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Twenty-Six Additional Companies Endorse Intel Personal InternetClient Architecture for Wireless Internet Devices
Business Wire (April 23, 2001)

TAIPEI, Taiwan, Apr 23, 2001 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- INTEL DEVELOPER
FORUM--Twenty-six wireless device and equipment manufacturers, application
developers and service providers based in the Asia Pacific region today endorsed the
Intel(R) Personal Internet Client Architecture (Intel PCA). The 26 companies are joining
Intel in the effort to accelerate the development of applications and hardware for
next-generation wireless Internet devices.

The number of Intel PCA supporters has grown to more than 50 companies since last
September when Intel introduced the architecture, which is tailored for Internet-ready cell
phones and other wireless Internet devices.

"We are extremely pleased at the tremendous response the Intel Personal Internet Client
Architecture has received in Asia and around the world," said Ron Smith, senior vice
president and general manager of Intel's Wireless Communications and Computing
Group. "These companies recognize the advantages Intel PCA brings to speeding up the
application development process for Internet cell phones."

The 26 additional companies endorsing Intel PCA are based in China, Taiwan and
Korea. They include:

-- China: Device and equipment manufacturers, Cellon Wireless R&D

Ltd., Chinese Star Cyber Technology Limited; Group Sense

Limited; Hi-tech Wealth Electronic Product Co. Ltd., The Konka

Group Co., Ltd., Legend Handheld & Wireless Communication

Group and UTStarcom Incorporated; applications developers,

CStar, GWcom, Inc. and Hanwang Technology; and wireless

technology developer, LinkAir Communications.

-- Taiwan: Device and equipment manufacturers, Acer Communication

& Multimedia Inc., Arima Group, ASUSTeK Computer Inc., Compal

Communications Inc., DBTEL Incorporated, GVC Corporation, HTC

Corporation and Quanta Computer Inc.; application developers,

Avxing International Ltd., Coventive Technologies Ltd. and

VerbalTek Incorporated; and service providers, KG

Telecommunications Co., Ltd. and Taiwan Cellular Corporation.

-- Korea: Device and equipment manufacturers, Cyberbank, Co and

Trigem Computer, Inc.; and an application developer, ZIO

Interactive Inc.

"We share Intel's view of the need to have true open architectures that enhance
development of wireless Internet applications and services across standards and
next-generation wireless devices," said Liu Zhijun, vice president and general manager
of Legend's Handheld & Wireless Communication Group. "This is vitally important to
accelerate the growth of wireless Internet usage among consumers in China and
worldwide."

"The wireless industry needs open standards like Intel PCA that proliferate the
development of software and content on next-generation wireless devices," said Jason
Sun, president and chief executive officer of Cellon Wireless R&D Ltd. "We're working on
the development of this architecture through our partner, CELLon Corporation, which is
designing modular products including a software platform and hardware modules that
will adopt Intel's architecture and products. This architecture is critical to accelerate the
growth of wireless Internet usage among consumers worldwide."

"With its open and parallel development nature, Intel PCA will become the future for
wireless Internet clients, said Chris Chung, president of Trigem Computer, Inc. "Trigem
expects PCA to be widely accepted as the common platform for accelerating the wireless
client industry. Trigem's core competency in manufacturing -- building on Intel PCA
wireless architecture -- will become a major force in driving the development of the
wireless client industry."

Intel PCA

Intel PCA is an open architecture that allows rapid development of new wireless Internet
applications and devices. The architecture enables software applications to be written to
a general purpose microprocessor with scalable performance. Intel will offer a wide
range of products and support for PCA to help facilitate the growth of these new wireless
solutions.

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sessions and hands-on labs, and numerous demonstrations of cutting-edge products
and technologies. Now in its fourth year, the semi-annual conference provides hardware
original equipment manufacturers, and independent hardware and software vendors
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