PARTHUS LAUNCHES MACHSTREAM, THE INDUSTRY'S MOST POWER EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGY FOR ACCELERATING MOBILE NET APPS.

Parthus Technologies plc (Nasdaq: PRTH) (LSE: PRH), a provider of platform-level semiconductor intellectual property (IP), has announced the launch and immediate availability of MachStream, the industry's most power efficient application acceleration platform using hardware-based JIT technology. MachStream's patented acceleration engine supports complex processor-intensive mobile Internet applications, such as multimedia, browser languages and Java, at a fraction of the battery power consumption by moving these applications into high performance, power efficient silicon.

The MachStream platform is based on patented technology gained through today's acquisition of Chicory Systems based in Austin, Texas, a leading provider of application acceleration IP.

MachStream is also designed to seamlessly accelerate applications running on a variety of wireless operating systems and standards, including Symbian's EPOC and emerging applications based on Microsoft's Stinger environment. Devices such as next generation PDAs/Smartphones, web-enabled phones, gaming consoles and wireless tablets utilizing MachStream can process Java applications instantaneously, while saving over 95 percent of the battery power consumed by the processor. On a typical mobile Internet-connected PDA, applications run dramatically faster (between 10x and 35x), information is updated on-the-fly and battery life is extended up to ten-fold.

"MachStream will become a powerful component of Parthus' semiconductor IP strategy," said Max Baron, principal analyst at Cahners In-Stat and editor-in-chief of MicroDesign Resources. "With the next generations of mobile phones evolving to provide browsing, Java and multimedia capabilities, consumers will demand significantly increased processing speed and the battery life of today's mobile phone. As functionality increases in 2.5G, 3G and beyond, these new devices will have to deliver an optimal balance of performance, power consumption and cost. MachStream is a significant step in the right direction."

MachStream's performance is derived from the configuration of its breakthrough silicon engine that contains two patented acceleration technologies. 'Mach I' is a silicon-based JIT (just-in-time) code translation and optimization accelerator, while 'Mach II' is a hardware-based data pre-processing engine. Both Mach I and Mach II share the common MachStream engine. MachStream attaches to popular RISC and DSP architectures as an intelligent peripheral device and requires no modification to the processor architecture or layout. Initial implementations are optimized for the family of ARM processors but the technology is inherently processor independent.

"We believe that MachStream is a critical technology for next generation mobile devices. It will enable us to balance the consumer's demand for advanced multimedia and Internet applications with the requirement for devices that are low cost, small size, light weight and have extended battery life," said Kevin Fielding, president of Parthus. "Through the acquisition of Chicory we have secured technology that is a key enabler of next generation mobile Internet devices. The addition of MachStream perfectly complements our portfolio of platforms designed to power tomorrow's mobile Internet, allowing us to deliver the total IP solution to the world's leading semiconductor companies and handset manufacturers."

Mike Muller, CTO of ARM welcomed the announcement, saying: "It is our intention to establish the ARM processor architecture as the de facto standard for Java enabled products. The ARM partnership is committed to addressing the wide range of Java enabled products with best in class solutions based around the ARM architecture, both from ARM Ltd. and from close partners like Parthus."