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Adaptive Solutions announces 296 percent sales gain and first-ever quarterly profit.


Solutions Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ
 in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations

U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on
:ADSO), a manufacturer of image processing image processing

Set of computational techniques for analyzing, enhancing, compressing, and reconstructing images. Its main components are importing, in which an image is captured through scanning or digital photography; analysis and manipulation of the image, accomplished
 and recognition products, today announced that revenue for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, 1995, was 296 percent above 1994's fourth-quarter level, and that the company recorded the first profitable quarter in its history.

Total revenue for the quarter was $4,718,000, compared to the prior year's fourth-quarter total of $1,192,000. Product revenue was $4,189,000, or 591 percent above last year's product revenue of $606,000. Research and development revenue in the latest quarter was $529,000, compared to $586,000 in 1994's fourth quarter.

Net income for the quarter was $195,000, compared to a loss of $1,103,000 in last year's fourth quarter. Net income per share in the latest quarter was 3 cents per share Cents per share

The amount of a mutual fund's dividend or capital gains distributions that a shareholder will receive for each share owned.
, based on a weighted average of 7,051,000 shares outstanding. The loss per share in last year's fourth quarter was 26 cents, based on 4,246,000 weighted average shares outstanding.

For the full-year 1995, revenue was $10,777,000, or 166 percent above 1994's total of $4,047,000. The net loss for the year was $3,412,000, or 61 cents per share, compared with a loss of $4,803,000, or $1.23 per share.

"This quarter's profitability marks a major milestone for us," commented John Heightley, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  of Adaptive Solutions. "Our product revenue increased significantly due mainly to continued shipments on two previously announced OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and  contracts with our distributors, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. in Japan and Cromemco Cromemco was a Mountain View, California microcomputer company known for a series of high-end S-100 bus computers in the early days of the microcomputer revolution. Their machines were also known for generating computer graphics for television stations.  Gmbh (for Siemens A.G.) in Germany Germany (jûr`mənē), Ger. Deutschland, officially Federal Republic of Germany, republic (2005 est. pop. 82,431,000), 137,699 sq mi (356,733 sq km). . We also saw a healthy increase in shipments of Powershop(TM), our proprietary accelerator accelerator: see particle accelerator.


(1) A key combination such as Alt-G or Ctrl-Shift H that is used to activate a task.

(2) An incubator that expects to develop the company considerably faster than normal. See incubator.
 for Adobe Photoshop See Photoshop. (TM), during the quarter."

In addition, Heightley cautioned, "To continue the sales and earnings results we had in the fourth quarter, we need an on-going Adj. 1. on-going - currently happening; "an ongoing economic crisis"
ongoing

current - occurring in or belonging to the present time; "current events"; "the current topic"; "current negotiations"; "current psychoanalytic theories"; "the ship's current position"
 ramp-up in Powershop shipments, as well as new OEM contracts."

Adaptive Solutions designs and manufactures image processing and pattern recognition solutions using a unique, massively parallel See MPP.  microprocessor microprocessor, integrated circuit containing the arithmetic, logic, and control circuitry required to interpret and execute instructions from a computer program.  architecture. The company was founded in 1988 and completed the initial public offering of its common stock and warrants in November November: see month.  1993. Additional information is available from the company's home page on the World Wide Web at http://www.asi.com. -0-

                           ADAPTIVE SOLUTIONS
                            Income Statement
                         (000s, except per share)


                                  Quarter ended       Year ended
                                    Dec. 31,            Dec 31,
                                 1995     1994       1995     1994


Net product revenue            $ 4,189  $   606    $ 9,414  $ 2,371
R&D revenue                        529      586      1,363    1,676


TOTAL REVENUE                    4,718    1,192     10,777    4,047


Cost of product revenue          2,426      311      6,132    1,391
Research and development           886      719      3,587    2,825
Sales and marketing                823      968      3,305    3,809
General and administrative         375      350      1,138      945
TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES         4,510    2,348     14,162    8,970


OPERATING INCOME (LOSS)            208   (1,156)    (3,385)  (4,923)


Interest income                     23       43        158      168
Interest (expense) and other
 income (expense)                  (36)      10       (185)     (48)


NET INCOME (LOSS)                  195   (1,103)    (3,412)  (4,803)


NET LOSS PER SHARE             3 CENTS (26 CENTS) (61 CENTS)  (1.23)


Average shares outstanding       7,051    4,246      5,605    3,891






                             BALANCE SHEETS
                                 (000s)


                                  Dec 31, 1995    Dec 31, 1994


Cash and cash equivalents            $   974         $ 4,991
Trade accounts receivable              4,220           1,223
Inventory                              2,885           1,165
Prepaid expenses                         184             128
Other current assets                     197              --
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS                   8,460           7,507


Property and equipment, net            1,754             948
Other assets                               7               7


TOTAL ASSETS                          10,221           8,462


Accounts payable                         624             322
Accrued expenses                       1,166             428
Accrual for upgrade and warranty         244              88
Current portion -- capital leases        476              86
Deferred revenue                          67             105
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES              2,577           1,029


Capital leases, less current portion     496             108


Common stock                          28,674          25,481
Unearned compensation                    (17)            (59)
Accumulated deficit                  (21,509)        (18,097)
TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY             7,148           7,325


TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS'
 EQUITY                               10,221           8,462


CONTACT: Adaptive Solutions Inc.

Jack Carveth, 503/690-1236

OR

Harris Massey Herinckx

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 Chamberlin, 503/295-1922
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