SANTA CLARA, CA--(MARKET WIRE)--Jul 31, 2007 -- ChipX, Inc., leading the way with a broad range of next generation ASIC solutions, will be discussing the various ASIC options that designers have and their tradeoffs at their booth #809 during NIWeek 2007, starting August 7 at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas. ChipX will also be displaying their USB 2.0 and PCI Express pre-certified development platforms and the benefits that these platforms offer customers in terms of risk mitigation and speed to market.

NIWeek is the industry's premier event covering virtual instrumentation and graphical system design. The 13th annual customer and technology conference, hosted by National Instruments (NasdaqGS:NATI - News), provides three days of interactive technical sessions, targeted forums, exhibitions and hands-on workshops on the latest developments for design, automation, manufacturing and test.

ChipX's engineering team won last year's National Instruments ASIC Supplier of the year award. Structured ASICs, Embedded Arrays and Standard Cell ASICs are among the solutions offered by the company. Readers can learn more about NIWeek 2007, register for the event or sign up to exhibit at www.ni.com/niweek.

About ChipX

ChipX, Inc. is a pioneer and leader in the development and manufacturing of differentiated ASIC solutions, including Structured ASIC and Embedded Array technology. The company's innovative, patented technology consolidates wafer production tooling, reduces time-to-market and minimizes the total cost to profit. ChipX products are widely used in consumer equipment, computing peripherals, communication systems, industrial control, medical equipment, instrumentation and military/aerospace systems. Headquartered in Santa Clara, CA, ChipX is a privately held corporation, founded in the U.S. in 1989. A subsidiary, ChipX (Israel) Ltd., performs Research & Development. Investors include Elron Electronic Industries, Ltd. (NasdaqGS:ELRN - News), VantagePoint Venture Partners, Wasserstein Venture Capital, Newlight Associates, Parker Price Venture Capital, UMC, Needham Capital Partners and Insite Capital.

About National Instruments

National Instruments (www.ni.com) is transforming the way engineers and scientists design, prototype and deploy systems for measurement, automation and embedded applications. NI empowers customers with off-the-shelf software such as NI LabVIEW and modular cost-effective hardware, and sells to a broad base of more than 25,000 different companies worldwide, with no one customer representing more than 3 percent of revenue and no one industry representing more than 10 percent of revenue. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, NI has more than 4,300 employees and direct operations in nearly 40 countries. For the past eight years, FORTUNE magazine has named NI one of the 100 best companies to work for in America. Readers can obtain investment information from the company's investor relations department by calling (512) 683-5090, e-mailing nati@ni.com or visiting www.ni.com/nati.

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