SigmaTel Chips Power GoVideo Hard Drive and Flash MP3 Players

Business Wire, Sept 15, 2004

AUSTIN, Texas -- SigmaTel, Inc. (NASDAQ:SGTL), the market leader for MP3 audio controller chips within portable MP3 players, announces that its D-Major(TM) MP3 audio controller was selected by GoVideo to power the new line of Rave-MP Portable MP3 players. This product family includes the ARC2.5 and ARC5.0 hard drive players, and the AMP128 and AMP256 flash drive players.

The ARC5.0 features a 5GB hard drive for up to 166 hours of music while the ARC2.5 holds a 2.5GB drive for up to 86 hours of music. Both hard drive players contain a rechargeable battery for over 10 hours of enjoyment. These players have a USB 2.0 Hi-Speed connection for fast downloads and supports both MP3 and WMA audio formats from most online services. Also included is an FM tuner with 20 presets and a microphone to record voice, live sound and FM radio.

The AMP256 and AMP128 flash players contain 256MB and 128MB of flash-based memory and are designed for the more rugged, workout oriented consumer. With the same features as the hard drive players, such as USB 2.0 Hi-Speed, support for WMA and MP3, FM tuner, and voice record, these flash players also offer SD/MMC memory expansion slots for additional storage.

"SigmaTel's D-Major solution offered the most flexibility and feature support for our designs," said Kevin Brangan, GoVideo's vice president of product marketing, digital audio. "Our reentry into the MP3 market was made easy by SigmaTel's development support and ease in implementation.

"The Rave-MP product line is a great addition to the already-popular MP3 player market," says Ron Edgerton, president and CEO of SigmaTel. "These products are a great example of SigmaTel's audio controller technology and of GoVideo's positive reputation within the consumer electronics market."

Rave-MP products are available online at www.rave-mp.com, and through select retail outlets.

For more information on SigmaTel solutions, please visit www.sigmatel.com. For more information on GoVideo product offerings, please visit www.govideo.com.

About SigmaTel:

SigmaTel, Inc. a fabless semiconductor company headquartered in Austin, Texas, designs, develops, and markets proprietary, analog intensive, mixed-signal ICs for a variety of products in the consumer electronics and computing markets, including portable compressed audio players, such as MP3 players, notebook and desktop PCs, DVD players, digital televisions, and set-top boxes. SigmaTel provides complete, system-level solutions that include highly-integrated ICs, customizable firmware and software, software development tools, reference designs, and applications support. The Company's focus is on providing system-level solutions that enable customers to rapidly introduce and offer electronic products that are small, light-weight, power-efficient, reliable, and cost-effective. SigmaTel is ISO 9001:2000 certified and is committed to providing customers with high performance, quality products along with superior customer service.

Cautionary Language:

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D-Major is a trademark and SigmaTel is a registered trademark of SigmaTel. All other products and brand names as they appear in this release are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. All specifications may be changed without notice.