Winbond Electronics Corporation America to Exhibit Full Array of IC Solutions at Electronica 2000.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

Electronica 2000

Hall A5; Booth No. 532

MUNICH, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 21, 2000

Winbond Electronics Corporation America (WECA), a wholly owned subsidiary of Winbond Electronics Corporation and a leading supplier of semiconductor solutions for the United States and Europe, announced today that it will exhibit its award-winning speech recognition IC product line as well as a wide range of other leading-edge chip solutions at Electronica 2000. The Company's booth is located in Hall A5, Booth No. 532, at the New Munich Trade Fair Centre, Munich, Germany. The show will be held from Nov. 21 through Nov. 24, 2000.

The Company will showcase Winbond's microcontroller product line, JPEG video controller for a dual-mode digital camera solution as well as demonstrate its award-winning SR3000 series of speech recognition products. Other products featured will include the Company's ISDN controller, which addresses the market's most demanding ISDN applications; the latest in SOC IC controllers which will be used to demonstrate the latest trend in toys, internet connectivity; the most current ChipCorder(TM) solution for advanced messaging applications; and the Company's VoiceDSP(R) ISD-T360 product for telecom applications.

"For the past several years, Winbond has steadily expanded its presence in Europe by addressing customer IC needs in a variety of demanding markets," said Tom Sullivan, vice president, WECA sales. "From the exploding cellular market in Europe to the latest in consumer devices and smart appliance applications, Winbond has made strides regionally by providing a wide variety of competitive chip solutions as well as supporting customer needs on a local level. In order to expand our dedicated regional sales and service effort, just this month, we officially opened a new European office located in Hamburg, Germany."

--  Winbond Microcontroller Series -- Winbond has created a suite of
    8051-compatible, low voltage, in-system programmable and
    Turbo-speed microcontrollers. On-chip multi-time-programmable
    memory, masked ROM and ROM-less types are available. The versatile
    W78/W77 product series is suited to a wide variety of
    applications, including telecommunication equipment, POS
    terminals, card readers, scanners, media players and more.

--  Winbond JPEG Video Controller -- The W9968 is a highly integrated
    JPEG video controller for the digital camera market. The product
    supports VGA resolution, USB interface and battery operation. It
    is best suited for the Web Cam, dual-mode digital-still camera
    (DSC), security camera and bar-code scanner markets.

--  Winbond SR3000 -- This product line consists of a speech
    recognition engine with a complete acoustic model of either the
    German or English language plus an extensive dictionary. The
    acoustic model is comprised of the sound characteristics that make
    up a language, taking into account dialects and genders. The
    SR3000 allows the developer to choose unique vocabularies from the
    dictionary or define new words through phonetic spelling. The
    Company will also demonstrate the recently launched DS3000
    Applications Development Kit (ADK). The ADK gives developers the
    ability to add speech recognition functionality easily and quickly
    into their next generation of "smart appliances."

--  Winbond SOC Controller W55FC200 -- Winbond offers a complete SOC
    controller with Serial/Printer port protocol for Internet-Enabled
    applications. Featuring built-in read/write timing and built-in
    download protocol including system handshaking, clock
    synchronization and error correction, the IC addresses a broad
    range of consumer applications including some of the hottest
    holiday gifts: Internet-enabled toys.

--  Winbond ISDN Controller -- The industry's first single-chip ISDN
    S/T controller for terminal adapter (TA) applications, the W6694
    complies with the ITU I.430 standard as well as USB 1.0/1.1
    specifications. This new chip integrates S/T transceiver, USB
    SIE/SIL, voltage regulator and a rate adaptation mechanism for up
    to 128K Internet access. In addition, PCM port and B-channel
    switching are built-in for voice applications. The W6694 IC also
    includes a GCI bus and general purpose I/Os for expansion and
    control devices. With this chip, OEM is enabled to design a very
    compact, USB bus-powered terminal adapter for both desktop and
    notebook PCs.

--  Winbond ChipCorder ISD5116 -- The ISD5116 is Winbond's most
    advanced ChipCorder IC. This low power, single-chip solution
    offers up to 16 minutes of high audio quality record and playback
    functionality for communication, consumer, automotive and
    industrial messaging applications. The ISD5116 contains a
    user-segmentable memory array capable of both audio and digital
    data storage up to 4Mb.

--  Winbond VoiceDSP ISD-T360 -- The ISD-T360 digital speech processor
    combines DSP and RISC processing functions on a single chip to
    deliver easy-to-use advanced telephony features such as
    high-quality full-duplex speakerphone and advanced Caller ID. The
    ISD-T360 provides cost-effective solutions in digital telephony
    add-on voice processing, cordless and corded telephony,
    stand-alone digital answering machines, voice memo recording, and
    automotive applications.

About Winbond

Winbond Electronics Corporation was founded in 1987 and is based in Hsinchu Science-Based Park, Taiwan. It has since become the largest branded IC company in Taiwan, offering a broad range of PC and peripheral-related ICs, consumer electronics ICs, multimedia ICs, and memory ICs. Winbond is a market leader in the telephone dialer, PC I/O controller, memory, speech synthesizer and MPEG decoder markets. With four wafer fabs currently in operation, the Company utilizes process technologies ranging from 1.0 micron down to 0.175 micron. Winbond has more than 4,200 employees worldwide, and its design centers are located in Hsinchu, Taiwan; Shanghai, China; San Jose, California; Austin, Texas; and Herzilya, Israel. World Wide Web WECA home page: http://www.winbond-usa.com; World Wide Web corporate home page: http://www.winbond.com.

Note to Editors: Winbond is a registered trademark of Winbond Electronics Corporation. ChipCorder, ISD and VoiceDSP are trademarks of Winbond Electronics Corporation. All other trademarks mentioned herein are the property of the respective owners.