Elliptic Semiconductor welcomes Japan's pre-eminent IP Distribution Company - Daihen Corporation to Partners' Program

January 11th, 2005 – Osaka, Japan and Ottawa, Canada. Elliptic Semiconductor, a leading company in broadband and wireless semiconductor products, announced today that Daihen Corporation has become a member of its Elliptic Alliance Partner Program (EAPP). As a member of the EAPP program, Daihen will be able to offer their clients in Japan leading edge security and network protocol processor solutions in addition to its wide Semiconductor IP lineup.

“We have investigated Elliptic’s product and feel that there is substantial interest in our customer base for these highly advanced semiconductor IP products. We welcome the opportunity to work with Elliptic and together build successful relationships with Japanese customers.” said Mr. Kosaku Yamaguchi, General Manager, Advanced-IP Project of Daihen Corporation.

”Elliptic is pleased to work with Daihen Corporation, the premiere semiconductor IP distributor in Japan.” said Al Hawtin, Vice-President Sales and Marketing for Elliptic Semiconductor. “Daihen has an excellent track record in IP distribution and is extremely well connected to leading semiconductor, networking and consumer product manufacturers in Japan.”

Elliptic will make available its entire family of virtual components, which encompass reference designs consisting of semiconductor IP and supporting software for IPsec, SSL, and 802.1AE, 802.15 and 802.16 link security designs. In addition, Elliptic offers low power implementations of TCP/IP offload engines and related security for network enabled cameras, cell phones and media gateways.

About Elliptic Semiconductor

Headquartered in Ottawa, Elliptic Semiconductor Inc (www.ellipticsemi.com) provides semiconductor products for secure communications ranging from low power TCP/IP implementations with associated IPsec and SSL security through ultra-high speed link IPsec and AES-GCM security solutions at Gigabit per second throughput rates. All designs consist of comprehensive reference implementations including semiconductor IP blocks, software drivers and APIs and supporting software designed to speed time to market and offer complete, proven interoperability to customers.

About Daihen Corporation

Founded in 1919, Daihen Corporation (Tokyo Stock Market: 6622) has been marketing power distribution products and industrial manufacturing equipment such as welding machines and industrial robots. Daihen organized Advanced IP Project, a team who specially operates the Semiconductor Intellectual Properties (SIP) in Japan in 2001, and has extensive experience in the development, sales and support of SIP. Daihen Corporation Advanced IP Project located at Tagawa, Yodogawa-ku, Osaka. For more information, see our website: www.advanced-ip.jp