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To: Mats Ericsson who wrote (580)	10/18/2000 5:50:44 AM
From: Mats Ericsson	Respond to of 912

Parthus licenses new ARM chip to MOTOROLA (Excerpt: Finacial Times October 18-2000 ) Parthus Technologies (Naz:PRTH), the Irish semiconductor developer, announced a new chip design that could thrust it to the front of the mobile communications revolution. Parthus unveiled a single chip computer capable of driving a broad range of next generation mobile devices including phones, pda's and internet appliances. Parthus stocks (London:PRH and Nasdaq:PRHT, rose 6.5 %). Parthus developed the design with Psion, the UK-based handheld computer manufacturer, which has agreed to license the chip for its new range. Motorola, the largest US cell phone manufacturer, will use it in its next generation intelligent "Smartphones". The chip named 'Infostream' - integrates the capabilities of a pc, 3th-G mobile phone and GPS (geographical positioning system) and makes connections to the internet simple. The integration of so many functions on a single chip confers substantial cost, power and ease-of-use benefits. The new chip reduces the time to market. In quantity, The I-chips are expected to cost only a few dollars apiece. More car appliances seen The chip has been designed to be installed in vehicles, raising the possibility of cars that contact service stations automatically after detecting faults or when service is due. (I liked this part most:) The Infostream design incorporates the ARM microprocessor (London:ARM Nasdag:ARMHY) that forms the heart of many of the world's mobile phones. It will run OS's including Microsoft's Pocket PC and Linux. Parthus reported too that licence and royalty revenues in the third quarter had more than doubled to $4.5m, while total revenues had grown to $8.6m, 76 per cent higher than last year. The company said it had signed a record 10 licences for mobile internet platforms during the quarter. Parthus made a $2.3m net loss for the quarter, excluding non-cash stock compensation and amortisation. Parthus, based in Dublin and San Jose, California, was established in 1993. It now employs some 300 design engineers working on a broad range of technologies including MP3, GPS and Bluetooth. (For Arm-platform ofcourse :)