SPIRIT's Audio Software Now Available on Freescale's Quad Core DSP chips

MOSCOW, Russia - February 6, 2009 - SPIRIT DSP, the world's leading provider of voice and video software engines, announced today that Freescale Semiconductor has chosen SPIRIT's Audio Engine to support crystal clear audio on Freescale's industry-leading quad-core, programmable digital signal processor (DSP) chips.

With SPIRIT's software inside, Freescale plans to supply its chips to developers and manufacturers of advanced infrastructure equipment, such as media servers, VoIP gateways, residential gateways, etc. SPIRIT Audio Engine will run on Freescale SC3400 StarCore based DSPs, such as the high-performance multicore MSC8144.

"Carriers require sophisticated platforms that provide high-quality voice, video and data content and services from anywhere in the world," said Scott Aylor, director of DSP products for Freescale's Networking Systems Division. "Our high-performance DSPs are designed to thrive in rapidly expanding multi-channel packetized media and wireless markets. Combined with SPIRIT solutions, our DSPs are designed to help network operators deliver high quality triple-play services throughout the end user's home."

SPIRIT's award-winning Engines provide high quality real-time wideband voice, video and audio for the whole range of the next generation VoIP equipment, including Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs), Video IP-phones, video conferencing terminals, IP set-top boxes as well as residential gateways and multimedia terminal adapters. SPIRIT's complete multiplatform solution, available on all modern IP-connected devices, enables multi-user high-definition conferencing and rich multimedia services.

About SPIRIT

SPIRIT DSP (www.spiritDSP.com) is the world's leading provider of voice, video and audio communication software engines since 1996. SPIRIT communication software is used in over 80 countries and powers more than 100 million voice channels. SPIRIT counts among its customers Adobe, ARM, AT&T, Blizzard, BT, China Mobile, Cisco, Compal, Ericsson, HP, HTC, Huawei, Korea Telecom, Kyocera, LG-Nortel, Microsoft, NEC, Oracle, Polycom, Quanta, Radvision, Reigncom, Samsung, Siemens, DSP Group, Texas Instruments, Toshiba, ZTE, and 200+ other telcos, OEMs, semiconductors and software vendors. SPIRIT smart-phone OEM customers' shipments jointly exceed 60% share of the global market.