Arasan Chip Systems announces to offer SD/SDIO Host Controller IP.

June 20, 2003 - Arasan SDIO/SD Host Controller conforms to SDIO Card Specification Version 1.10f & SD Memory Card Physical Layer Specification Version 1.01. The Arasan SDIO/SD Host Controller supports SD 1 Bit and SD 4 Bit modes and operates up to 25 MHz for data transfers up to 10 Mbytes/sec. The SD/SDIO Host Controller controls up to seven separate functions each operating in any mode of SDIO Card. The core can be integrated with any microprocessor bus and is suitable for any SD/SDIO host.

About ARASAN CHIP SYSTEMS

Arasan Chip Systems Inc. is a leading supplier of reusable Intellectual Property (IP’s) cores, semiconductor and electronic design services. Arasan’s product portfolio includes IP’s for USB, PCI and SDIO technologies. Arasan’s solutions and services enable businesses to develop and leverage product design and development. Arasan Chip Systems is an executive member of SD Association(SDA) since Nov 2001 . Arasan is headquartered in San Jose, California and with design centers in India. More information about Arasan, can be found on website www.arasan.com

About the SDA

The SD Association (SDA) is an open industry standards organization established in January 2000 by leaders Matsushita Electric (Panasonic), SanDisk, and Toshiba, supported by a consortium of over 500 companies. The SDA's mission is to set industry standards for the SD Card and promote its wide acceptance in a variety of applications. The SD Card is a highly sophisticated memory device about the size of a postage stamp. SD Cards stand to revolutionize information, entertainment and communication by putting advanced digital storage technology quite literally at your fingertips. The SD Card standards are currently being built into a wide range of new digital products such as cellular phones, audio players, automotive multimedia systems, handheld PC's and video and digital still cameras. For more information, visit SDA at www.sdcard.org