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Eagle Wireless to Display Webflyer At Microsoft Windows Hardware Engineering Conference.


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LEAGUE CITY, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 25, 2000

Eagle Wireless International, Inc. (AMEX AMEX

See: American Stock Exchange
:EAG) today announced it will demonstrate its Webflyer Convergence Set-Top Box in the AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips.  booth, location #400, at the WinHEC 2000 sponsored by Microsoft and cosponsored by many of the industry leaders in computer-related technology. The show will be held April 25-27 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center The Ernest N. Morial Convention Center is a collection of buildings in New Orleans, Louisiana. The lower end of building one is located 500 m (1640 feet) upriver from Canal Street on the banks of the Mississippi River. Named after former mayor of New Orleans Ernest N.  in New Orleans, Louisiana.

The Webflyer is one of the high-performance multimedia units in Eagle's line of convergence set-top boxes running a Microsoft Windows-based operating system and powered by a 450MHz AMD-K6(tm)-2E embedded processor. All Eagle Convergence Set-Top Box products are marketed by Eagle subsidiary BroadbandMagic.com under the BroadbandMagic brand name or under a customer private label. The Webflyer is designed to support the convergence of broadband Internet access Broadband Internet access, often shortened to just "broadband", is high speed Internet access—typically contrasted with dial-up access over modem.

Dial-up modems are generally only capable of a maximum bitrate of 56 kbit/s (kilobits per second) and require the full use of a
, wireless Bluetooth home networking, DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc.
DVD
 in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc

Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology.
 movies, wireless DSL connectivity, and powerful computing in a packaging designed to complement the living room environment.

Dr. H. Dean Cubley, president and chief executive officer of Eagle Wireless International, Inc., said, "The combination of the Microsoft operating system with the high performance of the AMD-K6-2E processor makes this version of our Convergence Set-Top Box a very high-performance multimedia system. When you combine this power with the other onboard hardware features provided by our other technology partners, the Webflyer becomes a product that is the perfect fit for the home entertainment center. Equally as important, the Webflyer was designed to be compatible with most new technology as it becomes available and is intended to futureproof the average home application for years to come. Eagle is extremely pleased to be demonstrating this new technology at WinHEC 2000."

About the AMD-K6(tm)-2E processor

The AMD-K6-2E processor is a functionally compatible embedded version of AMD's sixth-generation, Microsoft Windows-compatible AMD-K6-2 processor, which is used in many top-selling desktop and notebook PCs.

Designed to run both 16-bit and 32-bit software, the AMD-K6-2E processor delivers high-performance x86 instruction set processing and is compatible with the Microsoft Windows CE, Windows 98, Windows NT(r) and Windows NTE (NT Embedded) See Windows XP Embedded.  operating systems, as well as applications that run on them, including the latest software optimized for 3DNow!(tm) and MMX(tm) technologies. The AMD-K6-2E processor also is supported by other leading PC and x86 compatible operating systems, including numerous Real Time Operating Systems (RTOS (1) (RealTime Operating System) An operating system designed for use in a real time computer system. See real time system, embedded system, process control and OS-9. ) commonly used in embedded applications, such as pSOS, QNX, RTXC and VxWorks.

The 9.3-million-transistor AMD-K6-2E processor is manufactured on AMD's 0.25-micron, five-layer-metal process technology using local interconnect and shallow-trench isolation at AMD's Fab 25 wafer fabrication facility in Austin, Texas. The AMD-K6-2E processor is packaged in a Socket 7 and Super7(tm) platform-compatible, 321-pin ceramic pin grid array (hardware, processor) Ceramic Pin Grid Array - (CPGA) A form of Pin Grid Array package used by Cyrix III processors.

Compare PPGA and FC-PGA.
 (CPGA (Ceramic PGA) See PGA.

CPGA - Ceramic Pin Grid Array
) package using C4 flip-chip interconnection technology.

About Eagle

Eagle Wireless International, Inc., and its subsidiaries are leading suppliers of broadband wired and wireless equipment and services for the Internet, Multimedia Set-Top-Box, one- and two-way wireless messaging, specialized mobile radio See SMR.  (SMR (Specialized Mobile Radio) The communications services used by police, ambulances, taxicabs, trucks and other delivery vehicles. Throughout the U.S., approximately 3,000 independent operators are licensed by the FCC to offer this service, which provides always-on ), remote data acquisition and meter reading, and Integrated Wired and Wireless Convergence product markets. The company is headquartered in League City, Texas, near the NASA Johnson Space Center south of Houston. Further news updates on Eagle and its products are available at www.eglw.com, www.broadbandmagic.com, www.atlanticpacific.net, www.etoolz.com, www.otcfn.com/eglw, and www.charterbridge.net.

About AMD

AMD is a global supplier of integrated circuits for the personal and networked computer and communications markets. AMD produces microprocessors, flash memories, and integrated circuits for communications and networking applications. Founded in 1969 and based in Sunnyvale, California, AMD had revenues of $2.9 billion in 1999. (NYSE NYSE

See: New York Stock Exchange
:AMD).

Cautionary Statement

Forward-looking statements in this release are made pursuant to the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and  of 1995. Investors are cautioned that such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, continued acceptance of the Company's products, increased levels of competition, new products and technological changes, the Company's dependence upon third-party suppliers, intellectual property rights, and other risks detailed from time to time in the Company's periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

AMD, the AMD logo, AMD-K6, K6, 3DNow! and combinations thereof, and Super7 are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
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