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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.12

                          REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

        This Registration Rights Agreement (the "Agreement") is entered into as
of June 28, 2001 by and between Persistence Software, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), and RCG Capital Markets Group, Inc. (the "Warrant
Share Holder"). For purposes of this Agreement, the term "Warrant Share Holder"
includes all subsequent holders of Warrant Shares (as defined below).

                                    RECITALS

        1.     The Company and the Warrant Share Holder have entered into an
Engagement Agreement pursuant to which the Warrant Share Holder will provide
certain services to the Company in consideration, in part, for the issuance to
the Warrant Share Holder by the Company of a warrant to purchase common stock,
dated as of the date hereof (the "Warrant").

        2.     A condition to the Warrant Share Holder obligations' under the
Engagement Agreement is that the Company grant certain Form S-3 and piggyback
registration rights to the Warrant Share Holder with respect to the shares of
Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrant (the "Warrant Shares").

        3.     The Company wishes to execute this Agreement and grant the
Warrant Share Holder the rights contained herein.

                                    AGREEMENT

        The parties hereby agree as follows:

        1.     REGISTRATION RIGHTS. The Company and the Warrant Share Holder
covenant and agree as follows:

               1.1    DEFINITIONS. For purposes of this Section 1:

                      (a)    The terms "register," "registered," and
"registration" refer to a registration effected by preparing and filing a
registration statement or similar document in compliance with the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") on Form S-3, and the declaration or
ordering of effectiveness of such registration statement or document;

                      (b)    The term "Registrable Securities" means:

                             (i)    the Warrant Shares that are exercisable from
time to time in accordance with the terms of the Warrant; and

                             (ii)   any other shares of Common Stock of the
Company issued as (or issuable upon the conversion or exercise of any warrant,
right or other security which is issued as) a dividend or other distribution
with respect to, or in connection with a stock split, or in exchange for or in
replacement of, the Warrant Shares, excluding in all cases, however, any
Registrable Securities sold by a person in a transaction in which his or her
rights under this

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Agreement are not assigned; provided, however, that the Warrant Shares shall
only be treated as Registrable Securities if and so long as they have not been
(A) sold to or through a broker or dealer or underwriter in a public
distribution or a public securities transaction, or (B) sold in a transaction
exempt from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the
Securities Act under Section 4(1) thereof so that all transfer restrictions, and
restrictive legends with respect thereto, if any, are removed upon the
consummation of such sale;

                      (c)    The term "Holder" means any holder of outstanding
Registrable Securities who, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 1.11
below, acquired such Registrable Securities in a transaction or series of
transactions not involving any registered public offering;

                      (d)    The term "Form S-3" means such form under the
Securities Act as in effect on the date hereof or any successor form under the
Securities Act; and

                      (e)    The term "SEC" means the Securities and Exchange
Commission.

               1.2    FORM S-3 REGISTRATION. Subject to the terms and conditions
of this Agreement, at any time on or after the date on which at least 52,800
Warrant Shares are exercisable in accordance with the terms of the Warrant, and
upon written request of the Holder that the Company effect a registration on
Form S-3 and any related qualification or compliance with respect to all of the
Registrable Securities owned by such Holder or Holders, the Company will on or
before sixty (60) days after the date of such request either: (i) amend a Form
S-3 registration statement, if any, that is then-effective to include the
Registrable Securities therein, or (ii) file with the SEC a registration
statement on Form S-3, in which case it will use its commercially reasonable
efforts to effect such registration and any related qualification or compliance
with respect to all Registrable Securities owned by the Holders as soon as
practicable thereafter, provided however that the Company may defer filing a
registration statement on Form S-3 pursuant to subsection 1.2(b)(i) or
subsection 1.2(b)(ii) below. Accordingly, the Company will:

                      (a)    promptly give written notice of the registration,
and any related qualification or compliance, to all Holders;

                      (b)    as soon as practicable, effect such registration
and all such qualifications and compliances as may be necessary and as would
permit or facilitate the sale and distribution of all of the Holders'
Registrable Securities; provided, however, that the Company shall not be
obligated to effect any such registration, qualification or compliance, pursuant
to this Section 1.2 if (i) the Company shall furnish to the Holders a
certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in the good
faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would be seriously
detrimental to the Company and its stockholders for such Form S-3 Registration
to be effected at such time, in which event the Company shall have the right to
defer the filing of the Form S-3 registration statement for a period of not more
than 120 days after receipt of the request of the Holder or Holders under this
Section 1.2 or (ii) Form S-3 is not

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available for such offering by the Holder(s), provided, however, that if Form
S-3 is not available, Company shall file the Form S-3 registration statement
once it is available.

               1.3    COMPANY REGISTRATION. If (but without any obligation to do
so) the Company proposes to register (including for this purpose a registration
effected by the Company for stockholders other than the Holders) any of its
stock under the Securities Act in connection with the public offering of such
securities solely for cash (other than a registration relating solely to the
sale of securities to participants in a Company stock plan or a transaction
covered by Rule 145 under the Securities Act, a registration in which the only
stock being registered is Common Stock issuable upon conversion of debt
securities which are also being registered, or any registration on any form
which does not include substantially the same information as would be required
to be included in a registration statement covering the sale of the Registrable
Securities), the Company shall, at such time, promptly give each Holder written
notice of such registration. Upon the written request of each Holder given
within 20 days after mailing of such notice by the Company in accordance with
Section 2.6, the Company shall, subject to the provisions of Section 1.7, cause
to be registered under the Securities Act all of the Registrable Securities that
each such Holder has requested to be registered. Each Holder understands and
agrees that the registration rights granted to the Holder(s) hereunder are to
rank junior to the piggyback registration rights held by certain of the
Company's other stockholders.

               1.4    OBLIGATIONS OF THE COMPANY. Whenever required under this
Section 1 to effect the registration of any Registrable Securities, the Company
shall, as expeditiously as reasonably possible:

                      (a)    Prepare and file with the SEC a registration
statement with respect to such Registrable Securities and use its best efforts
to cause such registration statement to become effective, and keep such
registration statement effective until the earlier of: (i) the date on which all
the Registrable Securities are sold thereunder, or (ii) 90 days.

                      (b)    Prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and
supplements to such registration statement and the prospectus used in connection
with such registration statement as may be necessary to comply with the
provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all
securities covered by such registration statement pursuant to the terms and
subject to the conditions of this Agreement.

                      (c)    Furnish to the Holder(s) such numbers of copies of
a prospectus, including a preliminary prospectus, in conformity with the
requirements of the Securities Act, and such other documents as they may
reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of Registrable
Securities owned by them.

                      (d)    Use its commercially reasonable efforts to register
and qualify the securities covered by such registration statement under such
other securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as shall be reasonably
requested by the Holder(s), provided that the Company shall not be required in
connection therewith or as a condition thereto to qualify to do business or to
file a general consent to service of process in any such states or
jurisdictions.

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                      (e)    Notify each Holder of Registrable Securities
covered by such registration statement at any time when a prospectus relating
thereto is required to be delivered under the Securities Act of the happening of
any event as a result of which the prospectus included in such registration
statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or
omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances
then existing, such obligation to continue for so long as the Company agrees to
keep the registration statement effective pursuant to the terms of Section
1.4(a), whereupon each Holder shall cease utilizing such prospectus until such
time as the Company files a supplement or file a post-effective amendment to the
registration statement or the prospectus or any document incorporated therein by
reference or files any other report or document so that, as thereafter delivered
to the purchasers of the Registrable Securities, the prospectus will not contain
an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading (a "Prospectus Update").
As soon as the Prospectus Update has been effectuated, the Company will notify
each Holder that the prospectus is available for use, whereupon each such Holder
may thereupon commence utilizing such prospectus.

                      (f)    Cause all such Registrable Securities registered
pursuant hereunder to be listed on each securities exchange or other market on
which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed.

                      (g)    Provide a transfer agent and registrar for all
Registrable Securities registered pursuant hereunder and a CUSIP number for all
such Registrable Securities, in each case not later than the effective date of
such registration.

               1.5    FURNISH INFORMATION. It shall be a condition precedent to
the obligations of the Company to take any action pursuant to this Section 1
with respect to the Registrable Securities of any selling Holder that such
Holder shall furnish to the Company such information regarding itself, the
Registrable Securities held by it, and the intended method of disposition of
such securities as shall be required to effect the registration of such Holder's
Registrable Securities.

               1.6    EXPENSES OF REGISTRATION. All expenses incurred in
connection with registrations, filings or qualifications of Registrable
Securities pursuant to Section 1.2 or 1.3 for each Holder (which right may be
assigned as provided in Section 1.11), including (without limitation) all
registration, filing, and qualification fees, printers' and accounting fees, and
fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, shall be borne by the
Company; provided, however that RCG Capital Markets Group, Inc. ("RCG") agrees
to reimburse the Company for 50% of such expenses (up to $10,000) which are
direct costs associated with the registration contemplated by Section 1.2;
provided further that in the event that such registration statement is reviewed
by the SEC, RCG agrees to reimburse the Company for those additional costs
directly associated with such review by the SEC; and provided further that RCG
agrees to reimburse the Company for all such expenses for which it has agreed to
pay on or before the effective date of the registration statement in question.
The Company shall not be required to pay any underwriters' or brokers' fees,
discounts or commissions relating to the Registrable Securities, or

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the fees or expenses of separate counsel to the selling Holder(s) (such fees or
discounts, if any, to be borne pro rata by the Holders participating in the
registration).

               1.7    UNDERWRITING REQUIREMENTS. In connection with any offering
involving an underwriting of shares of the Company's capital stock, the Company
shall not be required under Section 1.3 to include any of the Holders'
securities in such underwriting unless they accept the terms of the underwriting
as agreed upon between the Company and the underwriters selected by it (or by
other persons entitled to select the underwriters), and then only in such
quantity as the underwriters determine in their sole discretion will not
jeopardize the success of the offering by the Company. If the total amount of
securities, including Registrable Securities, requested by stockholders to be
included in such offering exceeds the amount of securities sold other than by
the Company that the underwriters determine in their sole discretion is
compatible with the success of the offering, then the Company shall be required
to include in the offering only that number of such securities, including
Registrable Securities, which the underwriters determine in their sole
discretion will not jeopardize the success of the offering (the securities so
included to be apportioned pro rata among all selling stockholders according to
the total amount of securities entitled to be included therein owned by each
selling stockholder, provided that the Warrant Shares shall be excluded entirely
from the offering before any shares of Common Stock issued on conversion of
Preferred Stock of the Company are excluded). For purposes of the preceding
parenthetical concerning apportionment, for any selling stockholder that is a
holder of Registrable Securities and that is a partnership or corporation, the
partners, retired partners and stockholders of such holder, or the estates and
family members of any such partners and retired partners and any trusts for the
benefit of any of the foregoing persons shall be deemed to be a single "selling
stockholder," and any pro-rata reduction with respect to such "selling
stockholder" shall be based upon the aggregate amount of shares carrying
registration rights owned by all entities and individuals included in such
"selling stockholder," as defined in this sentence.

               1.8    DELAY OF REGISTRATION. No Holder shall have any right to
obtain or seek an injunction restraining or otherwise delaying any such
registration as the result of any controversy that might arise with respect to
the interpretation or implementation of this Section 1.

               1.9    INDEMNIFICATION. In the event any Registrable Securities
are included in a registration statement under this Section 1:

                      (a)    To the extent permitted by law, the Company will
indemnify and hold harmless each Holder, any underwriter (as defined in the
Securities Act) for such Holder and each person, if any, who controls such
Holder or underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), against any losses,
claims, damages, or liabilities (joint or several) to which they may become
subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or other federal or state
law, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, or liabilities (or actions in
respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any of the following statements,
omissions or violations (collectively a "Violation"): (i) any untrue statement
or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in such registration
statement,

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including any preliminary prospectus or final prospectus contained therein or
any amendments or supplements thereto, (ii) the omission or alleged omission to
state therein a material fact required to be stated therein, or necessary to
make the statements therein not misleading, or (iii) any violation or alleged
violation by the Company of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, any state
securities law or any rule or regulation promulgated under the Securities Act,
the Exchange Act or any state securities law; and the Company will pay to each
such Holder, underwriter or controlling person, as incurred, any legal or other
expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or
defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability, or action; provided, however,
that the indemnity agreement contained in this subsection 1.9(a) shall not apply
to amounts paid in settlement of any such loss, claim, damage, liability, or
action if such settlement is effected without the consent of the Company (which
consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), nor shall the Company be liable to
any Holder, underwriter or controlling person for any such loss, claim, damage,
liability, or action to the extent that it arises out of or is based upon a
Violation which occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with written
information furnished expressly for use in connection with such registration by
any such Holder, underwriter or controlling person.

                      (b)    To the extent permitted by law, each selling Holder
will indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its
officers who has signed the registration statement, each person, if any, who
controls the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act, any underwriter,
any other Holder selling securities in such registration statement and any
controlling person of any such underwriter or other Holder, against any losses,
claims, damages, or liabilities (joint or several) to which any of the foregoing
persons may become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or other
federal or state law, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, or liabilities
(or actions in respect thereto) arise out of or are based upon any Violation, in
each case to the extent (and only to the extent) that such Violation occurs in
reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished by such
Holder expressly for use in connection with such registration; and each such
Holder will pay, as incurred, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by
any person intended to be indemnified pursuant to this subsection 1.9(b), in
connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage,
liability, or action; provided, however, that the indemnity agreement contained
in this subsection 1.9(b) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any
such loss, claim, damage, liability or action if such settlement is effected
without the consent of the Holder, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld; provided, that in no event shall any indemnity under this subsection
1.9(b) exceed the net proceeds from the offering received by such Holder, except
in the case of willful fraud by such Holder.

                      (c)    Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party
under this Section 1.9 of notice of the commencement of any action (including
any governmental action), such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect
thereof is to be made against any indemnifying party under this Section 1.9,
deliver to the indemnifying party a written notice of the commencement thereof
and the indemnifying party shall have the right to participate in, and, to the
extent the indemnifying party so desires, jointly with any other indemnifying
party similarly noticed, to assume the defense thereof with counsel mutually
satisfactory to the parties; provided, however, that an indemnified party
(together with all other indemnified parties which may be

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represented without conflict by one counsel) shall have the right to retain one
separate counsel, with the reasonable fees and expenses to be paid by the
indemnifying party, if representation of such indemnified party by the counsel
retained by the indemnifying party would be inappropriate due to actual or
potential differing interests between such indemnified party and any other party
represented by such counsel in such proceeding. The failure to deliver written
notice to the indemnifying party within a reasonable time of the commencement of
any such action, if prejudicial to its ability to defend such action, shall
relieve such indemnifying party of any liability to the indemnified party under
this Section 1.9, but the omission so to deliver written notice to the
indemnifying party will not relieve it of any liability that it may have to any
indemnified party otherwise than under this Section 1.9.

                      (d)    If the indemnification provided for in this Section
1.9 is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to an
indemnified party with respect to any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense
referred to therein, then the indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such
indemnified party hereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by
such indemnified party as a result of such loss, liability, claim, damage, or
expense in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of
the indemnifying party on the one hand and of the indemnified party on the other
in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such loss,
liability, claim, damage or expense as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations; provided, that in no event shall any contribution by a Holder
under this Subsection 1.9(d) exceed the net proceeds from the offering received
by such Holder, except in the case of willful fraud by such Holder. The relative
fault of the indemnifying party and of the indemnified party shall be determined
by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact or the omission to state a material fact relates to
information supplied by the indemnifying party or by the indemnified party and
the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information, and opportunity
to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

                      (e)    Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that
the provisions on indemnification and contribution contained in the underwriting
agreement entered into in connection with the underwritten public offering are
in conflict with the foregoing provisions, the provisions in the underwriting
agreement shall control.

                      (f)    The obligations of the Company and Holder(s) under
this Section 1.9 shall survive the completion of any offering of Registrable
Securities in a registration statement under this Section 1, and otherwise.

               1.10   REPORTS UNDER SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934. With a view
to making available to the Holder(s) the benefits of Rule 144 promulgated under
the Securities Act and any other rule or regulation of the SEC that may at any
time permit a Holder to sell securities of the Company to the public without
registration or pursuant to a registration on Form S-3, the Company agrees to:

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                      (a)    make and keep public information available, as
those terms are understood and defined in SEC Rule 144, at all times so long as
the Company remains subject to the periodic reporting requirements under
Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act;

                      (b)    file with the SEC in a timely manner all reports
and other documents required of the Company under the Securities Act and the
Exchange Act; and

                      (c)    furnish to any Holder, so long as the Holder owns
any Registrable Securities, forthwith upon request (i) a written statement by
the Company that it has complied with the reporting requirements of SEC Rule
144, the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, (ii) a copy of the most recent
annual or quarterly report of the Company and such other reports and documents
so filed by the Company, and (iii) such other information as may be reasonably
requested in availing any Holder of any rule or regulation of the SEC which
permits the selling of any such securities without registration.

               1.11   ASSIGNMENT OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS. The rights to cause the
Company to register Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 1 may be
assigned by any Holder to a transferee or assignee of at least 40,000 shares of
the Warrant Shares, provided the Company is, within a reasonable time after such
transfer, furnished with written notice of the name and address of such
transferee or assignee and the securities with respect to which such
registration rights are being assigned; and provided, further, that such
assignment shall be effective only if immediately following such transfer the
further disposition of such securities by the transferee or assignee is
restricted under the Securities Act.

               1.12   CERTAIN ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS OF THE HOLDER(S).

                      (a)    Prior to and so long as the registration statement
shall remain effective, each Holder shall:

                             (i)    Not engage in any stabilization activity in
connection with the Company's Common Stock;

                             (ii)   Not bid for or purchase any of the Company's
Common Stock or any rights to acquire the Company's Common Stock, or attempt to
induce any person to purchase any of the Company's Common Stock other than as
permitted under the Exchange Act; or

                             (iii)  Effect all sales of Registrable Securities
in broker's transactions through broker-dealers acting as agents, in
transactions directly with market makers or in privately negotiated transaction
where no broker or other third party (other than the purchaser) is involved.

                      (b)    Without limiting any other provision of this
Agreement, no Holder shall engage in any short-sales of the Company's Common
Stock prior to the effectiveness of the registration statement pursuant to which
the Holder(s) is offered the opportunity to sell its

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Registrable Securities hereunder, except to the extent that any such short-sale
is fully covered by freely tradable shares of the Company's Common Stock.

               1.13   TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS. The rights granted
under this Section 1, including the rights to utilize any previously filed
registration statements, shall terminate upon the earlier of (a) June 28, 2007,
(b) the date the Company has effected one registration statement pursuant hereto
or (c) such time as the Holder(s) may sell all of its Registrable Securities in
any single three month period pursuant to Rule 144 (or such successor rule as
may be adopted).

        2.     MISCELLANEOUS.

               2.1    AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS. Any term of this Agreement may be
amended or waived with the written consent of the Company and the holders of all
of the Warrant Shares then held by all Holders. Any amendment or waiver effected
in accordance with this Section 2.1 shall be binding upon the parties and their
respective successors and assigns.

               2.2    SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. Subject to the provisions of
Section 1.11, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall inure to the
benefit of and be binding upon the respective successors and assigns of the
parties. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer
upon any party other than the parties hereto or their respective successors and
assigns, any rights, remedies, obligations, or liabilities under or by reason of
this Agreement, except as expressly provided in this Agreement.

               2.3    GOVERNING LAW. The corporate laws of the State of Delaware
shall govern all issues concerning the relative rights of Company and the Holder
as a stockholder. All other questions concerning the construction, validity,
enforcement and interpretation of this Agreement and all acts and transactions
pursuant hereto shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws
of the State of California, without regard to principles of conflicts of law.

               2.4    COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in two or
more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which
together shall constitute one instrument.

               2.5    TITLES AND SUBTITLES. The titles and subtitles used in
this Agreement are used for convenience only and are not to be considered in
construing or interpreting this Agreement.

               2.6    NOTICES. Any notice required or permitted by this
Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed sufficient upon receipt, when
delivered personally or by courier, overnight delivery service or confirmed
facsimile, or 48 hours after being deposited in the regular mail as certified or
registered mail (airmail if sent internationally) with postage prepaid, if such
notice is addressed to the party to be notified at such party's address or
facsimile number as set forth below (or as subsequently modified by written
notice):

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               To the Company:      Persistence Software, Inc.
                                    1720 S. Amphlett Blvd, 3rd Floor
                                    San Mateo, CA 94402
                                    Attention: Chief Executive Officer
                                    Phone: (650) 372-3600
                                    Fax: (650) 341-8432

                             With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice)

                                    Venture Law Group
                                    2775 Sand Hill Road
                                    Menlo Park, CA 94025
                                    Attn: Laurel Finch
                                    Tel: (650) 854-4488
                                    Fax: (650) 233-8386

               To the Holders, at the respective addresses on the signature
pages hereto.

               2.7    SEVERABILITY. If one or more provisions of this Agreement
are held to be unenforceable under applicable law, the parties agree to
renegotiate such provision in good faith, in order to maintain the economic
position enjoyed by each party as close as possible to that under the provision
rendered unenforceable. In the event that the parties cannot reach a mutually
agreeable and enforceable replacement for such provision, then (i) such
provision shall be excluded from this Agreement, (ii) the balance of the
Agreement shall be interpreted as if such provision were so excluded and (iii)
the balance of the Agreement shall be enforceable in accordance with its terms.

               2.8    ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement is the product of all of
the parties hereto, and constitutes the entire agreement between such parties
pertaining to the subject matter hereof, and merges all prior negotiations and
drafts of the parties with regard to the transactions contemplated herein. Any
and all other written or oral agreements existing between the parties hereto
regarding such transactions are expressly canceled.

               2.9    ADVICE OF LEGAL COUNSEL. Each party acknowledges and
represents that, in executing this Agreement, it has had the opportunity to seek
advice as to its legal rights from legal counsel and that the person signing on
its behalf has read and understood all of the terms and provisions of this
Agreement. This Agreement shall not be construed against any party by reason of
the drafting or preparation thereof.

               2.10   DELAYS OR OMISSIONS. No delay or omission to exercise any
right, power or remedy accruing to any party to this Agreement, upon any breach
or default of the other party, shall impair any such right, power or remedy of
such non-breaching party nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of any such
breach or default, or an acquiescence therein, or of or in any similar breach or
default thereafter occurring; nor shall any waiver of any single breach or
default be deemed a waiver of any other breach or default theretofore or
thereafter occurring. Any

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waiver, permit, consent or approval of any kind or character on the part of any
party of any breach or default under this Agreement, or any waiver on the part
of any party of any provisions or conditions of this Agreement, must be made in
writing and shall be effective only to the extent specifically set forth in such
writing. All remedies, either under this Agreement, or by law or otherwise
afforded to any Holder, shall be cumulative and not alternative.

               2.11   THIRD PARTIES. Nothing in this Agreement, express or
implied, is intended to confer upon any party, other than the parties hereto,
and their respective successors and assigns, any rights, remedies, obligations
or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement, except as expressly
provided herein.

               2.12   PRIORITY OF RIGHTS. The registration rights granted to the
Holder(s) under this Agreement are intended by the parties to rank junior to the
piggyback registration rights held by other Company stockholders. The parties
agree to interpret the terms of this Agreement in a manner consistent with the
foregoing intention.

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        The parties have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the
date first above written.

COMPANY:

PERSISTENCE SOFTWARE, INC.

By: /s/ CHRISTINE RUSSELL
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    Name: Christine Russell
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    Title: Chief Financial Officer
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WARRANT SHARE HOLDER

Name: RCG CAPITAL MARKETS GROUP, INC.

By: /s/ A. MAX RAMRAS
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    Name: A. Max Ramras
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    Title: President/CEO
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Address: 5635 E. Thomas Road
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         Phoenix, AZ 85018
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Fax: (480) 675-0480
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Tel: (480) 675-0400
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                                                                  EXHIBIT 10.26

                            MASTER LICENSE AGREEMENT

        This Master License Agreement Number NSC010228 (this "Master License
Agreement"), with an "Effective Date" of February 28, 2001 is made by and
between Artisan Components, Inc., a Delaware corporation, with its principal
place of business at 1195 Bordeaux Drive, Sunnyvale, California 94089
(hereinafter referred to as "Artisan Components"), and National Semiconductor
Corporation, a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business at 2900
Semiconductor Drive, Santa Clara, California 95052 (hereinafter referred to as
"Licensee").

1. DEFINITIONS

1.1 "ADDITIONAL PRODUCTS" means the standard cell, I/O and memory generator
products optimized for Foundry Processes that are generally distributed by
Artisan Components to end users as of the Master Agreement Effective Date.

1.2 "AFFILIATE" means any corporation or other business entity in which, but
only for so long as, Licensee owns or controls directly or indirectly, at least
50% of the outstanding stock or other voting rights entitled to elect directors.

1.3 "AUTHORIZED MANUFACTURING SITE(S)" means manufacturing facilities for
integrated circuits owned or controlled by Licensee, or Permitted Third Party
Manufacturing Site(s) as defined in Section 1.18.

1.4 "BACK-END VIEWS" means the library element physical design and related
documentation deliverables, whether in object code, reconfigurable binary, ASCII
data, binary data, or any other form, as identified in Appendix 1 to the Product
Schedule.

1.5 "[***]" means a [***] or [***] that [***] and/or [***] for [***] standard
cells, [***] and/or [***] and is listed in [***], which may be updated by
Artisan Components from time to time by providing notice to Licensee in
accordance with Section 19.

1.6 "DESIGN" means any integrated circuit, integrated circuit mask, design
database or graphical representation of a design database containing
representations of Licensed Product(s) (or portions thereof) or designed with
data from Licensed Product(s) from Artisan Components in any of its various
formats, including but not limited to: circuit schematics, ASCII or binary data,
logic diagrams, simulation models, physical layout, hardware description
languages, timing characteristics and netlists.

1.7 "ELECTROART" means any deliverables provided by Artisan Components to
Licensee pursuant to the Artisan Components ElectroArt Technology Development
Program ("ElectroArt Program"), including but not limited to GDSII data and
report(s) provided in connection with the ElectroArt Program. ElectroArt
deliverables, if any, will be listed in the Product Schedule in Exhibit C.

1.8 "FRONT-END VIEWS" means the library element timing, simulation models,
logical

Confidential treatment has been requested for portions of this exhibit. The copy
filed herewith omits the information subject to the confidentiality request.
Omissions are designated as [***]. A complete version of this exhibit has been
filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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symbols, floor planning abstracts and related documentation deliverables as
identified in Appendix 1 to the Product Schedule.

1.9 "FOUNDRY" means Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. ("TSMC"),
United Microelectronics Company, Ltd. ("UMC"), or Chartered Semiconductor
Manufacturing Ltd. ("CSM").

1.10 "FOUNDRY PROCESSES" means the 0.13um, 0.15um, 0.18um, and 0.25um processes
of TSMC; the 0.18um and 0.25um processes of UMC; and the 0.18um and 0.25um
processes of CSM.

1.11 "INTERNAL USE DOCUMENTATION" means the Internal Use Documentation, if any,
listed in Appendix 1 to the Product Schedule. The Internal Use Documentation is
Confidential Information of Artisan Components and may not be disclosed or
distributed to third parties.

1.12 "LICENSE AGREEMENT" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.1.

1.13 "LICENSE AGREEMENT EFFECTIVE DATE" means the License Agreement Effective
Date as set forth in the Product Schedule (Exhibit C).

1.14 "LICENSE FEES" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.2.

1.15 "LICENSED INTEGRATED CIRCUIT" means a single die in whole or in part
manufactured Using all or any portion of the Licensed Product(s) and/or a single
die that in whole or in part is made up of, incorporates or is a derivative of
any portion of a Design and/or Licensed Product(s).

1.16 "LICENSED PRODUCT(S)" means the products described in Appendix 1 to the
Product Schedule, and any Updates thereto, whether in object code,
reconfigurable binary, ASCII data, binary data or any other form. Licensed
Product(s) includes the Back-End Views, Front-End Views and Internal Use
Documentation.

1.17 "MASTER AGREEMENT EFFECTIVE DATE" means the "Effective Date" for this
Master License Agreement as set forth in the preamble hereof.

1.18 "PERMITTED THIRD PARTY MANUFACTURING SITE(S)" means a third party
manufacturer for which both (a) and (b) are true:

        (a) the third party manufacturer has a written agreement with Artisan
Components permitting it to manufacture integrated circuits on behalf of
Licensee using the Licensed Products, which agreement shall be on terms and
conditions acceptable to Artisan Components, including terms and conditions
which adequately protect Artisan Components' intellectual property rights in the
Licensed Products and

        (b) either of the following is true: (i) the third party manufacturer
has a written agreement with Artisan Components that provides for appropriate
payment to Artisan Components, including the payment of royalties to Artisan
Components for each integrated circuit manufactured by the third party
manufacturer, or (ii) Licensee has agreed to make appropriate payments to
Artisan Components, including royalties for each integrated circuit manufactured
by that third party

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manufacturer using a Licensed Product.

1.19 "PRODUCT SCHEDULE" means a Product Schedule in the form of Exhibit C,
signed by Artisan Components and Licensee and incorporating, by reference, the
terms and provisions of this Master License Agreement.

1.20 "REQUIRED DATA" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.8.

1.21 "UPDATE(S)" means (a) any error correction to a Licensed Product made by or
for Artisan Components, which Artisan Components provides to Licensee under the
maintenance as described in Appendix 3 to the Product Schedule, if applicable,
(b) any other modification or feature enhancement for process node variants to a
Licensed Product made by or for Artisan Components, which Artisan Components in
its sole discretion releases to its licensees free of charge. Updates shall not
include any new or additional features, enhancements, or options which increase
the basic functionality of the Licensed Product, for which Artisan Components
charges a separate or additional fee.

1.22 "USAGE, USING, USE OR USED" means the transmitting, processing, storing,
designing with or displaying of any portion of the Licensed Product(s) through
the use of computer and/or video equipment and/or other utilization of any
portion of the Licensed Product(s), in each case solely for the purpose of
designing Licensed Integrated Circuits and manufacturing Licensed Integrated
Circuits at Authorized Manufacturing Site(s). "Usage, Using, Use or Used" does
not include the modifying of any Licensed Product(s) or portion thereof (except
as specifically allowed under Section 2.7) and no rights or licenses to modify
any Licensed Product(s) or portion thereof are granted hereunder.

1.23 "WAFER" means a combination of die in whole or in part manufactured Using
all or any portion of the Licensed Product(s) and/or a combination of die that
in whole or in part is made up of, incorporates or is a derivative of any
portion of a Design and/or Licensed Product(s).

2. LICENSE GRANT AND RELATED TERMS

2.1 Each Product Schedule shall constitute a separate and independent License
Agreement (a "License Agreement"), which shall incorporate by reference the
terms and conditions of this Master License Agreement; the original of such
License Agreement shall consist of the signed Product Schedule and a copy of
this Master License Agreement. Capitalized terms used, but not defined, in this
Master License Agreement have the meanings given to such terms in the Product
Schedule.

2.2 Subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, upon full satisfaction of
Licensee's obligations to pay the License Fees, Artisan Components grants to
Licensee a non-transferable, non-exclusive, royalty-bearing license, for the
License Agreement Term set forth in the Product Schedule, to:

        (a) Use the Licensed Product(s);

        (b) reproduce the Licensed Product(s);

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        (c) distribute the Front-End Views only to Authorized Recipients (as
defined in subsection 2.2(e)), only (i) as needed for the purpose of supporting
Licensee's integrated circuit design and manufacture business as it relates to
Licensed Integrated Circuits, or (ii) for those Authorized Recipients to
internally use the Front-End Views to design integrated circuits for manufacture
by Licensee pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Master License
Agreement;

        (d) distribute the Back-End Views to Authorized Recipients, only (i) as
needed for the purpose of supporting Licensee's integrated circuit design and
manufacture business as it relates to Licensed Integrated Circuits; or (ii) for
those Authorized Recipients to internally use the Back-End Views to design
integrated circuits for manufacture by Licensee pursuant to the terms and
conditions of this Master License Agreement, and subject to the additional
conditions set forth in this Section 2.2(d). Licensee must give Artisan
Components written prior notice of the recipient entity and Back-End Views to be
disclosed, and such disclosure and distribution of the Back-End Views may be
made only to Authorized Recipients;

        (e) where, for purposes of this Agreement, "Authorized Recipient" means
an entity that meets both A and B of the following: (A) the entity is under a
nondisclosure/restricted use agreement with Licensee which provides at a minimum
for (i) a confidentiality provision sufficient to protect the Back-End Views
from further disclosure/distribution, (ii) a restricted use provision that is
sufficient to limit use of the Back-End Views for the design of Licensed
Integrated Circuits and/or manufacture of Licensed Integrated Circuits at
Authorized Manufacturing Site(s), and (iii) a third party beneficiary rights
provision giving Artisan Components third party beneficiary rights to enforce
the nondisclosure/restricted use agreement; and (B) the entity is not an [***],
is an entity listed as an Artisan Components partner on Artisan Components' web
site, http://www.artisan.com/partners.html (whether or not an [***]), or is an
[***] that has entered into an agreement with Artisan Components, substantially
in the form of the Agreement attached as Exhibit E (Three-Way Nondisclosure
Agreement).

2.3 Subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, upon full satisfaction of
Licensee's obligations to pay the License Fees, Artisan Components grants to
Licensee a non-transferable, non-exclusive license, for the License Agreement
Term set forth in the Product Schedule, to use ElectroArt (if ElectroArt is
included in a Product Schedule) solely for Licensee's internal review and
evaluation for the purpose of working with Artisan Components on royalty-bearing
Licensed Product development by Artisan Components for Licensee. Licensee's
right to use ElectroArt shall be subject also to the terms and conditions
applicable to Licensed Product(s) of Sections 4-5, 7-14, and 16-23 of this
Master License Agreement.

2.4 Licensee may sublicense its Affiliates to Use the Licensed Product(s) solely
in the course of designing and manufacturing Licensed Integrated Circuits on
behalf of Licensee in accordance with the terms and conditions herein; provided,
that (i) any such Affiliates must execute a written agreement no less protective
than the License Agreement to protect against the unauthorized use and
disclosure of the Licensed Product(s) (including any further
disclosure/distribution by such Affiliates) and to ensure that all Wafers are
reported and paid for as required under the License Agreement; and (ii) the
disclosure/distribution of Front-End Views and

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Back-End Views to any Affiliates must meet all the conditions of Sections 2.2(c)
and 2.2(d), as applicable (e.g., cannot be [***], etc.). Licensee is responsible
for any unauthorized use or disclosure of the Licensed Product(s), and any and
all manufacture of (and payment, including royalties, for) Wafers, by its
Affiliates.

2.5 Certain elements of the Licensed Product(s) may be provided in files/data
formatted for use with or by certain third party tools/products. No license to
any third party tools/products is granted to Licensee by Artisan Components.
Licensee must ensure that it and any parties it authorizes to Use the Licensed
Product(s) in accordance with the License Agreement have the necessary licenses
and rights to use the third party tools/products to utilize the Licensed
Product(s).

2.6 Except as expressly set forth in Sections 2.2 and 2.3 above, no rights or
licenses to the Licensed Product(s), implied or express, are granted to
Licensee. Licensee acknowledges and agrees that: (a) unauthorized reproduction,
electronic transfer or other use of Licensed Product(s) which is not expressly
authorized by this Section 2 is a breach of a material obligation of this Master
License Agreement and the License Agreement; and (b) in the event that
unauthorized copies of Licensed Product(s) are made and/or Used by Licensee
and/or its Affiliates, and Artisan Components elects not to terminate the
License Agreement pursuant to Section 10 hereof, Licensee shall by virtue of
such act(s) be deemed to order and accept a license for and shall pay Artisan
Components the list price and applicable royalties and support fees for each
such unauthorized production, electronic Use, other unauthorized Use, or
transfer of Licensed Product(s), but only to the extent that the unauthorized
product, electronic Use or other unauthorized Use or transfer otherwise would
have generated revenue for Artisan Components had it been properly licensed or
where Artisan Components would charge a royalty under its standard agreements.
These fees shall be Artisan Components' published list prices and applicable
royalties and support fees existing on the date such unauthorized use first
occurred. License Fees, support fees and previously accrued royalties shall be
due, for purposes of Section 8, [***] following discovery by Artisan Components
of such unauthorized use.

2.7 MODIFICATIONS.

        (a) Licensee may modify and make derivative works of the Licensed
Products, including cosmetic changes, recharacterizations, post-processing
modifications, and modifications of models and views, and other changes designed
to work in connection with Licensee's products and processes (collectively,
"Modifications"). For purposes of clarification, Modifications do not include
other cells or components owned by Licensee, not derived from the Licensed
Products, and incorporated into Licensed Integrated Circuits. The following
terms and conditions apply to all Modifications: (i) Artisan Components has no
warranty, indemnity, or support and maintenance obligations with respect to any
Modifications; (ii) Licensee shall notify Artisan Components of any
Modifications (including a description of the changes and the functionality)
prior to or immediately following Licensee's general deployment of Licensed
Product, and no later than with the Tape-Out Information Sheet provided by
Licensee to Artisan Components under Section 2.9.

        (b) Licensee shall own all Modifications and all intellectual property
and proprietary

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rights in or to those Modifications. That ownership interest will be, however,
subject to Artisan Components' rights in and to the Licensed Products (and
Artisan Components reserves all rights in and to the Licensed Products that are
not explicitly granted in this Agreement). Licensee grants to Artisan Components
a sub-licensable, non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free, irrevocable, perpetual
license to the Modifications, to reproduce and distribute, transmit, publicly
perform and display, create derivative works of, and to make, use and sell
products that are based on, that include, or that are derivative works of the
Modifications (and derivative works thereof).

2.8 Licensee agrees to provide Artisan Components with the data required from
Licensee, which is identified in Appendix 1 to the Product Schedule (Licensee's
or third party process information) (the "Required Data"), and Licensee
authorizes Artisan Components to use the Required Data for purposes of carrying
out its rights or obligations under this License Agreement. Licensee represents
and warrants that it is authorized to provide to Artisan Components, and
authorizes Artisan Components to use, the Required Data.

2.9 Licensee shall provide to Artisan Components a Tape-Out Information Sheet in
the form of the attached Exhibit F. Licensee shall provide the Tape-Out
Information Sheet for any products made using Artisan Components' libraries,
whether based on the libraries or their derivatives, and whether those libraries
are obtained as Licensed Products under this Agreement or under another
agreement with Artisan Components (including Artisan Components' free library
program). The Tape-Out Information Sheet must be provided prior to tape-out for
a Licensed Product.

3. SUPPORT CONDITIONS, SILICON DEBUGGING AND PRODUCT ENGINEERING

3.1 In consideration for the technical support and maintenance fees [***]
described in Appendix 2 to the Product Schedule, Artisan Components will provide
Licensee with the technical support and maintenance described in Appendix 3 to
the Product Schedule, if applicable, for the Licensed Product(s). Such technical
support and maintenance is available on an annual basis only, and Artisan
Components reserves the right to change the technical support and maintenance
fees or terms upon prior notice for any subsequent annual period.

3.2 The design and verification techniques for the Licensed Product(s) used by
Artisan Components depend on the accuracy of models, flows and design tools;
some of which are provided by Artisan Components' licensees and their target
foundries. Due to practical limits on the accuracy of these models, flows and
design tools, the fabricated silicon behavior may not always agree with that
predicted. In these cases, Artisan Components will assist Licensee in silicon
debugging and product engineering as set forth in Appendix 3 to the Product
Schedule. Silicon debugging and product engineering do not fall under the
technical support and maintenance set forth in Section 3.1 above. To the extent
Artisan Components provides any silicon debugging or product engineering, or
otherwise provides Licensee with any revisions and/or enhancements to the
Licensed Product(s), except as otherwise agreed upon, such revisions and/or
enhancements shall be Licensed Product(s) subject to the terms and conditions of
the License Agreement. By way of clarification, Artisan Components owns such
revisions and/or enhancements.

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4. TERM

        This Master License Agreement is effective as of the Master Agreement
Effective Date and shall remain in full force and effect for a period of five
(5) years, unless earlier terminated as provided herein. Unless earlier
terminated as provided herein, this Master License Agreement will automatically
renew at the end of each term for consecutive one (1) year renewal periods,
unless either party notifies the other at least [***] prior to the end of the
then current term that it does not desire this Master License Agreement to renew
for another year. Each License Agreement shall set forth a License Agreement
Term which shall be applicable to it. By way of clarification, a decision by
either party not to renew the maintenance and support agreement (Appendix 3 to
the Product Schedule) will not mean termination of this Agreement, and the term
of the maintenance and support agreement, as set forth in Section 7 of Appendix
3 to the Product Schedule, may not be the same as the term of this Agreement.

5. ORDER, CHANGES AND DELIVERY TERMS

5.1 All orders for Licensed Product(s) shall be evidenced by a Product Schedule
executed by Licensee and Artisan Components, and in connection therewith,
Licensee may issue to Artisan Components a written purchase order. Except as
otherwise agreed in writing signed by an officer of Artisan Components, nothing
contained in any purchase order submitted by Licensee will in any way modify,
delete or add any terms or conditions to said purchases and licenses, and
Licensee hereby waives such purchase order provisions.

5.2 Changes to the scope of work either requested by and/or necessitated by
Licensee's specifications will be evaluated for both schedule and cost impact.
Licensee will be asked to complete an Engineering Change Order Request Form, an
"ECO," and submit it to Artisan Components for review. After review of the ECO
by Artisan Components, Artisan Components will notify the Licensee in writing on
its ECO Response Form of any schedule and/or price changes. Licensee must
provide written acceptance or refusal of the terms and conditions of the ECO
Response Form within [***] of having been so notified. Failure to do so will
cause Artisan Components to proceed with the project as if the Licensee's ECO
Request Form had never been received. If Licensee's written notice is one of
acceptance of the new schedule and/or costs, then the ECO will be deemed an
amendment to the License Agreement pursuant to Section 23.4 hereof. Sample ECO
Request and ECO Response Forms are attached as Exhibits A and B.

6. ADDITIONAL PRODUCTS

6.1 Subject to the prior written consent of the applicable Foundry, Artisan
Components grants to Licensee a non-exclusive, non-transferable, royalty-bearing
license to manufacture integrated circuits designed using the Additional
Products, solely on behalf of Artisan Components end user licensees of the
Additional Products.

6.2 Licensee is responsible for obtaining the applicable Foundry's prior written
consent. Artisan Components will provide reasonable assistance to Licensee in
connection with Licensee's

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obtaining such consent.

6.3 Licensee will pay a royalty to Artisan Components at the rate of [***] per
Additional Product Wafer pursuant to the royalty payment terms set forth in
Section 8.4 ("Additional Product Wafer" means a combination of die in whole or
in part manufactured using all or any portion of the Additional Product(s)
and/or a combination of die that in whole or in part is made up of, incorporates
or is based upon any portion of an Additional Product(s)).

6.4 Licensee shall maintain the Additional Products as Confidential Information
of Artisan Components and shall not use the Additional Products except as
explicitly permitted in this Section 6. Artisan Components shall have no
warranty or indemnification obligations with respect to the Additional Products.

6.5 The rights granted to Licensee pursuant to this Section 6 shall be [***] for
the first year of this Master License Agreement. Licensee may renew the rights
granted in this Section 6 for additional one (1) year periods for a fee of
[***], payable [***] in advance of the expiration of the prior one (1) year
period.

7. OWNERSHIP

7.1 Subject to the licenses granted herein, Artisan Components and its licensors
retain all of their rights, title and interest in and to the Licensed Product(s)
and the Additional Products and all patent rights, trademarks, trade secrets,
copyrights, mask work rights and all other proprietary rights therein and
thereto. By way of clarification, Licensee is not required to file for or obtain
registrations of any intellectual property rights (including mask work rights),
and ownership does not extend to cells or components owned by Licensee that are
not derived from the Licensed Products. Except for the licenses granted in
Section 2 and Section 6, no other grants of licenses or rights to Licensee shall
be implied from this Master License Agreement or the License Agreement. Licensee
will reproduce, and will not alter or mark over, all proprietary notices of
Artisan Components on the Licensed Product(s) and the Additional Products.

7.2 Subject to Artisan Components' ownership of the Licensed Product(s),
Licensee shall retain all of its ownership rights to Designs created through the
Use of the Licensed Product(s).

7.3 Except for the Licensee or third party process information disclosed by
Licensee to Artisan Components under this Master License Agreement or the
License Agreement, Artisan Components will have the irrevocable royalty-free
right to use in the Licensed Product(s), and any other products offered or
distributed by Artisan Components, any Licensee contribution or voluntarily
disclosed information provided to Artisan Components under the Master License
Agreement or the License Agreement, and any Modifications, except for
Confidential Information of Licensee not included in Modifications, which shall
be subject to the confidentiality obligations set forth in Section 16 of this
Agreement.

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7.4 Except as expressly set forth in Section 2.7(b) above, no rights or licenses
to Licensee's intellectual property, implied or expressed, are granted to
Artisan Components.

8. PAYMENT TERMS AND TAXES

8.1 Except as expressly specified herein, all payments submitted by Licensee to
Artisan Components under the License Agreement shall be absolute, unconditional,
noncancellable, non-refundable and noncreditable.

8.2 Unless otherwise mutually agreed in writing, with respect to Licensed
Product(s) ordered under the License Agreement, Licensee shall pay to Artisan
Components [***] upon the License Agreement Effective Date, net [***]. For each
Licensed Product, Licensee shall pay the remainder of the total license fee for
that Licensed Product, as set forth in Appendix 2 to the Product Schedule (the
total amount of license fees set forth in Appendix 2 to the Product Schedule
shall hereinafter be referred to as the "License Fees"). The License Fees are
due net [***] after Licensee's receipt of each Licensed Product; provided that
if an ECO with a cost increase shall have been accepted by Licensee, Licensee
shall pay such amounts at such times as set forth therein. The foregoing
provisions of this Section 8.2 shall not limit the provisions of Section 8.4.
Licensee also shall pay to Artisan Components all amounts set forth in Section
2.6 with respect to unauthorized Use of Licensed Product(s).

8.3 In the event that Artisan Components finances the License Fees and any
technical support and maintenance fees set forth in Appendix 2 to the Product
Schedule payable by Licensee pursuant to one or more installment payment
agreements (each, an "IPA"), then Licensee's obligation to remit payments in
accordance with Section 8.2 and Appendix 2 to the Product Schedule shall be
governed by each such IPA.

8.4 Within [***] after the end of each Licensee [***], Licensee further shall
pay to Artisan Components the running royalties for Licensed Integrated
Circuits, as set forth in Appendix 2 to the Product Schedule with respect to
Wafers, and as set forth in Section 6 hereof with respect to Additional Product
Wafers. Royalty calculations are made based on the Licensed Integrated Circuits
manufactured in such [***], but [***] Wafers or Additional Product Wafers that
are [***] as [***] or are [***] and [***] of as [***], for which Licensee
receives [***]. Licensee shall submit to Artisan Components with all royalty
payments a report stating (a) the part number for each Licensed Integrated
Circuit, (b) the number of Wafers and Additional Product Wafers manufactured
during such fiscal quarter, (c) royalties payable under the License Agreement
for such fiscal quarter; (d) data and supporting calculations used by Licensee
to compute the royalties payable by Licensee to Artisan Components with respect
to such fiscal quarter; (e) with respect to Additional Product Wafers, the name
of each Artisan Components end user licensee for which Licensee manufactured
such Additional Product Wafers, and the number of Additional Product Wafers
manufactured by Licensee for each such end user licensee; (f) any adjustments
made by Licensee for the prior reporting period; and (g) other information as
mutually determined by the parties. Licensee has [***] obligations for Wafers or
Additional Product Wafers that are [***] and for which Licensee [***], which
Wafers or Additional Product

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Wafers are [***] for the [***] of [***], [***] or [***].

8.5 Licensee further shall pay to Artisan Components the technical support and
maintenance fees as set forth in Appendix 2 to the Product Schedule.

8.6 All invoices will be mailed to Licensee's address specified in the opening
paragraph of this Master License Agreement, unless specified otherwise in the
applicable Product Schedule or purchase order.

8.7 Any and all amounts payable under the License Agreement do not include any
government taxes (including without limitation sales, use, excise, and value
added taxes) or duties imposed by any governmental agency that are applicable to
the export, import, or purchase of the Licensed Product(s) (other than taxes on
the net income of Artisan Components), and Licensee shall bear all such taxes
and duties. When Artisan Components has the legal obligation to collect and/or
pay such taxes, the appropriate amount shall be added to Licensee's invoice and
paid by Licensee, unless Licensee provides Artisan Components with a valid tax
exemption certificate authorized by the appropriate taxing authority.

8.8 If any applicable law requires Licensee to withhold amounts from any
payments to Artisan Components under the License Agreement, Licensee shall
effect such withholding, remit such amounts to the appropriate taxing
authorities and promptly furnish Artisan Components with tax receipts evidencing
the payments of such amounts and, if necessary, other tax documentation when
necessary to establish amounts paid or withheld.

8.9 With respect to Licensed Integrated Circuits and License Fees, royalties and
other amounts which are payable to Artisan Components under the License
Agreement, and with respect to any other obligations of Licensee under this
Agreement including but not limited to Licensee's limited rights to use
Permitted Third Party Manufacturing Sites and Licensee's rights to Additional
Products, and as a material condition to this Master License Agreement and the
License Agreement, Licensee shall keep complete and accurate books and records
including but not limited to supporting documentation for the royalty
calculations and manufacturing records. These records shall be retained for a
period of [***] from the date of payment, notwithstanding the expiration or
termination of the License Agreement. As a material condition to this Master
License Agreement and the License Agreement, upon 10 business days' advance
notice, Licensee agrees to provide access to its operations for the purpose of
evaluating compliance with Section 2, and to permit its books and records to be
examined by Artisan Components or its designee (that is reasonably acceptable to
Licensee) to verify the accuracy of the License Fees, royalties and other
amounts paid to Artisan Components under the License Agreement. Access and
examination are subject to the confidentiality provisions set forth in this
Master License Agreement, must be made during normal business hours and may not
occur more than once per year. Prompt adjustment shall be made by the parties
for the net amount of any underpayment or overpayment of any and all License
Fees, royalties and other amounts disclosed by such examination. If the
examination reveals an underpayment or overpayment of greater than [***], or a
material violation of Section 2, then Artisan Components may, during the next
[***], make such examination semi-annually, and may

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make examinations of prior reporting periods. If such an examination reveals an
underpayment of more than [***], or a violation by Licensee of any material
terms of this Master License Agreement or the License Agreement, then Licensee
shall promptly pay to Artisan Components the amount of the underpayment, along
with interest calculated from the date due, and shall reimburse Artisan
Components for the reasonable cost of such examination.

8.10 All payment amounts stated in the License Agreement, and all payments to be
made under the License Agreement, shall be in U.S. Dollars. If any currency
conversion shall be required in connection with the calculation of amounts
payable under the License Agreement, such conversion shall be made using the
selling exchange rate for conversion of the foreign currency into U.S. Dollars,
quoted for current transactions reported in The Wall Street Journal for the last
business day of the fiscal quarter to which such payment pertains.

8.11 If Licensee has not made a payment [***] after the due date, then Artisan
Components may notify Licensee in writing in accordance with Section 19 hereof
that the payment is late. If Licensee still has not made that payment within
[***] after the date of notice, then Artisan Components may again provide such
notice of the late payment ("Second Notice"). The Second Notice must be sent to
the attention of the General Counsel and otherwise in accordance with Section
19. If Licensee still has not made the payment within [***] after the Second
Notice, then the payment amount will incur interest at the rate of [***] per
month (or, if less, the maximum amount permitted by law) until paid.

9. EXPORT RESTRICTIONS

        This Master License Agreement, the License Agreement, the Licensed
Product(s), the Additional Products, the Licensed Integrated Circuits, and the
rights granted under the License Agreement are subject to any and all laws,
regulations, orders or other restrictions relative to export, re-export or
redistribution of the Licensed Product(s) that may now or in the future be
imposed by the government of the United States or foreign governments. Licensee
agrees to comply with all such applicable laws and regulations.

--------------------------

[***] Confidential treatment requested pursuant to a request for confidential
treatment filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Omitted portions
have been filed separately with the Commission.

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10. TERMINATION

10.1 Either party may, at its sole discretion, terminate this Master License
Agreement and any or all License Agreements and the licenses granted hereunder,
upon written notice to the other party, upon the occurrence of any of the
following events: (a) the failure or neglect of the other party to observe,
keep, or perform any of the material covenants, terms or conditions of this
Master License Agreement or any License Agreement where such non-performance is
not fully remedied by that breaching party within thirty (30) days of a written
demand from the non-breaching party; or (b) any distribution by Licensee to
third parties that is a material breach of Section 2.2, 2.4, or any material
breach of Section 16 hereof (effective immediately upon written notification);
or (c) the filing of a petition for the other party's bankruptcy which is not
discharged within sixty (60) days, whether voluntary or involuntary, or an
assignment of the other party's assets made for the benefit of creditors, or the
appointment of a trustee or receiver to take charge of the other party's
business for any reason, or the other party becoming insolvent or ceasing to
conduct business in the normal course. By way of clarification, a decision by
either party not to renew the maintenance and support agreement (Appendix 3 to
the Product Schedule) will not mean termination of this Agreement.

10.2 The provisions of Sections 1, 7-14, and 16-23 survive the expiration or any
termination of this Master License Agreement and any License Agreement; however,
the provisions of Section 10.3 survive as described in that Section, and
obligations under Section 11, 12 and 21 survive only to the extent the
obligation arose prior to termination.

10.3 If Artisan Components exercises its right to terminate due to Licensee's
breach, then upon the effective date of termination of the License Agreement,
Licensee shall cease to Use and shall either destroy or return to Artisan
Components all of the Licensed Product(s), Licensed Integrated Circuits,
Additional Products, and Additional Product Wafers in Licensee's possession or
under Licensee's direct control (specifically excluding non-consigned inventory
held by independent distributors); Documentation and copies thereof; together
with Licensee's written certification by a duly authorized officer, that the
Licensed Product(s), Licensed Integrated Circuits, Additional Products, and
Additional Product Wafers in Licensee's possession or under Licensee's direct
control, and Documentation and all copies thereof are no longer in Use and have
been returned to Artisan Components or destroyed. After the effective date of
termination, the parties shall meet in good faith to determine the appropriate
actions to take regarding customers of the Licensed Integrated Circuits.

        If this Agreement is terminated for Artisan's material breach, then
Licensee may continue to exercise the licenses granted under Section 2.2, 2.3
and 2.4, subject to the following conditions: (i) the restrictions and
conditions of the licenses granted continue to apply, as to other relevant terms
of this Agreement (including those regarding royalties); and (ii) the support
and maintenance obligations terminate. Notwithstanding that continuation, if
Licensee breaches its remaining obligations and does not cure that breach within
30 days after notice from Artisan Components, then Artisan Components may
terminate the remaining licenses.

10.4 Upon the effective date of termination of the License Agreement, Licensee
shall make prompt payment in full to Artisan Components for all amounts then due
plus the present value (discounted at the lesser of: (a) the then current one
year U.S. Treasury Bill Rate and (b) the one year U.S. Treasury Bill Rate as of
the License Agreement Effective Date) of the unpaid balance

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of the License Fees as set forth in Appendix 2 to the Product Schedule, but not
unearned royalties.

10.5 Termination of this Master License Agreement or any License Agreement under
this Section 10 shall be in addition to, and not a waiver of, any remedy at law
or in equity available to a party from the other party's breach of this Master
License Agreement or any License Agreement.

11. WARRANTIES

11.1 Upon the execution of this Master License Agreement and the Product
Schedule, Artisan Components warrants for a period of ninety (90) days from the
date of delivery that the Licensed Product(s) as delivered by Artisan Components
shall be free from defects in media and shall substantially conform to the
material specifications described in Appendix 1 to the Product Schedule. Artisan
Components does not warrant that the use of the Licensed Product(s) will be
uninterrupted or error free. In the event of any nonconformance of the Licensed
Product, Licensee shall promptly notify Artisan Components in writing, and
provide Artisan Components with evidence and documentation which reproduces the
claimed error and resultant output from the execution or use of such code or
data. Artisan Components' sole obligation and Licensee's exclusive remedy under
this warranty shall be limited to use of its commercially reasonable efforts to
correct such defects and provide the corrections to Licensee. Artisan
Components' warranty obligations under the License Agreement will not apply to
failure by the Licensed Product(s) to comply with the limited warranty herein
due to accident, neglect, abuse, acts of God or misapplication, modifications by
Licensee or due to models, flows, design tools or any other information provided
by Licensee to Artisan Components under this Master License Agreement or the
License Agreement.

        Artisan Components also warrants that any services it provides under
this Agreement will be performed in a professional manner, and Licensee and
Artisan Components agree that Licensee's sole remedy and Artisan Components'
sole liability for any breach of the foregoing warranty is that, on Licensee's
written request, Artisan Components will reperform the service in a manner that
does comply with the warranty. Further, any silicon debugging or product
engineering provided by Artisan Components under this Agreement is provided "AS
IS."

11.2 EXCEPT AS SPECIFICALLY SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION 11, ARTISAN COMPONENTS AND
ITS LICENSORS DO NOT MAKE ANY EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY WARRANTIES,
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR ARISING FROM A COURSE OF DEALING, TRADE USAGE OR TRADE
PRACTICE.

12. INDEMNIFICATION BY ARTISAN COMPONENTS

12.1 Artisan Components shall, at its own expense, defend or at its option,
settle any claim, suit or proceeding brought by a third party against Licensee
or its officers, directors or employees (i) for direct infringement of any valid
copyright or United States patent of such third party, by virtue of Licensee's
authorized Use of any of the Licensed Product(s) pursuant to the terms of the
License Agreement (ii) arising out of Artisan Components' gross negligence or
willful misconduct and (b) arising out of Artisan Components' unauthorized use
of the Required Data. Artisan Components shall pay any settlement amounts or
damages finally awarded in such claim,

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suit or proceeding; provided that Licensee: (a) promptly notifies Artisan
Components in writing of such claim, suit or proceeding, (b) gives Artisan
Components sole control over the defense and/or settlement of such claim, suit
or proceeding; and (c) reasonably cooperates and provides all available
information, assistance and authority to defend or settle the claim, suit or
proceeding. Artisan Components shall not be liable for any costs, expenses,
damages or fees incurred by Licensee in defending such action or claim unless
authorized in advance in writing by Artisan Components. Furthermore, Artisan
Components will have no obligation under this Master License Agreement or the
License Agreement for any claim of infringement based on the combination or use
of the Licensed Product(s) with software, hardware, data or other materials not
furnished by Artisan Components if such infringement would have been avoided by
the use of Licensed Product(s) alone.

12.2 Any action to be brought to prevent or enjoin any third party from
infringement of any patent, copyright or other proprietary rights of Artisan
Components with respect to the Licensed Product(s) shall be brought exclusively
by Artisan Components or Artisan Components' designee, in Artisan Components'
sole discretion and as between Licensee and Artisan Components, at Artisan
Components' sole cost and expense.

12.3 If the Licensed Product(s) is, or in Artisan Components' opinion is likely
to become the subject of a claim, suit, or proceeding alleging infringement,
Artisan Components may: (a) procure, at no cost to Licensee, the right to
continue Usage of the Licensed Product; (b) replace or modify the Licensed
Product, at no cost to Licensee, to make it non-infringing, provided that
substantially the same function is performed by the replacement of modified
Licensed Product(s), or (c) if the right to continue Usage cannot be reasonably
procured for Licensee or the Licensed Product(s) cannot be replaced or modified
to make it non-infringing, terminate the license of such Licensed Product(s),
remove the Licensed Product(s) and grant Licensee refund credit on the License
Fees attributable to such Licensed Product(s) as depreciated on a straight-line
sixty (60) month basis.

12.4 The foregoing states Artisan Components' sole obligations and entire
liability with respect to any claimed infringement of the Licensed Product(s) of
any intellectual property or other rights of any third party.

13. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

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13.1 EXCEPT FOR DAMAGES ARISING FROM A BREACH OF THE OBLIGATIONS OF
CONFIDENTIALITY, OR FOR OBLIGATIONS UNDER SECTION 12 OR SECTION 21, IN NO EVENT
WILL EITHER PARTY OR ITS LICENSORS OR SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE
TO REVENUES, PROFITS, OTHER ECONOMIC LOSS OR GOODWILL OR COSTS OF REPLACEMENT
GOODS OR SERVICES OR ANY OTHER SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, EXEMPLARY, INDIRECT OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS MASTER
LICENSE AGREEMENT, THE LICENSE AGREEMENT, LICENSED INTEGRATED CIRCUITS OR THE
LICENSED PRODUCT(S), OR RESULTING FROM ITS PERFORMANCE OR FAILURE TO PERFORM
PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THIS MASTER LICENSE AGREEMENT OR THE LICENSE AGREEMENT
OR RESULTING FROM THE FURNISHING, PERFORMANCE, DELAY IN DELIVERY, OR USE OR LOSS
OF USE OF ANY LICENSED PRODUCT(S) OR OTHER MATERIALS DELIVERED TO LICENSEE
HEREUNDER, HOWEVER CAUSED AND WHETHER BASED IN BREACH OF CONTRACT, BREACH OF
WARRANTY, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) OR ANY OTHER THEORY OF LIABILITY. THE
FOREGOING LIMITATIONS SHALL APPLY EVEN IF THE OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF
THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES AND NOTWITHSTANDING THE FAILURE OF ESSENTIAL
PURPOSE OF ANY LIMITED REMEDY STATED HEREIN.

13.2 Each party's and its licensors' and suppliers' aggregate liability to the
other party under any provision of this Master License Agreement and the License
Agreement shall be limited to the amount of the License Fees paid or payable by
Licensee to Artisan Components for the Licensed Product(s) in question, except
as follows: (a) for Licensee's liability arising from a breach of the
obligations or restrictions in Section 2.4 or 2.6 or a breach of its obligations
of confidentiality, Licensee's liability is limited to $25 million, or $50
million if the breach is willful or a result of gross negligence, and (b)
Licensee's obligations under Section 21 will not exceed $50 million.

14. RELEASE OF PERFORMANCE INFORMATION

        Licensee shall not distribute, externally or to third parties, any
reports or statements that directly compare the speed, functionality or other
performance results of the Licensed Product(s) or Additional Products with any
other products of Licensee or any third party that are similar to the Licensed
Product(s) or Additional Products without the prior written approval of Artisan
Components.

15. END USER DISTRIBUTION OF LICENSED PRODUCTS BY ARTISAN COMPONENTS.

15.1 This Section 15 applies only if Licensee so elects. At any time during the
first six months after the Effective Date, Licensee may elect to have this
Article 15 apply by sending written notice of such election in accordance with
the notice provisions of this Agreement. Failure to elect within the period
above does not change any of the terms of Artisan Components' agreements with
any Foundry.

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15.2 Licensee acknowledges and agrees that Artisan Components may distribute the
Licensed Products to third party entities ("End Users") for use in the design of
integrated circuits for manufacture at manufacturing sites owned or controlled
by Licensee. Such distribution is pursuant to a separate agreement between
Artisan Components and the End User governing the End User's use of the Licensed
Products (the "End User License Agreement"), which End User License Agreement
shall include appropriate confidentiality terms protecting the Licensed
Products. Licensee acknowledges and agrees that Artisan Components' use of the
Required Data in development of the Licensed Products shall not restrict Artisan
Components' right to distribute the Licensed Products.

15.3 Artisan Components understands and agrees to inform End Users that the
relationship between Licensee and the End User, if any, shall be purely for
foundry services provided by Licensee, and that each End User must enter into a
separate agreement with Licensee to obtain such foundry services.

15.43 Artisan Components shall offer support for the Licensed Products to End
Users pursuant to Artisan Components' customary support terms and fees. Artisan
Components shall be free to charge for support, maintenance, engineering and
customization services provided by Artisan Components to any End User with no
accounting to Licensee for any such fees.

15.5 Artisan Components and Licensee will consult together from time to time and
cooperate on various aspects of the distribution and support of the Licensed
Products to End Users by Artisan Components.

16. PUBLICITY; CONFIDENTIALITY

16.1 Except to the extent required by applicable law, neither party shall
announce or publicly disclose the terms or conditions (including royalty and any
financial terms) of this Master License Agreement or the License Agreement
without prior written approval from the other party; provided, however, that
either party shall have the right to publicly disclose the following: (a) that
Licensee is a customer of Artisan Components, and (b) that Artisan Components
has provided the Licensed Product(s) to Licensee and that the Licensed
Product(s) were Used in the development of the Licensed Integrated Circuits. In
addition, either party may issue a press release related to this Agreement upon
the other party's prior written approval (such approval not to be unreasonably
withheld or delayed). Once approved, the statements in a press release remain
approved until approval is specifically revoked, in writing.

16.2 The parties acknowledge that by reason of their relationship to each other
hereunder, each may have access to certain information and materials concerning
the other's business, plans, customers, technology and products that is
confidential to that other party. Such information and materials will be marked
as "Confidential" or "Proprietary" or otherwise clearly identified as
confidential or proprietary ("Confidential Information"). In the event such
disclosure is initially oral or visual and not reduced to writing, it shall be
identified as confidential at the time of disclosure and summarized or
identified in a written document, which shall be marked with an appropriate
legend such as "Confidential" or "Proprietary" and provided to the other party
within thirty (30) days following such disclosure. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Licensed Product(s) are Confidential Information of Artisan
Components regardless of whether they are marked

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confidential or proprietary and/or summarized in a writing. Each party agrees
that except as may otherwise be stated herein, it shall not use, except to
perform its obligations and/or to exercise its rights and licenses specified
under this Master License Agreement or the License Agreement, nor disclose to
any third party (except to Affiliates who are under an obligation of
confidentiality, and subject to the other terms and conditions of this Master
License Agreement and the License Agreement), any such Confidential Information
revealed to it by the other party. Each party shall take reasonable precautions
to protect the confidentiality of such information, which in any event will be
no less than what it takes with respect to its own similar confidential
information.

16.3 Information shall not be deemed Confidential Information hereunder if such
information:

        (a) is known to the recipient at the time of disclosure;

        (b) hereafter becomes known (independently of disclosure by the
providing party) to the recipient directly or indirectly from a source other
than one having an obligation of confidentiality to the providing party;

        (c) becomes publicly available or otherwise ceases to be secret or
confidential, except through a breach of this Master License Agreement or the
License Agreement by the recipient;

        (d) was independently developed by the recipient without use of the
disclosing party's Confidential Information;

        (e) is required to be disclosed pursuant to any statutory or regulatory
authority, provided the disclosing party is given prompt notice of such
requirement and the scope of such disclosure is limited to the extent possible;

        (f) is required to be disclosed by a court order, provided the
disclosing party is given prompt notice of such order and provided the
opportunity to contest it; or

        (g) is reasonably necessary to disclose in order to enforce this Master
License Agreement or the License Agreement.

16.4 As to each item of Confidential Information, the provisions of this Section
16 will continue for three (3) years following first receipt of such
information, except for the Licensed Product(s), for which the provisions of
this Section 16 will continue for five (5) years following any termination or
expiration of the License Agreement.

17. GOVERNING LAW

        This Master License Agreement and the License Agreement shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
California, without regard to the conflict of laws provisions thereof. Neither
this Master License Agreement nor the License Agreement will be governed by the
United Nations Convention of Contracts for the International Sale of Goods, the
application of which is hereby expressly excluded.

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18. ASSIGNMENT

        If Artisan Components is subject to a Change in Control (defined below),
then Licensee may (at its discretion) terminate this Master License Agreement
and the License Agreement upon 60 days advance written notice to Artisan
Components. For purposes of this Master License Agreement, "Change in Control"
means (a) a merger, consolidation or other reorganization to which Artisan
Components is a party if the individuals and entities who were stockholders of
Artisan Components immediately prior to the effective date of the transaction
have "beneficial ownership" (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) of less than sixty percent (60%) of the total
combined voting power for election of directors (or their equivalent) of the
surviving entity following the effective date of the transaction, (b)
acquisition by any entity or group of direct or indirect beneficial ownership in
the aggregate of securities of Artisan Components then issued and outstanding
representing forty percent (40%) or more of the total combined voting power of
the party, or (c) a sale of all or substantially all of Artisan Components'
assets.

        Neither this Master License Agreement nor the License Agreement nor any
rights or obligations hereunder or thereunder, in whole or in part, shall be
assignable by operation of law, or in connection with a Change of Control or
otherwise, or otherwise transferable, by Licensee except upon prior written
approval of Artisan Components. Such approval shall not be unreasonably
withheld. Any unauthorized attempt by Licensee to assign or transfer this Master
License Agreement or the License Agreement or any rights or obligations
hereunder or thereunder shall be null and void.

        Artisan Components may sell or assign the License Fees and any technical
support and maintenance fees owing under the License Agreement to third parties
(each, an "Assignee"). Upon written notice to Licensee that the right to such
License Fees and technical support and maintenance fees has been assigned, in
whole or in part, Licensee shall, if requested, pay all assigned amounts
directly to Assignee. In addition, Artisan may subcontract its duties of
maintenance and support so long as it remains responsible for those duties under
this Agreement.

19. NOTICE

        Any notices required to be given pursuant to this Master License
Agreement or the License Agreement shall be in writing, sent via certified mail,
return receipt requested, express overnight courier, or by facsimile (a
confirmed copy of which to be sent promptly by mail to addressee) to the address
of Artisan Components or Licensee as set forth below or to such other address as
may be specified from time to time by notice in writing, and such notice shall
be deemed to have been received on the earlier of (a) the date when actually
received or (b) if by facsimile, when the sending party shall have received a
facsimile confirmation that the message has been received by the receiving
party's facsimile machine.

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If to Artisan Components:                     If to Licensee:

Artisan Components, Inc.                      National Semiconductor Corporation
1195 Bordeaux Drive                           2900 Semiconductor Drive
Sunnyvale, CA 94089                           Mail Stop 16-135
[***]                                         Santa Clara, CA  95052

With a copy to:

[***], Artisan Components, Inc.               [***]

at the same address

20. SEVERABILITY AND WAIVER

20.1 The invalidity or unenforceability of any particular provision of this
Master License Agreement or License Agreement shall not affect the other
provisions of this Master License Agreement or the License Agreement,
respectively, and shall be construed in all respects as if such invalid or
unenforceable provisions were omitted.

20.2 The waiver by either party of any default or breach of this Master License
Agreement or the License Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of any other
subsequent default or breach.

20.3 Failure or delay by either party in exercising any right or power hereunder
shall not operate as a waiver of such right or power.

21. INDEMNIFICATION BY LICENSEE

21.1 Licensee shall, at its own expense, defend or at its option, settle any
claim, suit or proceeding brought by a third party against Artisan Components or
its officers, directors or employees (i) for any product liability claim for
death, personal injury or property damage related to the Licensed Integrated
Circuits (ii) Licensee's gross negligence or willful misconduct, and (iii)
Artisan Components' authorized use of the Required Data. Licensee shall pay any
settlement amounts or damages finally awarded in such claim, suit or proceeding;
provided that Artisan Components: (a) promptly notifies Licensee in writing of
such claim, suit or proceeding, (b) gives Licensee sole control over the defense
and/or settlement of such claim, suit or proceeding; and (c) reasonably
cooperates and provides all available information, assistance and authority to
defend or settle the claim, suit or proceeding. Licensee shall not be liable for
any costs, expenses, damages or fees incurred by Artisan Components in defending
such action or claim unless authorized in advance in writing by Licensee.

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[***] Confidential treatment requested pursuant to a request for confidential
treatment filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Omitted portions
have been filed separately with the Commission.

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21.2 The Licensed Product(s) are not specifically developed or licensed for use
in the planning, construction, maintenance, operation or other use of
military/aerospace and life support applications. Licensee agrees that Artisan
Components shall not be liable for any claims, losses, costs or liabilities
arising from such use if Licensee or its distributors or customers use the
Licensed Product(s) for such applications (except those that would otherwise
arise under this Agreement). Licensee agrees to indemnify and hold Artisan
Components harmless from any claims, losses, costs, and liabilities arising out
of or in connection with the use of the Licensed Product(s) or Licensed
Integrated Circuits in (a) life support applications, or (b) military/aerospace
applications, if such Licensed Integrated Circuits were marketed and sold as
having increased reliability in military/aerospace applications due to
additional testing performed by Licensee and/or its agents.

22. ATTORNEYS' FEES

        The prevailing party in any action to enforce the terms of this Master
License Agreement or the License Agreement shall be entitled to reasonable
attorneys' fees and other costs and expenses incurred by it in connection with
such action.

23. MISCELLANEOUS TERMS

23.1 The relationship of the parties hereto is that of independent contractors,
and neither party is an employee, agent, partner or joint venturer of the other.

23.2 Except for payments due under the License Agreement by Licensee, neither
party shall have liability for its failure to perform its obligations under this
Master License Agreement or the License Agreement when due to circumstances
beyond its reasonable control.

23.3 If Licensee distributes the Front-End Views and/or Back-End Views, as
authorized herein, to an agency, department, or other entity of the United
States Government ("Government"), the Government's use, reproduction, release,
modification, disclosure or transfer of the Licensed Product(s), or of any
related documentation of any kind, including technical data, is restricted in
accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation ("FAR") 12.212 for civilian
agencies and Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement ("DFARS")
227.7202 for military agencies. The Licensed Products are commercial. The use of
the Licensed Product(s) by any Government agency, department, or other entity of
the Government, is further restricted in accordance with the terms of the
License Agreement, or any modification hereto. Licensee will affix the following
legend before delivery to the Government of each of the Front-End Views and/or
Back-End Views to be delivered to the Government:

Use, duplication, reproduction, release, modification, disclosure or transfer of
this commercial product and accompanying documentation, is restricted in
accordance with FAR 12.212 and DFARS 227.7202, and by a license agreement.
Contractor/manufacturer is: Artisan Components, Inc., 1195 Bordeaux Drive,
Sunnyvale, California 94089.

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23.4 BOTH PARTIES ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS MASTER LICENSE AGREEMENT INCLUDING THE
EXHIBITS AND APPENDICES ATTACHED HERETO AND THE PRODUCT SCHEDULE CONSTITUTE THE
COMPLETE AND EXCLUSIVE STATEMENT OF THE MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE PARTIES AND
SUPERSEDES AND CANCELS ALL CONFLICTING TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND ALL PREVIOUS AND
CONTEMPORANEOUS WRITTEN AND ORAL AGREEMENTS AND COMMUNICATIONS RELATING TO THE
SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF, INCLUDING ANY TERMS AND CONDITIONS THAT MAY BE INDICATED
IN ANY LICENSEE PURCHASE ORDER. NEITHER THIS MASTER LICENSE AGREEMENT NOR THE
LICENSE AGREEMENT SHALL BE MODIFIED, SUPPLEMENTED, QUALIFIED, OR INTERPRETED BY
ANY TRADE USAGE OR PRIOR COURSE OF DEALING NOT MADE A PART OF THIS MASTER
LICENSE AGREEMENT OR THE LICENSE AGREEMENT BY ITS EXPRESS TERMS. NEITHER THIS
MASTER LICENSE AGREEMENT NOR THE LICENSE AGREEMENT SHALL BE MODIFIED OR AMENDED
EXCEPT IN WRITING AND EXECUTED BY DULY AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES OF BOTH
PARTIES.

        BOTH PARTIES ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEY HAVE READ THIS MASTER LICENSE
AGREEMENT, UNDERSTAND IT AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ITS TERMS AND CONDITIONS AS
EVIDENCED BY THEIR SIGNATURES BELOW.

ARTISAN COMPONENTS, INC.                          LICENSEE

By: [***]                                         By: [***]
    Signature of an Officer                           Signature of an Authorized
    of the Corporation                                Representative

Name: [***]                                       Name: [***]
      Printed name of the                             Printed name of the
      Signing Officer                                 Authorized Representative

Title: [***]                                      Title: [***]

Date:    3/8/01                                   Date:     3/7/01

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[***] Confidential treatment requested pursuant to a request for confidential
treatment filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Omitted portions
have been filed separately with the Commission.

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

EXHIBIT A: ENGINEERING CHANGE ORDER REQUEST FORM

EXHIBIT B: ENGINEERING CHANGE ORDER RESPONSE FORM

EXHIBIT C: PRODUCT SCHEDULE

           APPENDIX 1 TO EXHIBIT C: LICENSED PRODUCTS AND OTHER TERMS

           APPENDIX 2 TO EXHIBIT C: FEES

           APPENDIX 3 TO EXHIBIT C: MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT

EXHIBIT D: ARTISAN [***]

EXHIBIT E: THREE-WAY NDA

EXHIBIT F: FORM OF TAPE-OUT INFORMATION SHEET

EXHIBIT G: PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS

EXHIBIT H: QUOTE

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treatment filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Omitted portions
have been filed separately with the Commission.

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                                    EXHIBIT A

                                       TO
                            MASTER LICENSE AGREEMENT

                            ENGINEERING CHANGE ORDER
                               (ECO) REQUEST FORM

                                                       PRODUCT SCHEDULE NO. ____
                                                                REQUEST NO. ____

Customer:                               Date:

Requestor:                              Phone:

E-mail Address:                         Fax:

                                        Project:

                                        This Engineering Change Order Form (ECO)
                                        is to be used as an official
                                        notification to Artisan Components of
                                        any changes in design or specification
                                        made to a project. Once this form has
                                        been received, Artisan Components will
                                        evaluate the schedule and cost impacts
                                        of these changes and inform you of the
                                        results.

                                        Description of Requested Change:________

                                        ________________________________________

                                        ________________________________________

                                        ________________________________________

                                        ________________________________________

                                        ________________________________________

                                        ________________________________________

                                        ________________________________________

                                        ________________________________________

                                        Requestor's Signature: _________________

                                        Engineering Manager's Approval: ________

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                                    EXHIBIT B

                                       TO
                            MASTER LICENSE AGREEMENT

                            ENGINEERING CHANGE ORDER
                               (ECO) RESPONSE FORM

                                                       PRODUCT SCHEDULE NO. ____
                                                               REQUEST NO. ____

Customer:

Requestor:                              Phone:

E-mail Address:                         Fax:

                                        Project:

                                        Artisan Components has evaluated your
                                        attached ECO request, its impact on your
                                        schedule and any additional charges
                                        associated with the request. This
                                        evaluation is described below:

                                        ________________________________________

                                        ________________________________________

                                        In summary, this change will:

                                        * Add ______ working days to the
                                          schedule

                                        * Will not impact the schedule

                                        * Require an increase/decrease
                                          in the cost

                                        * Will not impact the cost of your
                                          project of $________ additional
                                          charges, payable upon the following
                                          terms: [***] upon Artisan Components
                                          Project Management approval, net
                                          [***], and [***] upon Licensee's
                                          receipt of the ECO delivery, net
                                          [***].

                                        Please sign this form to acknowledge
                                        that you understand the impact of your
                                        requested changes. Signing the Refusal
                                        indicates that you do not authorize
                                        Artisan Components to proceed with the
                                        requested change(s). Signing the
                                        Acceptance

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authorizes Artisan Components to proceed
with these changes. If additional costs
are indicated, then the buyer's
signature is required. This form must be
signed and returned to Artisan
Components by__________________________.

Requestor's Refusal:____________________
 Date:_____

Requestor's Acceptance: ________________
 Date:_____

Buyer's Approval: ______________________
 Date:_____

Artisan Components Sales Approval: _____
 Date:_____

Artisan Components Project Management
Approval: ______________________________
 Date:_____

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                                    EXHIBIT C

                                       TO

                            MASTER LICENSE AGREEMENT

                           (FORM OF) PRODUCT SCHEDULE

        This PRODUCT SCHEDULE Number NSC010228-PS (this "Product Schedule") is
made in connection with that certain Master License Agreement, Number NSC010228,
with an Effective Date of February 28, 2001 (the "Master License Agreement"), by
and between ARTISAN COMPONENTS, INC., a Delaware corporation, with its principal
place of business at 1195 Bordeaux Drive, Sunnyvale, California 94089-1210
(hereinafter referred to as "Artisan Components"), and National Semiconductor
Corporation, a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business at 2900
Semiconductor Drive, Santa Clara, California 95052 (hereinafter referred to as
"Licensee"). This Product Schedule is made effective as of February 28, 2001
(the "License Agreement Effective Date").

                                    RECITALS

        The parties desire to license certain Licensed Product(s) described
herein pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Master License Agreement and
this Product Schedule.

                                    AGREEMENT

1. LICENSED PRODUCT(S).

        (a) LICENSED PRODUCT(S). The parties agree that the terms and conditions
of the Master License Agreement are incorporated herein by this reference, and
Appendix 1 to this Product Schedule is added to and made a part of this Product
Schedule. The Licensed Product(s) described in Appendix 1 are Licensed
Product(s) for purposes of the Master License Agreement and this Product
Schedule. Appendix 1 sets forth the Deliverables and Delivery Schedule relating
to the Licensed Product(s).

        (b) PAYMENT FOR LICENSED PRODUCT(S). The License Fees, Royalties and
Maintenance Fees for the Licensed Product(s) are set forth in Appendix 2 to this
Product Schedule. Appendix 2 is added to and made a part of this Product
Schedule.

        (c) TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE. Artisan Components will provide
Licensee with the technical support and maintenance described in Appendix 3 to
this Product Schedule for the Licensed Product(s). Appendix 3 is added to and
made a part of this Product Schedule.

2. LICENSE AGREEMENT TERM. This License Agreement is effective as of the License
Agreement Effective Date and shall remain in full force and effect for a period
of five (5) years, unless earlier terminated as provided in the Master License
Agreement. Unless earlier terminated as provided in the Master License
Agreement, the License Agreement will automatically renew at the end of each
term for consecutive one (1) year renewal periods, unless either party notifies
the other at least [***] prior

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to the end of the then current term that it does not desire the License
Agreement to renew for another year.

3. GENERAL. Unless otherwise defined in this Product Schedule, capitalized terms
used in this Product Schedule shall have the same meaning as set forth in the
Master License Agreement.

Accepted and Agreed To:

ARTISAN COMPONENTS, INC.                          LICENSEE

By: [***]                                         By: [***]
    Signature of an Officer                           Signature of an Authorized
    of the Corporation                                Representative

Name: [***]                                       Name: [***]
      Printed name of the                             Printed name of the
      Signing Officer                                 Authorized Representative

Title: [***]                                      Title: [***]

Date:    3/8/01                                   Date:     3/7/01

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                                   APPENDIX 1

                                       TO

                             PRODUCT SCHEDULE NO. 1

  LICENSED PRODUCT(S), DELIVERABLE(S), TARGET DELIVERY DATES AND REQUIRED DATA

I.      LICENSED PRODUCT(S)

        A.      TSMC 025um PROCESS PRODUCTS:

                -       SAGE Standard Cell Library

                -       Single Port High Density SRAM Generator

                -       Dual Port High Density SRAM Generator

                -       Dual Port Register File Generator

                -       Diffusion ROM Generator

                -       Metal ROM Generator

                -       SAGE I/O Library, In-Line

                -       SAGE I/O Library, Staggered

                -       ArtNuvo Library Verification Vehicle

        B.      TSMC 0.18um PROCESS PRODUCTS:

                -       SAGE-X Standard Cell Library

                -       Single Port SRAM Generator

                -       Dual Port SRAM Generator

                -       Single Port Register File Generator

                -       Dual Port Register File Generator

                -       Diffusion ROM Generator

                -       Metal ROM Generator

                -       SAGE I/O Library, In-Line

                -       SAGE I/O Library, Staggered

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                -       ArtNuvo Library VerificationVehicle

        C.      TSMC 0.15um PROCESS PRODUCTS:

                -       SAGE-X2 Standard Cell Library

                -       Single Port SRAM Generator

                -       Dual Port SRAM Generator

                -       Single Port Register File Generator

                -       Dual Port Register File Generator

                -       Diffusion ROM Generator

                -       Metal ROM Generator

                -       SAGE I/O Library, In-Line

                -       SAGE I/O Library, Staggered

                -       ElectroArt I/O Evaluation Vehicle or Equivalent Results

                -       ArtNuvo Library VerificationVehicle

        D.      TSMC 0.13um PROCESS PRODUCTS:

                -       SAGE-X3 Standard Cell Library

                -       Single Port SRAM Generator

                -       Dual Port SRAM Generator

                -       Single Port Register File Generator

                -       Dual Port Register File Generator

                -       Diffusion ROM Generator

                -       Metal ROM Generator

                -       SAGE I/O Library, In-Line

                -       SAGE I/O Library, Staggered

                -       ElectroArt I/O Evaluation Vehicle or Equivalent Results

                -       ArtNuvo Library VerificationVehicle

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II.     DELIVERABLES

        The Deliverables are described in more detail on the individual product
specifications, which are attached as Exhibit F.

III.    TARGET DELIVERY DATES

        The Target Delivery Dates are described in the attached Quote (Exhibit
G), and are estimates.

IV.     RECEIVABLE DATA

        Receivable Data is described in the attached Quote (Exhibit G).

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                                   APPENDIX 2

                                       TO

                             PRODUCT SCHEDULE NO. 1

       LICENSE FEES, ROYALTIES, AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE FEES

I.      LICENSE FEES

        License Fees are set forth on the attached Quote (Exhibit G)

II.     ROYALTIES

        Licensee shall pay to Artisan Components (in addition to the License
Fees) the following running royalties with respect to all components [***] or
[***]:

                [***] per Wafer manufactured for [***] and [***]

                [***] per Wafer manufactured for [***] and [***]

        If Licensee [***] a [***] that is not [***] a [***] with [***] (as
described in Section [***] of the Master License Agreement), then the royalty
rate is [***] per Wafer until the [***] is [***] a [***] with [***] for those
products.

III.    TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE FEES

        [***] per year per technology (i.e., [***] per year for products set
forth in Section A of Appendix 1, [***] per year for products set forth in
Section B of Appendix 1, [***] per year for products set forth in Section C of
Appendix 1, and [***] per year for products set forth in Section D of Appendix
1).

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                                   APPENDIX 3

                                       TO

                             PRODUCT SCHEDULE NO. 1

                        TECHNICAL SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE

        This Support and Maintenance Appendix to License Agreement (this
"Appendix"), upon due completion and execution hereof, serves to amend that
certain License Agreement (the "License Agreement") comprised of that certain
Master License Agreement Number NSC010228, dated February 28, 2001, and that
certain Product Schedule Number NSC010228-PS, dated February 28, 2001, by and
between Artisan Components, Inc., a Delaware corporation, with its principal
place of business at 1195 Bordeaux Drive, Sunnyvale, California 94089-1210
(hereinafter referred to as "Artisan Components"), and National Semiconductor
Corporation, a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business at 2900
Semiconductor Drive, Santa Clara, California 95052 (hereinafter referred to as
"Licensee").

                                    RECITALS

        The parties desire to amend the License Agreement to provide for the
following obligations and responsibilities of the parties relating to the
provisioning of technical support and maintenance for the Licensed Product(s).

        The parties agree the below terms and conditions are added to and made a
part of the License Agreement:

                                    APPENDIX

1.      DEFINITIONS.

        (a) "Error" means a software problem or layout defect in the Licensed
Product deliverables provided by Artisan Components which causes a failure of
the Licensed Product(s) to substantially conform to the material specifications
described in Appendix 1 to the Product Schedule. Errors do not include (i)
defects requiring silicon debugging and product engineering as described in
Section 6 below, (ii) changes to Licensed Product(s) to work with new or
different versions of EDA tools or operating systems, or (iii) changes to
Licensed Product(s) to work with process rule changes (i.e.,
recharacterizations).

        (b) "Workaround" means a change in the way Licensee accomplishes a task
using the Licensed Product, which may be of a temporary nature, to help avoid
the Error.

        (c) "Support Liaison(s)" means not more than [***] Licensee technical
support personnel authorized to contact Artisan Components for purposes of
obtaining support and maintenance under the License Agreement.

        (d) "Update" means Update as defined in the License Agreement.

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2.      ARTISAN COMPONENTS' SUPPORT SERVICES.

        Artisan Components will provide the following Support Services for the
Licensed Product(s):

        (a) Telephone Hotline Support: Artisan Components' technical services
engineers will be available by telephone during Standard Hours (9:00 a.m. until
5:00 p.m. Pacific Local Time, Monday through Friday, excluding holidays on which
Artisan Components is not open for business) to answer questions from the
Support Liaison(s) about the installation and use of the Licensed Product(s),
including aiding in the diagnosis and resolution of Errors in the Licensed
Product(s). Artisan Components shall make reasonable commercial efforts to
respond to all Technical Support telephone calls within [***] from the time they
are received.

        (b) E-mail and Facsimile ("Fax") support: Artisan Components' technical
services engineers will be available by e-mail and Fax during Standard Hours for
the same purposes as listed under Telephone Hotline Support. Artisan Components
shall make reasonable commercial efforts to acknowledge by return e-mail all
Technical Support requests via Fax or e-mail within [***] from the time they are
received.

        (c) Designated Contacts: Artisan Components will designate no more than
[***] Artisan Components technical employees to act as Technical Support
Contacts between Licensee and Artisan Components. This list may be modified from
time to time by Artisan Components as is necessary in the conduct of its
business. In addition, Artisan Components will designate a [***] responsible for
priority escalation and ensuring Licensee is satisfied with the level of support
received.

3.      CORRECTION OF LICENSED PRODUCT ERRORS.

        (a) Artisan Components agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to
respond to reported Errors based upon the severity of the Error as follows:

           (i) Critical Error. Licensee is unable to use the Licensed Product(s)
because of suspected or actual Errors in the Licensed Product(s). Artisan
Components will respond to Critical Errors by assigning a technician to
investigate the Error within [***] from the time the Licensee reports the Error.
Artisan Components will use commercially reasonable efforts to provide a
Workaround or an Update to fix Critical Errors as soon as practical.

           (ii) Moderate Error. Licensee is able to use the Licensed Product(s)
but is experiencing suspected or actual Errors in the Licensed Product(s)
causing interruption of Licensee's use of the Licensed Product(s). Artisan
Components will respond to Moderate Errors by making commercially reasonable
efforts to assign a technician to investigate the Error within [***] from the
time the Licensee reports the Error, and to reply to License within [***].
Artisan Components will use commercially reasonable efforts to provide a
Workaround as soon as practical, or to provide an Update to fix the Error in a
[***] to [***] by [***].

           (iii) Minor Error. Licensee is experiencing a suspected or actual
Error in the Licensed Product(s) that limits some functionality of the Licensed
Product(s) or Licensee's support personnel

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need assistance or information regarding the Licensed Product(s). Artisan
Components will make a commercially reasonable effort to respond to requests for
information within [***] and, if required, provide an Update within [***].

        (b) With respect to Critical Errors, in the event Artisan Components
cannot find a correction or Workaround to the Critical Error within [***] of
[***], the parties will discuss having Artisan Components' engineer(s) visit
Licensee's facilities to investigate and find a solution. In such event, if the
parties agree that the correction/Workaround may be more quickly achieved with
Artisan Components' engineer(s) on-site at Licensee's facilities, Artisan
Components will, at its expense, send one or more engineers to Licensee's
facilities as reasonably necessary to investigate and find a solution to the
Critical Error(s). If it is later found that such Critical Error is not
attributable to the Licensed Product(s) in the form as delivered by Artisan
Components (e.g., it is caused by third party software or modifications made by
Licensee, etc.), Licensee agrees to reimburse Artisan Components for its
reasonable travel, lodging and food expenses related to sending its engineers to
Licensee's site, plus the current engineering fees as described in Section 6
below.

4.      UPDATES AND ADDITIONAL SUPPORT.

        Artisan Components agrees to provide Licensee one copy of each new
Update when such Update is commercially released by Artisan Components to its
other existing customers, or, if earlier, when such Updates are prepared
hereunder for Licensee and in Artisan Components' discretion are ready for
release to Licensee. Artisan Components shall be obligated hereunder to support
only the then-current Licensed Product(s) and, for a period of [***] following
the date of release of the then-current Licensed Product(s), the immediately
preceding Update of the Licensed Product(s). Any and all Updates provided to
Licensee hereunder (including but not limited to Error corrections) are part of
the Licensed Product(s) and subject to all the terms and conditions of the
License Agreement.

        Artisan Components will support Licensee's failure analysis efforts by
providing necessary design related information for the Licensed Products to
Licensee's failure analysis team, upon Licensee's reasonable request. Such
design information will be considered to be Artisan Components' Confidential
Information, and subject to the terms of this Agreement regarding Confidential
Information.

5.      MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT RESPONSIBILITIES OF LICENSEE.

        In addition to the payment obligations set forth herein, Licensee shall
be responsible for the following:

        (a) Licensee will maintain a list of no more than [***] who will act as
Support Liaison(s) between Licensee and Artisan Components. Support Liaison(s)
shall be knowledgeable in the installation and use of the Licensed Product(s).
This list of Support Liaison(s) may be modified by Licensee as is necessitated
by employee turnover and reassignments.

        (b) Support Liaison(s) will promptly report all Errors in the Licensed
Product(s) as they are discovered and will make good faith efforts to analyze
problems and recommend Workarounds.

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        (c) Licensee will implement the Workarounds and/or Updates promptly.

        (d) Licensee will provide sufficient information and assistance to
Artisan Components in order for Artisan Components to exercise its support
obligations in this Appendix, including but not limited to providing sufficient
information to enable Artisan Components to replicate the Error.

        (e) In the event Licensee desires Artisan Components to utilize third
party software in Licensee's possession to replicate an Error and provide
support and/or maintenance hereunder, except as the parties may otherwise agree,
Licensee is responsible for obtaining and maintaining during the term of this
Agreement, and Licensee represents that it has obtained, all necessary rights
and licenses, at Licensee's expense, from the licensors of the third party
software to authorize and enable Artisan Components to perform its obligations
under this Agreement relating to the third party software used with the Licensed
Product(s).

6.      LIMITS OF SCOPE OF SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE.

        This Appendix sets forth the parties' rights and responsibilities with
respect to Artisan Components' support and maintenance of the Licensed
Product(s) and Updates thereto only during the period for which Licensee pays
for support as set forth herein. Except as may otherwise be specified in the
Master License Agreement, License Agreement or other agreement entered into
between the parties, Artisan Components has no obligation to provide Licensee
any support or maintenance services or Updates except as set forth under this
Appendix.

        Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the design and
verification techniques for the Licensed Product(s) used by Artisan Components
depend on the accuracy of models, flows and design tools, some of which are
provided by Artisan Components' licensees and their target foundries. Due to
practical limits on the accuracy of these models, flows and design tools, the
fabricated silicon behavior may not always agree with that predicted. In these
cases, upon Licensee's request and upon a mutually agreed upon schedule, Artisan
Components will assist the Licensee in silicon debugging.

        Silicon debugging is provided at [***] for (a) debugging necessary
because of defects in the Licensed Product and (b) for each of the four (4)
Licensed Products, up to [***] of debugging not covered by (a). Artisan
Components will provide silicon debugging in addition to the foregoing, as well
as product engineering, subject to mutual agreement and at Artisan Components'
then current standard hourly rate plus applicable expenses.

        Furthermore, Artisan Components has no obligation to provide any support
or maintenance for any modifications made to the Licensed Product(s) by or for
Licensee (other than by Artisan Components) (including Modifications, as defined
in Section 2.7 of the Master License Agreement). If Licensee reports an error or
requests information relating to use of the Licensed Product, such reported
error or information request must relate to use of the Licensed Product(s) in
the form as provided by Artisan Components. If Artisan Components spends any
time or resources on any error reports or information requests that are found
attributable to Licensee's modifications (or how to make modifications to) the
Licensed Product, Artisan Components may charge Licensee Artisan

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Components' then current hourly engineering fees and reasonable out of pocket
expenses for all time and resources expended by Artisan Components on such
matter(s). Licensee will pay any such invoices [***] from the date of the
invoice.

        Artisan Components shall have no responsibility for analyzing or
correcting errors in any third party software (other than to cooperate in
providing information about the Licensed Product(s) to the Licensee) or testing
any third party software. Artisan Components shall not be responsible under this
Appendix to modify Licensed Product(s) to operate with any new or different
versions of third party software or any new third party software products.

7.      TERM.

        (a) Unless terminated as set forth hereunder, the maintenance and
support to be provided hereunder shall be available on a yearly basis, with the
initial yearly maintenance period beginning [***] after delivery of the Licensed
Product(s) ("Maintenance Commencement Date") and ending one (1) year later.
Thereafter, the term of this Appendix shall renew on the anniversary date of the
Maintenance Commencement Date for consecutive one (1) year terms, if Artisan
Components sends an invoice to Licensee and if Licensee pays that invoice, or
upon other mutual written agreement.

        (b) This Appendix, which is made a part of the License Agreement, may be
terminated as set forth in Section 7 of this Appendix or in Section 10 of the
Master License Agreement. Termination of this Appendix does not necessarily mean
termination of the Master License Agreement, but termination of the Master
License Agreement will be considered to be termination of this Appendix.

8.      SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE PAYMENT.

        (a) For each yearly period under the term of this Appendix, Licensee
must pay an annual support and maintenance fee ("Annual Maintenance Fee"). The
Annual Maintenance Fee is due in full for the initial one (1) year term of this
Appendix on or before the [***]. Thereafter, the Annual Maintenance Fee shall be
due and payable in full on or before the [***] of the consecutive one (1) year
renewal term for which payment is due.

        (b) The Annual Maintenance Fee is set forth in Appendix 2 to the Product
Schedule.

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9.      GENERAL.

        Except as set forth herein, all terms and conditions of the License
Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. Unless otherwise defined in
this Appendix, capitalized terms used in this Appendix shall have the same
meaning as set forth in the License Agreement.

ARTISAN COMPONENTS, INC.                          LICENSEE

By: [***]                                         By: [***]
    Signature of an Officer                           Signature of an Authorized
    of the Corporation                                Representative

Name: [***]                                       Name: [***]
      Printed name of the                             Printed name of the
      Signing Officer                                 Authorized Representative

Title: [***]                                      Title: [***]

Date:    3/8/01                                   Date:     3/7/01

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                                    EXHIBIT D

                                      [***]

[***]

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                            EXHIBIT E: THREE-WAY NDA

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                            ARTISAN COMPONENTS, INC.
            MULTIPLE PARTY NONDISCLOSURE AND RESTRICTED USE AGREEMENT

This Multiple Party Nondisclosure Agreement (this "Agreement") is made effective
as of the _____ day of _____________ 2001 (the "Effective Date"), by and among
Artisan Components, Inc., a Delaware Corporation ("ARTISAN COMPONENTS"), Artisan
Components' customer (as defined below, "CUSTOMER"), and Customer's vendor (as
defined below, "RECIPIENT").

          "CUSTOMER"                                         "RECIPIENT"

Name: ____________________________             Name: __________________________

Address: _________________________             Address: _______________________

__________________________________             ________________________________

__________________________________             ________________________________

                   "LIMITED BUSINESS PURPOSE" (describe below)

________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________

1.      CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. The parties desire to have Customer disclose
        to Recipient certain confidential products and related product
        documentation of Artisan Components consisting of the following
        (describe and categorize by Front-End Views, if any and/or Back-End
        Views, if any):_________________________________________________________
        ________________________________________________________________________
        ________________________________________________________________________
        ________________________________________________________________________
        ________________________________________("Artisan Components Products").

        The parties acknowledge that the Artisan Components Products, including
        but not limited to information learned by the Recipient relating to the
        Artisan Components Products in the course of carrying out the Limited
        Business Purpose and/or from employees or agents of Customer and Artisan
        Components, such as formulas, databases, software, algorithms, know-how,
        schematics, circuit designs, cell libraries, memory generators,
        inventions, processes, trade secrets and personnel, will all be
        considered "Confidential Information" of Artisan Components.
        Confidential Information shall not include information that: (a) is now
        or subsequently becomes generally available to the public through no
        fault or breach of Recipient; (b) Recipient can demonstrate was
        rightfully in its possession prior to disclosure to Recipient by Artisan
        Components or Customer and without restriction; (c) is independently
        developed by Recipient without use of persons who had any access to the
        Confidential Information; or (d) Recipient rightfully obtains from a
        third party who has the right to transfer or disclose it without any
        limitation on further disclosures or use.

2.      USE OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. Recipient agrees to accept Confidential
        Information solely for use in connection with the Limited Business
        Purpose above. Recipient will not disclose, publish, or disseminate
        Confidential Information to anyone other than those of its employees
        with a need to know in order to carry out the Limited Business Purpose.
        Recipient agrees to use reasonable care, but in no event no less than
        the same degree of care that it uses to protect its own confidential and
        proprietary information of similar importance, to prevent the
        unauthorized use, disclosure, publication and dissemination of
        Confidential Information. Recipient agrees not to use Confidential
        Information otherwise for its own benefit or any third party's benefit
        without the prior written approval of an authorized representative of
        Artisan Components. Recipient may disclose Confidential Information if

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        required by any judicial or governmental order, provided that Recipient
        takes reasonable steps to first give Artisan Components sufficient prior
        notice to contest such order.

        If Back-End Views are being provided to Recipient as part of the Artisan
        Component Products, then the following applies:

                Recipient further agrees that only its full-time employees who
                sign an Acknowledgment in the form of Exhibit A (and which must
                be delivered to Artisan Components), may have access to the
                Artisan Components Products; and

                Without limiting the generality of the other provisions in this
                Agreement, if Recipient, or any affiliated company of Recipient
                (e.g., subsidiary, parent, etc.) is in, or enters into, the
                business of developing and/or marketing for commercial purposes
                standard cells, I/O cells and/or embedded memories ("Competitive
                Entity"), Recipient agrees to take steps to ensure that the
                Back-End Views will not be made available to personnel working
                for the Competitive Entity (e.g., it will not be placed on
                servers to which the Competitive Entity has access, etc.).

3.      OWNERSHIP OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION. All Confidential Information
        remains the property of Artisan Components and/or its licensors and no
        license or other rights to Confidential Information are granted or
        implied hereby.

4.      NO WARRANTY. All information is provided "AS IS" and without any
        warranty, express, implied, statutory, or otherwise, regarding its
        accuracy or performance.

5.      TERM. The term of this Agreement will continue until terminated as set
        forth below.

a)      Any party may terminate this Agreement at any time, without cause, upon
        at least fifteen (15) days prior written notice to the other parties.

b)      Artisan Components and Customer may each individually, or together
        collectively, terminate this Agreement upon written notice to the other
        parties in the event Recipient is in breach of this Agreement.

c)      This Agreement will terminate automatically upon the termination of the
        license agreement between Artisan Components and Customer under which
        the Artisan Components Products are licensed to Customer.

d)      This Agreement will terminate automatically upon the termination of the
        agreement(s) between Customer and Recipient under which the Customer is
        retaining Recipient for the Limited Business Purpose.

        Recipient's obligations hereunder relating to the Confidential
        Information shall survive any termination of this Agreement. Upon any
        termination of this Agreement for any reason, Recipient will promptly
        return to Artisan Components all tangible Confidential Information,
        including but not limited to all computer programs, documentation,
        notes, plans, drawings, and copies thereof. With respect to Confidential
        Information stored in electronic form, Recipient shall delete all such
        Confidential Information from its systems and shall confirm in a writing
        signed by an authorized representative of Recipient, that all
        Confidential Information has been deleted and returned as set forth
        above.

6.      NO EXPORT. Recipient certifies that no Confidential Information, or any
        portion thereof, will be exported to any country in violation of the
        export laws and regulations of the United States government.

7.      ENTIRE AGREEMENT AND GOVERNING LAW. Except as between Artisan Components
        and Customer under the license agreement between Artisan Components and
        Customer, this Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the
        parties regarding the Confidential Information and supersedes all prior
        or contemporaneous oral or written agreements concerning such
        Confidential Information. This Agreement

                                       2
<PAGE>   42

        may not be amended except by a written agreement signed by authorized
        representatives of the parties. This Agreement will be governed by and
        construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California,
        excluding its conflict of laws provisions.

Understood and agreed to by the duly authorized representatives of the parties:

ARTISAN COMPONENTS, INC.                       CUSTOMER:

By                                             By
  --------------------------------                -----------------------------

Name:                                          Name:
      ----------------------------                  ---------------------------

Title:                                         Title:
      ----------------------------                   --------------------------

Date:                                          Date:
     -----------------------------                  ---------------------------

RECIPIENT:
          ------------------------

By
  --------------------------------

Name:
     -----------------------------

Title:
      ----------------------------

Date:
     -----------------------------

                                                                         AE1999

                                        3
<PAGE>   43

                                    EXHIBIT A

          Acknowledgment Of Nondisclosure and Restricted Use Agreement

I am a full-time employee of _____________________ ("Recipient") and I
acknowledge that I have read and understand the Nondisclosure and Restricted Use
Agreement by and among Artisan Components, Inc., _______________________________
(Customer) and Recipient (the "Agreement"). I understand that the Agreement
applies to me as an employee of Recipient to the extent I have access to the
Artisan Components Products and Confidential Information.

Signature:
          ---------------------------

Print Name:
            -------------------------

Date:
     --------------------------------

                                       4
<PAGE>   44

                  EXHIBIT F: FORM OF TAPE-OUT INFORMATION SHEET

<PAGE>   45

                           TAPE-OUT INFORMATION SHEET

<TABLE>
<S>                     <C>
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
USER INFORMATION         COMPANY NAME
                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                         USER NAME
                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                         PHONE NUMBER
                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                         E-MAIL ADDRESS
                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                         COMPANY LOCATION (city, state,
                         country)
==================================================================================================================================
INFORMATION CATEGORY                                                Entry #1                   Entry #2                   Entry #3
                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                         New Entry (N) or Update to
                         Existing Entry (U)
==================================================================================================================================
TAPE-OUT DETAILS         FOUNDRY NAME (TSMC, UMC, or
                         Chartered)
                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                         PROCESS (0.25(mu)m, 0.25(mu)mE or
                         0.18(mu)m)
                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                         TAPE-OUT DATE (i.e. January 10,
                         2000)
                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                         FOUNDRY SALES' NAME (i.e. Bill
                         Smith)
                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                         FOUNDRY'S MANUFACTURING PART
                         NUMBER (i.e. ABC001)(1)
                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                         PARTS OF ARTISAN LIBRARY USED
                         (Standard Cell, Memory, I/O)
                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
OPTIONAL INFORMATION     INTERNAL DESIGN PROJECT CODE (i.e.
                         Xer200)
                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                         NATURE OF TAPE-OUT (i.e.
                         engineering sample, prototype or
                         production)
                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                         WAFER VOLUME AND CONDITION
                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                             Total number of wafers
                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                             Number of wafers/ month
                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                             Production period (i.e. May
                             1999 - Feb. 2000)
                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                         USER'S MANUFACTURING CONTROLLER (2)
                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                             Name
                         ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                             Phone Number
==================================================================================================================================
</TABLE>

Instructions:

Please print out the form, fill it out and fax back to [***] at Artisan
Components (fax number [***]), or ask your User Program Manager at Artisan
Components to send you the form in Microsoft Word format (specify version).

Notes:

(1)     Foundry's Manufacturing Part Number: Please indicate MPW and the date
        (i.e. MPW 3/20/00) if the tape-out is a multi-project test chip.

(2)     User's Manufacturing Controller: The business contact who issues wafer
        purchase order to foundry.

Artisan Components, Inc. Confidential                                    6/20/00

Confidential treatment has been requested for portions of this exhibit. The copy
filed herewith omits the information subject to the confidentiality request.
Omissions are designated as [***]. A complete version of this exhibit has been
filed separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

<PAGE>   46

                        EXHIBIT G: PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS

                                [See Exhibit H]

<PAGE>   47

                                EXHIBIT H: QUOTE

                                   [Attached]

<PAGE>   48

[ARTISAN COMPONENTS LOGO]

                                     ARTISAN COMPONENTS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION

                  PRODUCTS, SERVICES AND MAINTENANCE QUOTATION

                       Quote No.:           8240-JR   Revision No.:     5
                       Original Quote Date: 10/7/99   Revision Date:    2/27/01
                                                      Expiration Date:  3/13/01

To: National Semiconductor Corporation   [***]   Artisan Components, Inc.  [***]
    2900 Semiconductor Drive M/S D3-675  [***]   1195 Bordeaux Drive       [***]
    Santa Clara, CA 95052-8090           [***]   Sunnyvale, CA 94089-1210  [***]

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                      DELIVERY SCHEDULE
PRODUCT/SERVICE DESCRIPTION                                                                  ARO*               LINE ITEM FEE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                                                                <C>                          <C>
Multi-process agreement for 0.25um, 0.18um, 0.15um and 0.13um Artisan [***]
package. Specific products and schedule shall be as shown in attachment A.

1.    0.25um Technology [***] library package                                       As shown in attachment A         [***]

2.    0.18um Technology [***] library package                                                 "                      [***]

3.    0.15um Technology [***] library package                                                 "                      [***]

4.    0.13um Technology [***] library package                                                 "                      [***]

                                                                 TOTAL LICENSE FEES:                                 [***]

5.    Annual maintenance per process technology (optional)                                                           [***]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
</TABLE>

* [***] is defined as [***] of order, [***], and [***] (see attachment A)
required from Customer.

NOTES:

1.      RECEIVABLES ASSUMPTION

This quotation is subject to the National Semiconductor/Artisan Components
License Agreement dated February 28, 2001. In the event of any conflict or lack
of detail in this quotation, the terns in the NSC/Artisan agreement shall
govern. All prices are quoted in U.S. Dollars. All payments are due [***], per
the terms of the NSC/Artisan Agreement.

[***] Confidential treatment requested pursuant to a request for confidential
treatment filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Omitted portions
have been filed separately with the Commission.

<PAGE>   49

                                     ARTISAN COMPONENTS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION

        The pricing and schedules shown assume that the 0.25um, 0.18um, 0.15um,
        and 0.13um receivables information (see receivables requirements listed
        in Attachment A) provided by NSC will be [***] to the [***] used for
        Artisan's 0.25um, 0.18um, 0.15um, and 0.13um [***] offering.

2.      ROYALTY TERMS

        Terms of the proposed National Semiconductor/Artisan Components License
        Agreement include a royalty fee of [***] per good wafer manufactured
        using Artisan IP at NSC. "Good wafer" is defined as an NSC produced
        wafer that contains Artisan IP in any form and yields at least one good
        die after wafer sort testing. Note that this rate is strictly
        confidential between individuals with a need to know within Artisan and
        National Semiconductor, and should NOT be disclosed to any other
        individuals within NSC or anyone outside of NSC.

3.      DELIVERABLE/RECEIVABLE LISTING

        Deliverables (specific models, views, and documentation that Artisan
        will deliver) are as stated in the mutually agreed to specifications for
        each of the library products for each technology. The applicable
        specification version number for each product (nearly 40 products in
        all) shall be as stated in the then current addendum to the NSC/Artisan
        License Agreement.

        Receivables (data required from NSC to officially start the schedule
        clock) assumptions are stated in attachment A.

                                      [***]

This quotation is subject to the National Semiconductor/Artisan Components
License Agreement dated February 28, 2001. In the event of any conflict or lack
of detail in this quotation, the terns in the NSC/Artisan agreement shall
govern. All prices are quoted in U.S. Dollars. All payments are due [***], per
the terms of the NSC/Artisan Agreement.

[***] Confidential treatment requested pursuant to a request for confidential
treatment filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Omitted portions
have been filed separately with the Commission.

<PAGE>   50

                                  Attachment A

              Artisan Components Quotation No. 8240-JR, Revision 5
                     for National Semiconductor Corporation

                                February 27, 2001

         PRODUCT/ARCHITECTURE/SCHEDULE MATRIX FOR NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR

                                      [***]

Notes:

1. Note that the libraries shown are designed for [***] in each [***].

2. [***] is defined as [***], including signed license agreement and any [***]
required from [***]. Schedules shown do not include [***];[***] for those will
be quoted separately.

3. [***] for [***] will be quoted [***] for those technologies.

4. Deliverables (specific models, views, and documentation that Artisan will
deliver) are as stated in the mutually agreed to specifications for each of the
library products for each technology. The applicable specification version
number for each product (nearly 40 products in all) shall be as stated in the
then current addendum to the NSC/Artisan License Agreement.

          RECEIVABLES INFORMATION REQUIRED FROM NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR

Artisan needs to receive the following information ("receivables") from the
Customer prior to the official start of the project. [***] are predicated on all
these receivables being in.

                                      [***]

[***] Confidential treatment requested pursuant to a request for confidential
treatment filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Omitted portions
have been filed separately with the Commission.

<PAGE>   51

                                  Attachment B
              Artisan Components Quotation No. 8240-JR, Revision 5
                     for National Semiconductor Corporation
                                February 27, 2001

<TABLE>
<S>                                                                        <C>                   <C>                    <C>
0.25um Technology                                                           [***]                 [***]                  [***]
-----------------
Standard Cell Library                                                       [***]                 [***]                  [***]
Single Port SRAM Generator                                                  [***]                 [***]                  [***]
Dual Port SRAM Generator                                                    [***]                 [***]                  [***]
Dual Port Register File Generator                                           [***]                 [***]                  [***]
Diffusion ROM Generator                                                     [***]                 [***]                  [***]
Metal ROM Generator                                                         [***]                 [***]                  [***]
SAGE I/O Library, In-Line, Including ElectroArt                             [***]                 [***]                  [***]
SAGE I/O Library, Staggered                                                 [***]                 [***]                  [***]
ArtNuvo Library Verification Vehicle                                        [***]                 [***]                  [***]
                                        Technology Subtotal:                [***]                 [***]                  [***]

0.18um Technology                                                           [***]                 [***]                  [***]
-----------------
Standard Cell Library                                                       [***]                 [***]                  [***]
Single Port SRAM Generator                                                  [***]                 [***]                  [***]
Dual Port SRAM Generator                                                    [***]                 [***]                  [***]
Single Port Register File Generator                                         [***]                 [***]                  [***]
Dual Port Register File Generator                                           [***]                 [***]                  [***]
Diffusion ROM Generator                                                     [***]                 [***]                  [***]
Metal ROM Generator                                                         [***]                 [***]                  [***]
SAGE I/O Library, In-Line                                                   [***]                 [***]                  [***]
SAGE I/O Library, Staggered                                                 [***]                 [***]                  [***]
ElectroArt I/O Evaluation Vehicle                                           [***]                 [***]                  [***]
ArtNuvo Library Verification Vehicle                                        [***]                 [***]                  [***]
                                        Technology Subtotal:                [***]                 [***]                  [***]

0.15um Technology                                                           [***]                 [***]                  [***]
-----------------
Standard Cell Library                                                       [***]                 [***]                  [***]
Single Port SRAM Generator                                                  [***]                 [***]                  [***]
Dual Port SRAM Generator                                                    [***]                 [***]                  [***]
Single Port Register File Generator                                         [***]                 [***]                  [***]
Dual Port Register File Generator                                           [***]                 [***]                  [***]
Diffusion ROM Generator                                                     [***]                 [***]                  [***]
Metal ROM Generator                                                         [***]                 [***]                  [***]
SAGE I/O Library, In-Line                                                   [***]                 [***]                  [***]
SAGE I/O Library, Staggered                                                 [***]                 [***]                  [***]
ElectroArt I/O Evaluation Vehicle                                           [***]                 [***]                  [***]
ArtNuvo Library Verification Vehicle                                        [***]                 [***]                  [***]
                                        Technology Subtotal:                [***]                 [***]                  [***]
</TABLE>

--------------------------

[***] Confidential treatment requested pursuant to a request for confidential
treatment filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Omitted portions
have been filed separately with the Commission.

<PAGE>   52

<TABLE>
<S>                                                                        <C>                   <C>                    <C>
0.13um Technology                                                           [***]                 [***]                  [***]
-----------------
Standard Cell Library                                                       [***]                 [***]                  [***]
Single Port SRAM Generator                                                  [***]                 [***]                  [***]
Dual Port SRAM Generator                                                    [***]                 [***]                  [***]
Single Port Register File Generator                                         [***]                 [***]                  [***]
Dual Port Register File Generator                                           [***]                 [***]                  [***]
Diffusion ROM Generator                                                     [***]                 [***]                  [***]
Metal ROM Generator                                                         [***]                 [***]                  [***]
SAGE I/O Library, In-Line                                                   [***]                 [***]                  [***]
SAGE I/O Library, Staggered                                                 [***]                 [***]                  [***]
ElectroArt I/O Evaluation Vehicle                                           [***]                 [***]                  [***]
ArtNuvo Library Verification Vehicle                                        [***]                 [***]                  [***]
                                        Technology Subtotal:                [***]                 [***]                  [***]

                                        CONTRACT SUBTOTALS:                 [***]                 [***]                  [***]
</TABLE>

--------------------------

[***] Confidential treatment requested pursuant to a request for confidential
treatment filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Omitted portions
have been filed separately with the Commission.

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