NewMonics Releases the First Carrier-class Java Virtual Machine; PERC 3.3 Delivers On Reliablility, Determinism, and Performance for Mission-Critical Applications.

Business/Technology Editors

LISLE, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 4, 2002

NewMonics, Inc. today announced the launch of the first Java virtual machine expressly built and tested for use in the product development life cycle of the management and control plane functions of carrier-class products. PERC 3.3 was built to enable optical, multi-service access, service concentration, and IP infrastructure equipment that, with the addition of increasingly sophisticated functionality, are emerging as veritable platforms in their own right.

PERC 3.3 responds to increased pressures confronting network element vendors to incorporate application-level functionality, distributed, chassis-based architectures, rich messaging requirements, broad service creation and manageability capabilities. The PERC VM is used by industry leaders such as Nortel, Alcatel, and Intel, as well as up-and-comers such as Calix, Turin, and Inkra. Prior to release, PERC 3.3, which adds support for XScale, was extensively beta tested by key customers such as Intel.

"PERC 3.3 makes Java the silver bullet solution for creating application-level functionality, a broad range of services, and management capabilities," said Tim Tumilty, VP Sales and Marketing for NewMonics. "As important, PERC also decouples the release schedule of management plane software from the rest of the element, enabling post-release enhancements and customizations."

"Next-generation languages and tools have found strong adoption among developers because they can offer productivity benefits for software development and maintenance," says John Landau, Chief Systems Architect, Intel's Network Processor Group. "Intel is pleased that NewMonics' PERC products will be available to customers using the Intel architecture and Intel XScale microarchitecture to develop high-performance complex networking and telecommunications infrastructure systems."

JDK 1.3-compatible, PERC supports the latest Java libraries and APIs and seamlessly integrates with existing C/C++ code bases. PERC 3.3 provides reliability enhancements over previous releases and introduces support for XScale.

PERC 3.3 features include:

-- J2SE 1.3 and J2ME CDC compatibility

-- Ahead-of-time and Just-in-time compilation

-- Real-time garbage collection

-- Profiling support

-- Remote debugging support

-- Enhanced throughput and footprint

-- VxWorks, VxWorks AE, OSE, Nucleus, and Linux RTOSes support

-- VxSim and OSE Softkernel Emulators support

-- PowerPC, XScale, ARM, and x86 support

About NewMonics, Inc.

NewMonics provides advanced Java compatible solutions for today's most complex and robust embedded systems. At the heart of this is NewMonics' PERC virtual machine, which revolutionizes the JVM to help meet the new and emerging demands of fields such as network infrastructure, advanced industrial automation, and fleet telematics. PERC is today's leading JVM for network element vendors and their carrier-class products in the optical, multi-service access, service concentration, and IP infrastructure spaces. NewMonics offers expert professional services to complement its solution suite, which includes compilers, tools, and libraries for Intel and Power PC microprocessors running with a variety of popular real-time operating systems.

Founded in 1996, NewMonics is headquartered in Tucson, Arizona, with offices in California, Illinois, and Iowa. To learn more, visit NewMonics at www.newmonics.com, or call 630-240-9780.