CYAN TECHNOLOGY DELIVERS INTERNETWORKING CONNECTIVITY FOR LOW-POWER DEVICES: CMX-MicroNet TCP/IP stack on eCOG1 communications engine offers best-in-class performance while significantly reducing application cost

Summary:
CMX Systems, well-known designer of real-time operating systems and TCP/IP software, and Cyan Technology, developers of low-power flash microcontrollers for today´s connected devices, have launched the CMX-MicroNetT TCP/IP stack on the eCOG1 16-bit engine. Thanks to a joint commitment to a low-cost, high-performance solution, the Cyan-CMX solution sharply reduces the cost of networking devices and Internet connectivity. To facilitate customer support, CMX and Cyan have formed a distribution agreement in which Cyan can directly offer the complete CMX-MicroNet solution to its clients.

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CYAN TECHNOLOGY DELIVERS INTERNETWORKING CONNECTIVITY FOR LOW-POWER DEVICES

CMX-MicroNet TCP/IP stack on eCOG1 communications engine offers best-in-class performance while significantly reducing application cost

Jacksonville, FL and Boston, MA - August 12, 2002 - CMX Systems, well-known designer of real-time operating systems and TCP/IP software, and Cyan Technology, developers of low-power flash microcontrollers for today´s connected devices, have launched the CMX-MicroNetT TCP/IP stack on the eCOG1 16-bit engine. Thanks to a joint commitment to a low-cost, high-performance solution, the Cyan-CMX solution sharply reduces the cost of networking devices and Internet connectivity. To facilitate customer support, CMX and Cyan have formed a distribution agreement in which Cyan can directly offer the complete CMX-MicroNet solution to its clients.

Focused on the low-power, real-time communications needs of developers, Cyan Technology offers a 16-bit flash microcontroller capable of running code at less than 10 microAmps and 25-MIPS execution speed. This tight power control and high performance is strongly complemented by CMX-MicroNet, a very small footprint TCP/IP software stack, developed to provide networking and Internet connectivity for the most stringent real-time communication demands that the 8- and 16-bit designer faces. With the CMX-MicroNet stack and a rich assortment of communication peripherals, serial interfaces and timers, eCOG1 makes an ideal communications engine for Internet-enabled devices, hand-held instrumentation, intelligent sensors, and PDA peripherals.

Chuck Behrmann, president and CEO of CMX, said, "We are very pleased that Cyan Technology has selected CMX-MicroNet as a networking tool for the eCOG1. Given the complete integration of CMX-MicroNet to eCOG1, the networking and Internet connectivity aspects of the design are complete and developers can focus on the device application. With our no-royalty fee structure and Cyan´s commitment to offer a low-cost hardware solution, Cyan can offer its customers an unmatched combination of price and performance that can be purchased directly from a single source."

"Designers are being asked to integrate networking and Internet connectivity in a host of devices," notes David Griffiths, Cyan Technology´s CEO. "CMX technology has a reputation for out-of-the-box connectivity-a strength we want to bring our customers. These capabilities, along with a mature software development tool chain and development board, ensure that our customers get the responsiveness and functionality they need in an exceptionally low-power device."

Availability:
The CMX-MicroNet TCP/IP stack is available directly from Cyan Technology starting at $5,500. eCOG1 sells for $10 per 10,000. The comprehensive eCOG1 Development Kit offers an eCOG1 development board priced at $299 and a free set of software development tools that includes an assembler, verified ANSI-C compiler, software simulator and in-circuit emulator/debugger. A CMX-MicroNet demo will be shipped freely to developers for evaluation along with the eCOG1 development tools. For more information about eCOG1, the CMX-MicroNet stack, or the eCOG1 Development Kit, please visit www.cyantechnology.com/products or www.cyantechnology.com/sales.

About CMX-MicroNet:
CMX-MicroNet is a scaled down TCP/IP software stack with a total ROM footprint of 3Kb - 20Kb, depending upon configuration, for 8-bit processors or those 16-bit processors that require a single-chip solution with no external memory. CMX-MicroNet supports more 8-bit and 16-bit microprocessors than any other existing solution. CMX-MicroNet is currently available, starting at $5,500 for the base system. All CMX software includes complete source code, no royalties on shipped products, and free technical support/updates.

About Cyan Technology eCOG1:
Using an innovative 16-bit core originally developed by Cambridge Consultants Limited, Cyan Technology´s microcontroller offers an impressive ratio of performance to power consumption. The core, based on a compact Harvard RISC architecture, offers a synchronous serial emulation interface that supports non-intrusive application development, debugging and testing. To enable developers to fully test and debug their eCOG1 applications in a customizable environment, Cyan Technology provides engineers with one of the most comprehensive development toolkits in the industry: the eCOG1 development board and free eCOG1 software development tools which include an assembler, verified C compiler, software simulator and in-circuit emulator/debugger.

About CMX Systems, Inc.:
Since its inception in 1990, CMX Systems has focused on providing its customers with all of the tools needed to program their embedded applications. The company´s core business is to develop and support real-time, multi-tasking operating systems (RTOS) and TCP/IP stacks for a wide variety of 8-bit, 16-bit, and 32-bit microcomputers, microprocessors, and digital signal processors. The company's CMX-RTXT, CMX-RTXST, and CMX-Tiny+T real-time multi-tasking operating systems support more than 40 processor families and over 30 C-compiler vendors. CMX also develops and supports products that enhance the user's ability to create, test and debug application code, including CMXKAwareT, CMXBugT, and CMXTrackerT. CMX TCP/IPT, a full-featured TCP/IP stack for 16- and 32-bit processors, also is sold by the company. CMX recently released CMX-MicroNet, which is a unique TCP/IP stack that is targeted for 8-bit processor target platforms. In addition to developing RTOSes, debugging tools, and networking software, CMX also distributes a wide variety of C tools, including compilers, assemblers, linkers, librarians, simulators and ROM debuggers from many well-known manufacturers. For more information, please visit CMX Systems´ Website at http://www.cmx.com

About Cyan Technology:
Cyan Technology was formed in 2000 as a spin-off of Cambridge Consultants Ltd (CCL). The company enjoys competitive advantage through its advanced 16-bit technology, which is the result of ten years of research within CCL, significantly enhanced to address the needs of the embedded communications market. Within two years of Cyan Technology´s formation, the company has brought to market a low-power 16-bit flash microcontroller with real-time in-circuit emulation.

Cyan Technology´s multipurpose microcontroller meets extremely low-power requirements at the best price-performance ratio available. This 16-bit product fills a significant gap in the market, providing the processing power required for embedded communications applications at less cost and lower power than 32-bit processors, thereby reducing system cost and extending battery life. The chip´s unique features complement hand-held battery-powered applications, such as PDAs and web-enabled phones, plus a whole range of embedded communications devices, such as set-top boxes, Internet-enabled appliances, and intelligent sensors.

Cyan Technology is funded by ET Capital, Cambridge Gateway and NIF Ventures of Japan.
Cyan´s international distribution partners include Broadband Technology in the UK and Northern Europe and MetaTech in Asia. US representatives will be announced shortly.

For more information, please visit www.cyantechnology.com.

Contact:
Janice Hughes
Hughes Communications
janice@hughescom.net
860.434.3782