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            <rptOwnerName>STARK MICHAEL J</rptOwnerName>
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                <value>Common Stock</value>
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                <value>2004-06-10</value>
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                    <value>See notes 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5</value>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">The reporting persons (the &quot;Reporting Persons&quot;) consist of Crosslink Capital, Inc. (&quot;Crosslink&quot;), Crosslink Omega III Holdings, L.L.C. (&quot;Omega III Holdings&quot;), Crossover Fund III Management, L.L.C. (&quot;Crossover III Management&quot;), Crossover Fund IV Management, L.L.C. (&quot;Crossover IV&quot;), Delta Growth Management, Inc. (&quot;Delta Growth&quot;), Ten Mile Management, L.L.C. (&quot;Ten Mile&quot;), Michael J. Stark, Seymour F. Kaufman, Vladimir S. Jacimovic, Daniel John Dunn and Thomas Edward Bliska.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Crosslink is an investment adviser to investment funds of which Omega III Holdings, Crossover III Management, Crossover IV, Delta Growth or Ten Mile is the general partner, manager or the holder of Class B Units. Mr. Stark and Mr. Kaufman are control persons of Crosslink. Mr. Stark, Mr. Kaufman and Mr. Jacimovic are control persons of Omega III Holdings. Mr. Stark, Mr. Kaufman, Mr. Bliska, Mr. Dunn and Mr. Jacimovic are control persons of Crossover III Management and Crossover IV. Mr. Stark is a control person of Delta Growth. Mr. Bliska is a control person of Ten Mile.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Crosslink, Omega III Holdings, Crossover III Management, Crossover IV, Delta Growth, Ten Mile, Mr. Stark, Mr. Kaufman, Mr. Jacimovic, Mr. Dunn and Mr. Bliska are filing this Form 4 jointly as a group, but disclaim membership in a group, within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &quot;Exchange Act&quot;), with any other person.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">These securities are held directly by investment funds to which Crosslink or Crossover III Management is investment adviser for the benefit of the investors in those funds. These securities are indirectly beneficially owned by Crosslink or Crossover III Management as the investment adviser to each of those funds, by Crossover III Management, Omega III Holdings, Crossover IV, Delta Growth and Ten Mile as the general partner, manager or holder of Class B Units of each of those funds, and by Mr. Stark, Mr. Kaufman, Mr. Jacimovic, Mr. Bliska and Mr. Dunn as the various control persons of those entities. The Reporting Persons disclaim beneficial ownership of such securities except to the extent of their respective pecuniary interest therein.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Mr. Stark is a director of Virage Logic Corporation (the &quot;Issuer&quot;). Because of Mr. Stark's position with the Issuer, the other Reporting Persons could be deemed insiders of the Issuer notwithstanding the fact that Crosslink and its affiliates collectively own less than 10% of the outstanding Common Stock of the Issuer. Each Reporting Person, except for Mr. Stark, disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities reported herein.  The amount of common stock beneficially owned following the reported sale includes 12,406 shares directly beneficially owned by Mr. Stark, Mr. Kaufman, Mr. Bliska, Mr. Jacimovic and Mr. Dunn.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

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        <signatureName>Crosslink Capital, Inc., by Michael J. Stark, President</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2004-06-14</signatureDate>
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        <signatureName>Crossover Fund III Management, L.L.C., by Michael J. Stark, Managing Director</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2004-06-14</signatureDate>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Thomas Edward Bliska</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2004-06-14</signatureDate>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Vladimir S. Jacimovic</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2004-06-14</signatureDate>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Seymour F. Kaufman</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2004-06-14</signatureDate>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Daniel John Dunn</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2004-06-14</signatureDate>
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    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Michael J. Stark</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2004-06-14</signatureDate>
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