Zayante, Inc. Names David Perry Vice President, Marketing.

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SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 26, 2001

Industry Veteran Co-Founded S-MOS, Brings Worldwide Marketing,

Sales Leadership to Fast-growing Leader in Home Networking,

Consumer-Computer Convergence Products

Zayante, Inc., a leader in home networking and convergence hardware and software, today named industry veteran Dave Perry as the company's vice president of marketing. Perry fills a newly created position and will report to Zayante President and Chief Executive OfficerPrashant Kanhere. He brings more than 25 years of electronics engineering, manufacturing, strategic planning, worldwide sales and marketing experience to Zayante.

Prior to joining Zayante, Perry provided management and marketing consultative services for a range of large and fast-growing technology companies including TechSynergy, Bensys Corp., Virginia Power, and TRW. From 1996 until 1998 he was employed with Indiana-based CTS Microelectronics, as director of sales and marketing where he conceived and launched CTS' thrust into the wireless communications market.

Perry was a founder of S-MOS Systems in 1983, where he served as director of marketing, developing the company's ASIC strategy, as S-MOS became the industry's first high volume offshore ASIC vendor in the U.S. market during the late 1980s. While at S-MOS, his marketing and sales programs led to doubling of sales annually for six consecutive years, reaching $150 million.

Between his service at S-MOS and CTS, Perry was Chief Operating Officer at Surmotech, Inc., a contract manufacturer serving the consumer and industrial markets. From 1973 until 1983, he served in a variety of marketing and engineering management positions with Elmo Semiconductor, Raytheon Semiconductor, National Semiconductor, and Harris Semiconductor.

Perry holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from Columbia Pacific University, and is now completing his Marketing MBA thesis.

"Zayante has established itself as the company to watch as the computer and consumer electronics sectors converge and as the digital home network emerges," said Perry. "The company has assembled a blue chip group of technical and engineering leaders and a strong base of customers, including Kenwood and Philips, among others. It is an organization on a strong growth path, and I am looking forward to building on its early successes."

Zayante has emerged as a leading supplier of silicon and software IP for the fast-growing convergence and home networking marketplace. Last month, the company demonstrated the first wireless 1394 bridge capability with Intel Corporation at the Intel Developers' Forum at the San Jose Convention Center.

"Dave has established successful marketing and sales organizations at a wide range of companies, including design services and electronic contract manufacturing organizations," said Kanhere. "He brings a wealth of industry experience to us from around the world, and has built and transformed companies into major multinational competitors. He is an excellent choice to lead our aggressive expansion program, as Zayante leads the powerful trends toward digital home networking and convergence electronics."

About Zayante, Inc.

Zayante (www.zayante.com) has been providing the computer and consumer electronics industry with leading edge 1394 solutions since 1996. IEEE 1394 is Zayante's sole focus, and the company's team includes many of the world's leading 1394 software and silicon designers. Zayante products include PHY and Link silicon design (IP) as well as a complete software stack covering all the major 1394 protocols. Its complete modular architectural approach together with its unrivaled 1394 networking technology expertise puts Zayante's products in a class of their own.