MOTOROLA/C-PORT AND POWER X ANNOUNCE EXPANDED NETWORKING PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE.

C-Port(TM) Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT), and Power XTM Networks have entered into an agreement to expand their alliance to jointly provide additional high-level development tools for Internet equipment platforms. Motorola and Power X have agreed to develop combined hardware and software products that encompass the C-Port family of Network Processors and the Power X TeraChannel(R) Intelligent Switch Fabric. These new development products are expected to enable Optical Internet equipment manufacturers to more rapidly design and introduce their own next generation equipment into an increasingly competitive service provider marketplace.

"The Motorola and Power X agreement is a significant step forward in enabling network equipment vendors to meet the time to market and interoperability demands of the service provider market," said John Metz, executive vice president of Sterling Research, a leading network industry market research firm. "By expanding their prior interoperability performance into a broader set of development tools, Motorola and Power X are one of the first to capitalize on the benefits that platform level development can offer, including 'best of breed' silicon choice for the design engineer."

The anticipated new products will build upon earlier joint development that delivered first in market CSIX interface support for the Power X TeraChannel fabric within the C-Port C-5(TM) Network Processor. This integrated functionality allows customers developing software applications on the C-5 processor to fully leverage the unique Quality-of-Service (QoS) capabilities and protocol-independence of the Power-X TeraChannel fabric. Both companies have previously announced and demonstrated seamless interoperability between the two product families.

The first new jointly developed product is expected to be a hardware oriented development platform, which is targeted for introduction in early 2Q01, followed by joint software simulation tools targeted for Q3. Additional products are also part of the agreement, and will be announced at a later date.

"Delivering hardware interoperability is not enough," stated Bill Weir, vice president of marketing for Power X. "Power X is very pleased to partner with Motorola, which also recognizes the need to provide a complete set of development tools and products to our joint customers. This enables the design and time-to-market tasks to be as efficient and easy as possible. All these advantages are on top of getting 'best of breed' processor and switch fabric components."

"C-Port's entire architecture, leveraging simple C language programming and robust development tools, is aimed at speeding time-to-market and extending time-in-market for our networking equipment customers," stated Bob Gohn, vice president of marketing for C-Port. "Our expanded alliance with Power X should not only realize that goal, but raise the bar for providing platform-level development tools. Our combined engineering teams will be providing world-class simulation and implementation products to the market to speed development efforts."

C-Port's technologies, such as the C-5 Network Processor, are part of Motorola's Smart Networks Platform. This platform comprises state-of-the-art microprocessor technology, sophisticated software, hundreds of alliances, and robust development tools that enable networking OEMs to build smarter networking systems faster than ever before. Key to the platform approach is the Smart Networks Alliance Program, which includes more than 200 vendors, such as Power X, that are working with Motorola to develop integrated, powerful networking solutions. By leveraging these alliances, networking OEMs can enhance their ability to deliver breakthrough products quickly and more cost-effectively.

TeraChannel is an efficient, highly intelligent and scalable switch-fabric subsystem for use in a broad range of communication and computer switching and transport systems, which utilize optical transport and computing I/O protocols, such as the InfiniBand(TM) Architecture. TeraChannel is capable of simultaneously prioritizing and switching cells, packets, and TDM traffic at wire speed. First-generation TeraChannel targets the higher volume, intelligent carrier-edge market segment where it offers a compact, cost- effective solution for applications within optical, synchronous optical network and Internet protocol-based networks.