DIAB-SDS Provides Development Tools Support for ARM; Market-Leading Development Tools for Embedded 32-bit RISC ARM Cores Will Be Available for Developers Next Year.

San Jose, Calif--(BUSINESS WIRE)--September 27, 1999--

DIAB-SDS, the market leader in embedded development tools for embedded 32-bit RISC processors, and an independent subsidiary of Integrated Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:INTS), today announced it has signed a strategic agreement with ARM ((LSE: ARM); (Nasdaq:ARMHY)) to port DIAB-SDS's powerful suite of embedded development solutions to ARM(R) processor core designs. These powerful debug and development technologies will be available next year as an open comprehensive tools environment for several ARM RISC cores. Application developers worldwide who choose high-performance, low-cost ARM and Thumb(R) core-based embedded processors will benefit from the proven technical superiority and service-focused quality of the DIAB-SDS family of tools.

"Software developers of ARM Powered(R) solutions demand the very best in flexibility, technology, value and choice," said Joe Barrett, development systems business manager for ARM. "As ARM is one of the most widely used embedded RISC architectures in the rapidly growing system-on-chip industry, the addition of DIAB-SDS' proven tools, especially their well-established SingleStep(TM) debugging solution, will be a great win for system designers worldwide."

"Today's announcement of our plans for ARM support sends a strong message to the embedded industry that we are focusing on leveraging our mature and widely accepted tools to the fastest growing segments of the market," said David Stepner, president of DIAB-SDS. "We are committed to building on our acknowledged leadership in 32-bit embedded development, and a key part of our strategy is to deliver the highest level of support available for the ARM family of processors. Developers who choose an ARM product from the extensive and growing list of ARM licensees will soon be able to increase their application's chance for success and decrease their time-to-revenue by using DIAB-SDS solutions."

Availability

DIAB-SDS will offer stand-alone ARM core support as an open solution for any commercial or in-house real-time operating system environment in the first half of Year 2000. For more information on upcoming stand-alone DIAB-SDS tools support, please contact DIAB-SDS corporate headquarters at 650/571-1700, [e-mail]/[e-mail], www.diabsds.com.

About DIAB-SDS

DIAB-SDS is a wholly owned, independent operating subsidiary of Integrated Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:INTS). Formed through the recent merger of Diab Data and SDS, DIAB-SDS is the new leader in embedded tools, offering the best compiling technology and software development solutions for embedded 32-bit RISC applications. DIAB-SDS specializes in open standards compliant, ultra high-performance C, C++ and Java compiling solutions, integrated run-time analysis tools, simulators, and comprehensive debug solutions. DIAB-SDS is headquartered in Foster City, California.

Note to Editors: SingleStep is a trademark of Diab-SDS Inc. ARM, StrongARM, ARM Powered and Thumb are registered trademarks of ARM Limited. Other brand or product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders.

U. S. Sales Contact: DIAB-SDS, 323 Vintage Park Drive, Foster City, California 94404; telephone [phone]; fax [phone]; DIAB-SDS, 333 East Butterfield Road, Lombard, Illinois 60148; telephone [phone]; fax [phone]; email [e-mail]. Additional information about DIAB-SDS is available at www.sdsi.com and www.ddi.com.

International Contacts: DIAB-SDS in the UK at 44(0)1442-876065; fax [phone]; email [e-mail]. DIAB-SDS in France at 33(0)442-125660; fax [phone]; email [e-mail].; DIAB-SDS in Japan at 81-3-5469-0240, fax [phone], email [e-mail]; US office for Asia/PAC at 630-971-5900; fax [phone]; email [e-mail].