ADVISORY/Netergy Microelectronics CEO, Dr. Philip Bednarz, to Speak on Advanced Internet Telephony at the Instat/MDR 2002 Embedded Processor Forum.

    Assignment Editors/High-Tech Writers
    ADVISORY...for Tuesday (April 30)
    Embedded Processor Forum 2002

      --(BUSINESS WIRE)--

  Company will reveal details of its Audacity(TM)-VP7 digital packet
                          telephony DSP core

      VoIP outfitter(TM), Netergy Microelectronics, Inc.(TM)
(www.netergymicro.com), a subsidiary of 8x8, Inc. (Nasdaq:EGHT),
announced today that Netergy's president and CEO, Dr. Philip Bednarz,
will be speaking at this month's InStat/MDR Embedded Processor Forum.
Described as providing the "most advanced thinking in embedded
processor design," the Embedded Processor Forum features "first-look"
details of leading-edge technologies by technical leaders in digital
design. Dr. Bednarz's paper will discuss Netergy's advanced digital
packet telephony DSP core, the Audacity(TM)-VP7. Netergy's
Audacity-VP7 incorporates a number of features, including very
efficient execution of audio compression algorithms, enabling OEMs to
come quickly to market with low-cost, high-quality,
standards-compliant voice-over-packet devices for the broadband and
packet cable market.
      Editors and industry analysts are cordially invited to attend Dr.
Bednarz's presentation, as well as arrange a one-on-one briefing with
him during the conference to discuss Netergy's family of
voice-over-packet semiconductors and software. In individual
briefings, Dr. Bednarz will address recent deployments of Netergy's
VoIP and VoDSL technology in the US, Europe and Asia by leading OEMs.
(Please note: Editors may register for a press pass on the
conference's web site at www.mdronline.com.)

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      Event: InStat/MDR 2002 Embedded Processor Forum (Monday 29
    April-Thursday 1 May)

      Dr. Bednarz's Presentation: "Netergy's Internet Telephony Embedded
    Processor (Audacity-VP7)

      When: Session One: "Processors for Communication Applications,"
    Tuesday, 30 April, 8:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m.

      Where: Fairmont Hotel San Jose, 170 S. Market Street, San Jose, CA
    95113

      Briefing Contact: (Ms.) Maxine Bingham, Agora Marketing
    ([e-mail]) or 408/375-7702

      About Netergy Microelectronics, Inc.

      Netergy Microelectronics, Inc. (www.netergymicro.com), a
subsidiary of 8x8, Inc. (Nasdaq:EGHT), is the only VoIP outfitter
delivering comprehensive, field-proven, semiconductor, software and
custom designs to OEMs. Netergy's ICs and software can be found at the
core of next-generation packet telephony products, such as IP phones
and fax hubs, broadband residential and enterprise gateways,
voice-over-broadband modems, and integrated access devices. Netergy's
customers and partners, including Alcatel (NYSE:ALA) and
STMicroelectronics (NYSE:STM), are serviced by offices in Silicon
Valley and the U.K. For more information, contact Netergy
Microelectronics at 2445 Mission College Blvd., Santa Clara, CA 95054
USA. Phone: [phone], fax: [phone] or email:
[e-mail]. 8x8 (www.8x8.com) and its subsidiaries provide
video, voice and IP-based systems and technologies for
converged telecommunications networks.

         Veracity, Audacity, VoIP (tech) outfitter(s), and Netergy
 Microelectronics are trademarks of Netergy Microelectronics, Inc. All
 other products and companies mentioned are trademarked by their
 respective companies.

    --30--jb/sf*

    CONTACT: Netergy Microelectronics
             Grace Du Val, 408/727-1212
             [e-mail]
              or
             Agora Marketing
             Maxine Bingham, 408/375-7702 (principal)
             [e-mail]

    KEYWORD: CALIFORNIA
    INDUSTRY KEYWORD: TELECOMMUNICATIONS SOFTWARE PRODUCT ADVISORY
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    SOURCE: Netergy Microelectronics