CodeSourcery and Innovasic Semiconductor Announce the Immediate Availability of Sourcery G++ for the New fido Family of Industrial Microcontrollers

GRANITE BAY, Calif. & ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 19, 2006--Granite Bay-based CodeSourcery Inc. and Albuquerque-based Innovasic Semiconductor announce the immediate availability of Sourcery G++(TM), CodeSourcery's reliable and well-supported version of the GNU Toolchain, as part of Innovasic's fido1100(TM) evaluation kits. Every fido1100 evaluation kit will include Sourcery G++ Personal Edition, which includes everything needed to develop software for the innovative fido MCU. Sourcery G++ Professional Edition, which includes unlimited support from CodeSourcery's engineers, is available directly from CodeSourcery.

"When we began developing our fido software strategy, it quickly became clear that Sourcery G++ was the right toolchain for the job," said Keith Prettyjohns, CEO of Innovasic Inc. "CodeSourcery has exceeded our expectations in delivering a robust and complete toolchain for our new product line. We consider CodeSourcery a very important partner."

"The fido1100 MCU, which includes support for context-switching in silicon, is an exciting new technology with very interesting capabilities. We're very pleased that Innovasic has selected Sourcery G++," said CodeSourcery Chief Sourcerer Mark Mitchell. "Over the next several months, we'll be rolling out a number of improvements to Sourcery G++ specifically targeted for the fido family of microcontrollers. We look forward to working with Innovasic and its customers for years to come."

About CodeSourcery Inc.

CodeSourcery builds software tools that enable its customers to get the most out of hardware platforms ranging from embedded devices to supercomputers. Sourcery G++, a complete software development environment based on the GNU Toolchain, is the leading choice of software engineers, operating system vendors, semiconductor companies, and device manufacturers. Sourcery VSIPL++, a portable, parallel signal- and image-processing toolkit, boosts performance and dramatically increases productivity for radar, sonar, and imaging applications. CodeSourcery's products and services deliver on the promise of open-source software and open standards. Founded in 1997, CodeSourcery is a privately-held company headquartered in Granite Bay, Calif.

About Innovasic(R) Semiconductor

Innovasic Semiconductor is a fabless semiconductor company focused on serving the industrial market. The company has established a world-class reputation for solving obsolescence problems by developing microcontrollers and peripheral ICs that are 100 percent compatible with an original manufacturer's part in response to an End of Life notice. Having shipped over a million production ICs to the industrial market, Innovasic has become a trusted partner and an approved vendor to many of the leading industrial equipment manufacturers worldwide.

By developing close partnerships with its customers, the company has not only secured numerous wins for its growing line of replacement microcontrollers, but it has now launched its own family of industrial microcontrollers - specifically designed to solve problems typically overlooked by other semiconductor manufacturers. The new fido(TM) brand of microcontrollers have a novel architecture protected by multiple patent applications, while at the same time being compatible with one of the most widely used instruction sets.

For more information on fido, please visit http://www.engineersbestfriend.com/.

For more information on Innovasic Semiconductor, please visit http://www.innovasic.com.

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