Skelmir's CEE-J Virtual Machine Technology Now Available for Equator's BSP Platform; Solution Ideal for Delivering Interactive Streaming Media Content and Applications.

Business Editors/Technology Writers

CAMPBELL, Calif. & SOMERVILLE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 25, 2002

Equator Technologies, Inc., the leading provider of video streaming and processing engines and platforms, and Skelmir LLC, creators of proven clean room virtual machines, libraries and compilation tools designed for the Embedded Java(TM) Platform, today announced the immediate availability of the CEE-J(TM) virtual machine on the Equator BSP(TM) platform. The CEE-J virtual machine on the BSP platform enables developers of broadband streaming media solutions to gain access to the world of Java-enabled applications.

CEE-J, the compatible execution environment designed for the Embedded Java Platform, is Skelmir's suite of fast, compact and proven virtual machines for enabling Java on embedded devices. CEE-J configurations include support for CLDC, MIDP, Embedded and PersonalJava(TM). Real Time Java extensions, bytecode compilers, remote debugging and profiling tools are also available. With CEE-J on the BSP platform, developers will be able to use Java to deliver interactive content and applications to high-performance, broadband, streaming-media platforms.

"Equator has been recognized as the leading provider of processors for the highest performance interactive streaming media applications. Our customers are optimizing system performance with the computational power of Equator's BSP engines, and reducing overall system cost by using a single BSP chip to replace multiple processors and fixed-function ASICS. In doing so, our customers are relying on us for platform support for traditional host-processor functions," said Dr. Avi Katz, president and CEO of Equator Technologies. "Equator is committed to providing our customers with a standards-based, open platform. We are excited about our partnership with Skelmir, which will provide our customers with a high-performance platform with all the benefits of Java as an open platform, to deliver more features and to track standards such as MHP."

"Skelmir's proven, small footprint, high-performance technologies offer advanced graphical capabilities not found elsewhere, which makes them ideal for interactive media solutions. Our partnership with Equator enables us to provide customers with a high-speed, award-winning, multimedia platform on which to launch their next-generation offerings. These range from MHP-enabled set-top boxes to telematics, surveillance devices and more. Having worked extensively with Equator's technologies, we are confident that the BSP line of processors will make a substantial impact in many industries," said Shari Agatstein, president of Skelmir.

About Equator Technologies, Inc.

Equator Technologies is the industry's choice for video streaming engines and platforms. The company's family of Broadband Signal Processor(TM) or BSP chips is a unique, fully functional, software-programmable system-on-a-chip solution designed for the development of platforms for demanding video applications -- from "Pixels to Packets." Equator's unmatched compiler technology delivers 100% C programming -- enabling the rapid introduction and field upgradeability of new applications and devices. With more than 120 customers, Equator offers time-to-revenue for consumer, business and industrial digital media communication markets including, head-ends, set-top boxes, video conferencing, video security and imaging. Headquartered in Campbell, Calif., with additional offices worldwide, Equator is a privately held company. For more information, visit www.equator.com.

About Skelmir LLC

Skelmir is a US-based software company specializing in scalable embedded infrastructure solutions, specifically virtual machine and compilation technology for resource-constrained devices. Established in 1998, Skelmir's technology has been proven in the European set top box market with nearly 2,000,000 deployments to date with other large-scale deployments on the way. Skelmir's technical team is headed by CTO Mimir Reynisson, who has been personally involved with the creation of several commercially successful clean room virtual machines designed for Java, including CEE-J. Skelmir's team of experts have been shipping commercial Java products since the inception of Java in 1995, having to their credit Roaster(R) - the first Integrated Development Environment for Java for the Macintosh and core clean room virtual machines used by well known computer and software industry leaders.

Skelmir's address and contact information is:

Skelmir LLC, 259 Elm Street, Suite 301, Somerville, MA 02144 USA

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Skelmir, LLC is an independent company offering proven clean room virtual machine technologies for multiple Java Platforms. Skelmir is not affiliated with Sun Microsystems, Inc.

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Skelmir, the Skelmir and CEE-J logos, and CEE-J are trademarks of Skelmir. Java and all Java based marks are trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. All other trademarks and trade names are the property of their respective holders. Skelmir, LLC is an independent company offering proven clean room virtual machine technologies for multiple Java Platforms. Skelmir is not affiliated with Sun Microsystems, Inc.