Oxford Semiconductor Exhibits Connectivity Solutions at ARM Developers' Conference

Business Wire, Oct 3, 2006

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Oxford Semiconductor Inc., a leading provider of high performance connectivity solutions for consumer, storage, multimedia, computing and industrial applications, today announced that it will showcase its storage and connectivity solutions at the ARM Developers' Conference this week at the Santa Clara Convention Center.

Oxford Semiconductor recently joined the ARM[R] Connected Community, the industry's largest ecosystem of ARM technology-based products and services. As part of the ARM Connected Community, Oxford Semiconductor will gain access to a full range of resources to help it market and deploy innovative solutions that will enable developers to get their ARM Powered[R] products to market faster.

"Oxford Semiconductor saw major advantages from being part of the ARM Connected Community and we are delighted to join. Oxford's high performance connectivity solutions touch a wide range of products in diverse markets; the ARM ecosystem will provide major benefits in extending the reach of our products," said Adrian Braine, marketing manager for Connectivity Solutions at Oxford Semiconductor.

Oxford Semiconductor combines its expertise in high performance connectivity solutions, like IEEE1394 (FireWire), USB and Serial, with the power of the ARM architecture to create truly class leading connectivity controllers. By harnessing its extensive applications knowledge, Oxford Semiconductor is able to provide fully integrated solutions that result in the creation of value-added products with fast time to market.

The ARM Connected Community is a global network of companies aligned to provide a complete solution, from design to manufacture and end use, for products based on the ARM architecture. ARM offers a variety of resources to Community members, including promotional programs and peer-networking opportunities that enable a variety of ARM Partners to come together to provide end-to-end customer solutions. Visitors to the ARM Connected Community have the ability to contact members directly through the website.

"The Connected Community is all about companies working together to provide the most complete solutions in the shortest possible time. By joining the Community, which now comprises more than 375 companies, Oxford Semiconductor increases the large portfolio of skills, products and services that are centered around the ARM architecture, and currently available to developers worldwide," said Ian Thornton, director of Solutions Marketing for ARM.

Oxford Semiconductor is located at booth #701 at the ARM Developers' Conference from October 3-5, at the Santa Clara Convention Center. For more information about the ARM Connected Community, please visit http://www.arm.com/community.> About Oxford Semiconductor

Oxford Semiconductor designs and markets high-performance connectivity solutions for the storage, multimedia, communication, computing, and industrial markets. Founded in 1992, Oxford Semiconductor is a privately owned company headquartered in Milpitas, California. Oxford Semiconductor recently acquired TransDimension, a fabless semiconductor company based in Irvine, Calif. TransDimension provides USB connectivity solutions and software for embedded applications.

As the market leader in IEEE1394 (FireWire) and USB interface controllers for direct attached storage applications, Oxford Semiconductor has shipped more than 10 million devices, and today supplies all of the world's major external storage manufacturers.

Oxford Semiconductor also has a strong reputation in high speed serial communication chips, and offers complete solutions for bridging between a wide-range of standard computer interfaces.

Through its FireWire audio controllers, Oxford Semiconductor has led the development of breakout boxes, external sound cards and multi-channel speaker systems, providing laptop users with quality sound for the very first time. More information about Oxford Semiconductor can be found at http://www.oxsemi.com.

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