BSQUARE Named Windows Embedded System Integrator of the Year for 2006 by Microsoft

Business Wire, May 11, 2006

BELLEVUE, Wash. -- BSQUARE (Nasdaq:BSQR) was named Windows Embedded System Integrator of the Year for 2006 at the Microsoft Mobile & Embedded Developers Conference in Las Vegas, Nev. BSQUARE has delivered over 350 successful Windows Embedded service engagements in development centers in North America, Taiwan, Japan, and India. Projects range from porting the Windows Mobile 5.0 operating system to new smartphones to getting the Windows XP Embedded operating system up and running on new retail point-of-sale devices. During 2006, BSQUARE enabled companies like AMD, Hand Held Products, HP, Intel, Juniper Systems, Motorola, Palm and PSC Scanning to bring Windows Embedded devices and software to market quickly and successfully. The company provides product building blocks such as its Intel(R) XScale(R) PXA270 hardware development platform along with its engineering services to accelerate time to market for its OEM customers.

"Microsoft is excited to announce BSQUARE was chosen as Windows Embedded System Integrator of the Year," said Jane Gilson, director, Mobile and Embedded Devices Division, Microsoft Corp. "BSQUARE provides exceptional value to device OEMs who are able to tap BSQUARE's deep expertise in areas such as board support package development, application development and quality assurance testing. We see them as enablers of customers' success."

"We are pleased to receive this acknowledgement by Microsoft for our Windows Embedded System integration services," said Brian Crowley, president and CEO, BSQUARE. "BSQUARE offers engineering and quality assurance testing services as well as value-added products like our DevkitIDP hardware development platforms and SDIO Hx ultra high-performance removable media drivers. We also distribute Microsoft Windows Embedded Licensing in North America enabling us to provide a complete product-service-licensing solution for OEMs."

About BSQUARE

BSQUARE is a software solution provider to the global embedded device community. Committed to delivering quality, lowering project risk and cost as well as time to market, our teams collaborate with smart device makers at any stage in their device development. Committed to delivering quality, lowering project risk and cost as well as time to market, our teams collaborate with smart device makers at any stage in their device development. Our solution portfolio includes software and hardware development, systems integration services, reference designs, board support packages, middleware, and applications. As a full service provider, device makers can also license best-in-class software products and operating systems. Since 1994, BSQUARE has completed hundreds of successful projects and has become a trusted partner to smart device makers worldwide. For more information about BSQUARE, visit its website at www.bsquare.com.

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