Capital Equipment Corporation Selects NETsilicon to Enable Web Connectivity in Advanced Data Acquisition Tool.

Business/Technology Editors

WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 14, 2000

Browser-based webDAQ/100 offers point-and-click data acquisition and

retrieval for all manufacturing, test & measurement environments

When Capital Equipment Corporation (CEC) designed their new data acquisition appliance - the webDAQ/100 - they knew they had a good product on the drawing board. When CEC added the convenience of NETsilicon network connectivity and browser-based point-and-click programmability, they had no idea how potent their data acquisition tool had become.

With the power of NETsilicon's NET+Works(TM) highly integrated hardware and software solution providing webDAQ/100 with Web-enabled connectivity, CEC transformed their 32-channel data acquisition tool into a fully networkable, intelligent data acquisition system. NETsilicon, Inc. (Nasdaq: NSIL) is the leading provider of network-enabled, microprocessing solutions for embedded systems.

"The immense value of adding network connectivity and browser-based programmability to webDAQ/100 was obvious from the beginning," said Sid Mayer, president, Capital Equipment Corporation. "NET+Works allowed us to transform our product into a dynamic, interactive, intelligent appliance that takes simple data acquisition to a new level of usefulness."

With the power of NET+Works, CEC's webDAQ/100 is imbued with:

-- Plug-and-play connectivity over Internet or 10/100 Ethernet;

-- Browser-based remote access and programmability;

-- Email deliverability of data directly to multiple recipients,

and;

-- Multiple webDAQ/100 network configurations.

"The webDAQ/100 is a wonderful example of what the power of networking can do to transform industries and challenge standard business practice in a wide range of industrial environments," said NETsilicon President and CEO Cornelius "Pete" Peterson. "By putting that very power onto a single chip, NETsilicon has made it possible to extend the edge of the network to places that seemed unreachable just a short time ago."

More than 50 organizations, including the U.S. Department of Agriculture, currently employ webDAQ/100 for a variety of data acquisition applications. WebDAQ/100 was released commercially in July, 2000.

About NETsilicon

NETsilicon, Inc. (Nasdaq: NSIL) is a leading provider of integrated system-on-silicon and software solutions used by device manufacturers to add Internet and Ethernet connectivity to their products. Once network-enabled, these devices can be managed, accessed and serviced from anywhere. NETsilicon's highly integrated solutions help manufacturers reduce time-to-market, lower their costs, and free their engineers from the difficult task of integrating multi-vendor networking components. The Company's solutions are used in a wide array of intelligent devices including digital office equipment; medical data collection and patient monitoring units; vending machines; factory automation and process control equipment; power supply monitors; building access control and security systems; exercise equipment; point-of-sale terminals; Internet cameras and telephones; and vehicle diagnostic tools.

For additional company, product or financial information, please visit the NETsilicon Web site, www.NETsilicon.com, send email to [e-mail], or call 800-243-2333. For calls originating outside the US, call 781-647-1234. NETsilicon headquarters is located at 411 Waverley Oaks Road #227, Waltham, MA 02452.

About Capital Equipment Corporation

Founded in 1983 and based in Billerica, Massachusetts, Capital Equipment Corporation provides hardware and software for test and measurement applications. CEC currently provides products to more than 8000 companies in over 30 countries. Products include TestPoint, the first event-driven, object-based software for test and measurement; and webDAQ/100, the first web-based data acquisition tool.

CEC was the first company to invent and patent high-speed extensions to the IEEE-488 bus and also developed its own IEEE-488 chip. CEC's IEEE-488 products are the first choice of professionals who want innovative software that supports the widest range of operating systems and programming languages in the industry.

For more information about CEC, call 978-663-2626, or visit www.cec488.com.

Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this news release are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. The forward-looking statements in this release are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially due to a variety of factors, including without limitation the company's ability to develop, produce, and market products that incorporate new technology on a timely basis, that are priced competitively and achieve significant market acceptance; higher expenses associated with the development and marketing of new products; changes in product mix; risks of dependence on third-party component suppliers; inventory risks due to shifts in market demand; the presence of competitors with broader product lines and greater financial resources; intellectual property rights and litigation; needs for liquidity; and the other risks detailed from time to time in the company's reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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