Motorola Inc Licenses Arasan SDIO Controller Core IP

June 25th 2003, San Jose California - Motorola a global leader in wireless, automotive and broadband communications, has licensed Arasan’s SDIO Controller Core IP. Motorola will integrate Arasan’s SDIO IP into its Wireless Application Product. The SDIO (Secure Digital I/O) core is an RTL design in VHDL/ Verilog that implements an SDIO controller on an ASIC or FPGA. The controller core supports UART or microprocessor (ARM, INTEL) application interface. The core supports all three SD transfer modes and operates a up to 25 MHz for data transfers up to 100 MB.

About Motorola
Motorola’s Global Software Group operates out of 24 software centers in 15 countries and is a leading supplier of software solutions to a broad array of markets and applications including wireless and wireline infrastructure, semiconductor, handheld mobile, automotive, and manufacturing.

Motorola, Inc. (NYSE:MOT) is a global leader in wireless, automotive and broadband communications.  Sales in 2002 were $27.3 billion.  Motorola is a global corporate citizen dedicated to ethical business practices and pioneering important innovations that make things smarter and life better, honored traditions that began when the company was founded 75 years ago this year.  For more information, please visit www.motorola.com

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