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June 24, 2006 - Idaho -- Renesas Technology Corp., the world's leading microcontrollers company,and Metalink Ltd., a leading provider of high performancewireless and wireline broadband communication silicon solutions, todayannounced that they will be demonstrating the integration of Renesas' SH4processor and Metalink's 802.11n-compliant WLANPlus(tm) technology, enablingcomplete solutions for wireless home entertainment networks. The jointdemonstration will take place in Tokyo, March 6-8, and in Osaka, March 10.
The demonstration will consist of three MPEG-2 (equivalently, six MPEG-4)HDTV streams transmitted wirelessly at wireline quality to three differentrooms, between media servers and several high-definition television sets.
Renesas and Metalink plan to jointly develop product designs thatincorporate both companies' integrated circuits. These solutions combinedRenesas' SH4 processor and Metalink's WLANPlus baseband and radio frequency(RF) devices.
Tsunesato Munakata, General Manager of Custom LSI Business Unit,System Solution Business Group at Renesas Technology Corp., said: "Ourcustomers who manufacture consumer electronics products are increasinglydemanding high-performance wireless LAN capabilities in our solutions toenable multimedia delivery throughout the home. WLANPlus is an outstandingtechnology and we have decided to partner with Metalink in order to offercomplete solutions to our customers. We have chosen to use Metalink'sWLANPlus technology as the wireless LAN interface in our Super-H RISCMicroprocessor family and planned family of complete solutions for networkedconsumer electronics products. Our Super-H MPU SH7751R supports lossless RTPbetween LAN (Gigabit Ethernet) and Metalink WLAN/Plus (802.11n) and succeededto use Linux based QoS control, which provided more flexible solution such asHD video streaming and VoIP solution to customers."
Barry Volinskey, Metalink's Vice President of Wireless LANMarketing, noted: "Renesas is a market-leading IC solutions provider. Itsmultiple product lines are widely used by consumer electronics manufacturersand complement Metalink's WLANPlus technology. Together we can provideadded-value solutions for the networking infrastructure of the emergingbroadband home."
About Renesas Technology Corp.
Renesas Technology Corp. is one of the world's leading semiconductorsystem solutions providers for mobile, automotive and PC/AV (Audio Visual)markets and the world's No.1 supplier of microcontrollers. It is also aleading provider of LCD Driver ICs, Smart Card microcontrollers, RF-ICs, HighPower Amplifiers, Mixed Signal ICs, System-on-Chip (SoC),System-in-Package (SiP) and more. Established in 2003 as a joint venturebetween Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE:6501, NYSE:HIT) and Mitsubishi ElectricCorporation (TSE:6503), Renesas Technology achieved consolidated revenue of1002.4 billion JPY (appx. $8.56 B) in FY2004 (end of March 2005). RenesasTechnology is based in Tokyo, Japan and has a global network ofmanufacturing, design and sales operations in around 20 countries with about26,000 employees worldwide. For further information, please visithttp://www.renesas.com
About Metalink
Metalink Broadband is a leading provider of highperformance wireless and wireline broadband communication silicon solutions.Metalink's WLAN and DSL technologies are designed to enable true broadbandconnectivity in every home, and its products revolutionize the broadbandexperience by facilitating the convergence of telecommunication, networkingand entertainment.
Metalink aims to redefine the home broadband experience by introducingWLANPlus(TM) - a high-throughput wireless LAN technology, 5-10 times fasterthan currently available wireless LAN 802.11a/b/g technologies. FeaturingMIMO technology adopted by the 802.11n standardization, WLANPlus enablesroom-to-room networking of multiple high-definition video streams.
Metalink's DSL products offer service providers a cost-effective networkupgrade to support triple-play services. Using Metalink's innovative VDSLtechnologies operators can deliver fiber-like speeds over existing copperinfrastructure. Metalink's chipsets are deployed in millions of DSL lines byleading service providers worldwide.
Metalink is a fabless semiconductor company headquartered in Yakum,Israel. The company has subsidiaries in Atlanta (US), South Korea, and Japanas well as offices in China. Further information is available at http://www.metalinkbb.com
This press release contains "forward looking" informationwithin the meaning of the United States securities laws that involve risksand uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially fromthose in the forward looking statements. Additional factors that could causeactual results to differ materially from these forward-looking statements areset forth from time to time in Metalink's filings with the Securities andExchange Commission, including Metalink's Annual Report in Form F-20. Readersare cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. TheCompany undertakes no obligation to republish or revise forward-lookingstatements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or toreflect the occurrences of unanticipated events. The Company cannot guaranteefuture results, events, and levels of activity, performance, or achievements.
Mor Abraham
Marketing Communications Manager
Metalink Ltd.
Tel: +972-9-960-5406
Fax: +972-9-960-5399
amor ( @ ) metalinkbb dot com
Tsutomu Tsuboi
Senior Manager
Corporate Strategy Planning Div.
Renesas Technology Corp.
Tel: +81-2-5201-5063
Fax: +81-3-3270-5193
Metalink Ltd.
Mor Abraham, Marketing Communications Manager, Metalink Ltd. Tel:+972-9-960-5406, Fax: +972-9-960-5399, amor ( @ ) metalinkbb dot com. Tsutomu Tsuboi, Senior Manager, Corporate Strategy Planning Div. Renesas Technology Corp. Tel: +81-2-5201-5063, Fax:+81-3-3270-5193
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