FOCUS Enhancements Pursues Opportunities in Ultra Wideband

Business Wire, March 6, 2003

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

CAMPBELL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 6, 2003

FOCUS Enhancements (NASDAQ SC: FCSE) announced today that since completing its development of the FS453/454 chip for Microsoft, the company has tasked a team in its semiconductor group to pursue opportunities in Ultra Wideband (UWB) applications. In February, the company filed several provisional patent applications for UWB technology, and plans to present a proposal at the upcoming Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Conference on UWB standards.

Brett Moyer, the president and CEO of FOCUS Enhancements, stated, "FOCUS Enhancements is an expert in video technology. Our strategy has been to parlay our talent and expertise into related new technologies. With the growing interest in 802.15 wireless multimedia and video technology being developed for UWB, we charged the Semiconductor Business Group with developing technology to address this emerging market. Our goal is to establish a presence in UWB during its development stage, and we intend to leverage this experience to create a niche in this promising market."

Tom Hamilton EVP and general manager of the Semiconductor Business Group, added, "FOCUS Enhancements semiconductors has been active in IEEE Standards development for wireless video and we are attending the conference for UWB in Dallas next week to present our technology to the industry standards working group. Although UWB as a product concept is still in its early stages, market forecasts range from moderate to explosive in terms of its potential over the next three to five years. Our team of engineers is particularly well-suited for this task as the group includes a number of experts in radio frequency technology, digital signal processing and spectrum analyzer design, which are particularly relevant to the wireless video aspects of UWB. Several of our key engineers spent time as radio technology and DSP developers at Tektronix, so we have man-decades of experience in this area under our roof."

Ultra Wideband (UWB) describes a technology that transmits and receives an extremely short duration burst of radio frequency (RF) energy - typically a few hundred picoseconds (trillionths of a second) in duration. These bursts and the resultant waveforms are extremely broadband. The week of March 10th, The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is conducting the first of several conferences to review proposals for potential industry standards for a portion of the UWB technology. Over 25 companies, including FOCUS Enhancements, are expected to present proposals to the IEEE Standards Association.

About the IEEE Standards Association

The IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA), a global standards-setting body develops consensus standards through an open process that brings diverse parts of an industry together. It has a portfolio of more than 870 completed standards and more than 400 in development. IEEE-SA promotes the engineering process by creating, developing, integrating, sharing and applying knowledge about electro- and information technologies and sciences for the benefit of humanity and the profession. For further information on IEEE-SA visit: http://standards.ieee.org/ and http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/802/15/

About the IEEE

The IEEE has more than 380,000 members in approximately 150 countries. Through its members, the organization is a leading authority on areas ranging from aerospace, computers and telecommunications to biomedicine, electric power and consumer electronics. The IEEE produces nearly 30 percent of the world's literature in the electrical and electronics engineering, computing and control technology fields. This nonprofit organization also sponsors or cosponsors more than 300 technical conferences each year. Additional information about the IEEE can be found at http://www.ieee.org/.> About FOCUS Enhancements, Inc.

FOCUS Enhancements, Inc. (NASDAQ SC: FCSE) is a leading designer of world-class solutions in advanced, proprietary video technology. Headquartered in Campbell, CA, FOCUS Enhancements designs, develops, and markets video solutions in two distinct markets: advanced, proprietary video conversion ICs (Integrated Circuits) and affordable, high quality, digital-video conversion and video production equipment. Semiconductor products (ICs) include designs for PCs, Game Cards, Internet TV, set-top boxes, Internet appliances, and interactive TV applications, and they are sold directly to Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs). FOCUS' complete line of video presentation and video production devices are sold globally through resellers and distributors to the broadcast, education, cable, business, industrial, presentation, Internet, gaming, home video production and Home Theater markets. More information on FOCUS Enhancements may be obtained from the company's SEC filings, or by visiting the FOCUS Enhancements home page at http://www.FOCUSinfo.com.

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