC company

Sunnyvale, Calif. February 6, 2006 -Open-Silicon, Inc., a fabless ASIC company that provides a predictable, reliable and cost-effective alternative to traditional chip design and supply-chain models, , today announced that Jeffrey Bouchard will join the company on February 13 as Chief Financial Officer.

"Jeff brings a solid track record of financial leadership at rapidly growing technology companies to his role as CFO at Open-Silicon" said Dr. Naveed Sherwani, President and CEO of Open-Silicon. "Jeff's demonstrated business leadership will be invaluable as our OpenMODEL of designing and manufacturing ASICs continues to lead our rapid growth."

"Open-Silicon has a tremendous market opportunity" said Mr. Brouchard. "I am looking forward to joining the executive team at Open-Silicon and helping to lead their growth."

Mr. Bouchard earned an MBA from Santa Clara University and B.S. in Business Administration-Finance from San Jose State University.

Howard Fischer Associates conducted the search that brought Jeff Bouchard to Open-Silicon.

About Open Silicon, Inc.
Open-Silicon, Inc. is a fabless ASIC company delivering the most cost-effective, predictable and reliable custom ASIC solution to electronics product customers worldwide. Open-Silicon's OpenMODEL™ is the semiconductor industry's first end-to-end custom ASIC solution based on a business model that provides a seamless, low-cost, low risk alternative to traditional models for complex ASIC design and development. For more information, visit Open-Silicon's website at www.open-silicon.com or call 408-523-1200.