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PORTALPLAYER TEAMS WITH CORNICE TO OFFER COMPLETE PLATFORM FOR DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT DEVICES

Cornice And PortalPlayer Enable
A New Class Of Affordable, "Pocket-Able" Devices

LONGMONT, Colo., June 2, 2003 Cornice Inc., an innovator in compact, high-capacity storage, today announced that it has been in development with PortalPlayer for more than a year to ensure that the Company's innovative Storage Element technology will be fully supported by PortalPlayer's widely deployed digital audio and video platform for consumer electronics products. Together, Cornice and PortalPlayer offer a compelling base platform for the design of low-cost, function-rich consumer devices such as digital music players and digital still camera storage accessories. Manufacturers can take advantage of the combined digital entertainment solution from Cornice and PortalPlayer immediately. Cornice And PortalPlayer: A Foundation For Consumer Electronics Innovation Together, PortalPlayer and Cornice address the design and time-to-market needs of consumer electronics manufacturers.

By carrying out a fundamental re-evaluation of how portable storage devices should be designed and manufactured, Cornice achieved the industry's lowest cost for high-capacity portable storage. By re-examining the mechanics and electronics of storage devices, Cornice was able to create an inexpensive storage solution that is compact, durable and optimized for portable electronics devices such as digital music players, digital cameras, handhelds, cellular phones, and other "pocket-able" products. PortalPlayer's platform for digital entertainment devices includes a system-on-chip, firmware, and a PC-based digital media manager application. Based on a scaleable architecture that is fully customizable, the PortalPlayer platform gives OEMs the flexibility to build multiple versions of products from a single base design. Using solutions from PortalPlayer, customers can design and develop complete product families, from player-only portable devices to digital-audio enabled encoding and playback systems for home and car stereo installation. "Having worked with Cornice for some time, PortalPlayer is excited about the value proposition Cornice brings to devices that require low-cost, portable storage," said Michael Maia, vice president of sales and marketing at PortalPlayer. "Combining Cornice's storage technology with our platform for digital entertainment devices brings a very competitive and powerful design solution for consumer electronics manufacturers." About PortalPlayer Founded in May 1999, PortalPlayer is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, with operations in Charlotte, North Carolina; Seattle, Washington, and Hyderabad, India. The company is in its third generation product platform and supports leading consumer electronics manufacturers worldwide.

About Cornice Cornice Inc. is an innovator in small, compact, low-cost, high-capacity storage that enables a new generation of pocket-able consumer electronic devices for the world's leading brand-name manufacturers. The Cornice Storage Element (SE) is durable, integrated, personal storage that brings new levels of affordability and content capacity to these devices. Early investors in Cornice include the company's founders, management team, and Texas Instruments. In August 2002, the Company received its first venture investment from CIBC Capital Partners, Nokia Venture Partners and VantagePoint Venture Partners. Privately held, Cornice maintains headquarters in Longmont, Colorado. Visit Cornice at http://www.corniceco.com/. # # #
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PORTALPLAYER AUDIO JUKEBOX PLATFORM WINS INNOVATIONS 2004 AWARD


Consumer Electronics Association Recognizes PortalPlayer's
Excellence in Design and Engineering at CES 2004

Santa Clara, Calif., December 15, 2003--PortalPlayer, Inc., the the company that enabled the fast-growing music jukebox market, today announced that it has received the prestigious Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) Innovations 2004 Design and Engineering Showcase Honoree Award in the Software/Embedded Technologies category. As a winner, the company's Audio Jukebox Platform will be showcased alongside other award-winning products during the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in the Innovations Silver Exhibits, #70311, January 8-11, 2004 in Las Vegas, Nevada. For those unable to attend the exhibits, award-winners can be seen by visiting http://www.CESweb.org/Innovations.

"We are honored to have the Consumer Electronics Association recognize our Audio Jukebox Platform for its superior design and engineering excellence," said Gary Johnson, president and CEO of PortalPlayer. "This award, along with our leading market share, further reinforces the significant contribution our technology has played in enabling the portable audio market over the last three years."

The PortalPlayer Audio Jukebox Platform is the industry's only integrated silicon and software solution for designing next generation entertainment products such as portable digital music devices, general audio systems and streaming audio receivers. This complete platform includes a system-on-chip (PP5002D), firmware, and a PC-based digital media manager software development kit (SDK). Based on a scaleable, fully customizable architecture, the PortalPlayer platform gives OEMs and ODMs the flexibility to build multiple versions of products from a single base design.

The leading computer and electronics manufacturers have used the PortalPlayer jukebox platforms to create this new product category of portable music devices including recent market entries: Philips, RCA, Rio and Samsung.

PortalPlayer continues its product innovation, as recently signified by the adoption of PortalPlayer platform technology in the Rio Karma, which is the first Ethernet-enabled portable audio jukebox to share music with PCs within the home network. Rio Karma is very small pocket-sized unit and connects to a dock to the audio receiver, enabling people to enjoy their complete Karma-based music library on their home stereo or computer in another room through the network.


About PortalPlayer


PortalPlayer, Inc. is personalizing digital entertainment by providing complete platforms for computer and consumer electronics manufacturers to design innovative portable products that integrate audio and photo capabilities. The company's award-winning, flexible silicon and software platform has been adopted by the majority of leading audio jukebox manufacturers worldwide by providing superior features and unmatched flexibility, and enabling rapid time to market. Founded in 1999, PortalPlayer is a privately-held company with offices in Santa Clara, California; Charlotte, North Carolina, Seattle, Washington; and Hyderabad, India.

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e.DIGITAL AND PORTALPLAYER TO CO-DEVELOP DIGITAL AUDIO PRODUCTS FOR CONSUMER ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURERS
1/10/2003 - e.Digital Corporation (OTC: EDIG) announced a development and co-marketing partnership with PortalPlayer, Inc. As a PortalPlayer Design Partner, e.Digital plans to develop new digital audio products combining PortalPlayer's single-chip integrated circuit for music encoding and playback with e.Digital's reference designs. As part of the agreement, PortalPlayer will refer pre-qualified OEM customers to e.Digital for product development using PortalPlayer's chip set.
"Researchers from IDC forecast that the digital audio market will exceed 200 million units worldwide by 2006, presenting a great opportunity for OEMs who can deliver compelling and powerful entertainment devices," said Michael Maia, vice president of marketing for PortalPlayer. "We qualified e.Digital as one of our charter Design Partners because of their ability to speed manufacturers' time-to-market and expertise in system integration, firmware development, and project management."

Fred Falk, president and CEO of e.Digital, said, "We are pleased to continue our tradition of incorporating new technologies with our MicroOS" to create useful applications and attractive products for OEM customers. Being a charter company in PortalPlayer's Design Partners Program puts us in a position to help OEM customers navigate emerging industries, determine the quickest path to product completion, and launch a number of different products with the latest features. It opens the door for revenue-producing opportunities from a broader customer base."

The PortalPlayer Design Partners Program provides a fast track to new system designs by giving OEMs access to the engineering resources and complementary intellectual property of its qualified partners, and PortalPlayer's system-on-chip (SoC) platforms, firmware, system architecture, and PC-based digital media management applications. Using PortalPlayer's platforms as a starting point, Design Partners work with OEMs to quickly and cost-effectively build differentiation into next generation products.

About PortalPlayer, Inc.
PortalPlayer, Inc. supplies consumer electronics manufacturers with complete platform solutions, including SoCs (System-on-Chips), firmware, PC-based software and access to third-party technologies. The company develops and markets advanced systems for digital audio recording and playback, using MP3 and other popular digital compression technologies. Founded in May 1999, PortalPlayer is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, with major offices in Seattle, Washington; Charlotte, North Carolina; and Hyderabad, India. The company has grown to more than 150 employees worldwide and has received four rounds of venture capital funding. Investors include Band of Angels Fund, CIBC World Markets Corp., Flatiron Partners, Investcorp International, J.P.Morgan Partners, LSI Logic Corp., Linear Technology Corporation, Portal Partners, Shamrock Capital Advisors, Techfund Capital, Thomas Spiegel, and Vulcan Ventures, Inc.

About e.Digital
e.Digital Corporation designs, licenses, brands, manufactures, and sells digital audio products and technologies. The company's trademarked digital audio players include the MXPTM 100, TreóTM portable digital jukebox line, SilhouetteTM ultra-slim MP3-CD player, and OdysseyTM line of flash- and hard disk drive- based players. e.Digital launched WeDigMusic.com to complement its digital audio players by providing consumers with a one-stop-shop for streaming and downloading music from thousands of artists on the Web. The company also offers an engineering partnership for the world's leading electronics companies to link portable digital devices to PCs and the Internet. e.Digital develops and markets to consumer electronics manufacturers complete end-to-end solutions for delivery and management of open and secure digital media with a focus on music, voice and video players/recorders, and automotive infotainment and telematics systems. Other applications for e.Digital's technology include portable digital music players and voice recorders; desktop, laptop, and handheld computers; PC peripherals; cellular phone peripherals; e-books; video games; digital cameras; and digital video recorders. Engineering services range from the licensing of e.Digital's patented MicroOSTM file management system to custom software and hardware development, industrial design, and manufacturing services. For more information on the company, please visit www.edig.com. To shop in the e.Digital online store, please visit www.edigital-store.com.