Oki Semiconductor Introduces First ARM9 Core Family-Based Engine Control Unit For the Automobile Industry

Lower Costs and Increased Design Flexibility Build on Oki's Ongoing Commitment
                              To ARM Technology

    SUNNYVALE, Calif., Nov. 4 -- Oki Semiconductor, a leading
technology partner for the new era of digital communications and convergence,
today unveiled the ML67Q2003 -- the industry's first ARM9(TM) core family-
based 32-bit Engine Control Unit for the automotive market. The ML67Q2003
offers car makers the many benefits associated with non-proprietary, ARM(R)
cores, including greater leverage of engineering resources, reduced design
costs and risks, and shorter time-to-market.
    Oki's ML67Q2003 represents the first ARM core-based engine control unit
currently available, offering auto design engineers immediate opportunities to
take advantage of standard products for current and future design needs.  The
engine control unit is QS-9000 compliant, and features a high-performance
ARM966E-S(TM) core-based CPU, and an ARM VFP-9(TM)  vector floating-point co-
processor built on a bus-centric AIEC(TM) platform.  The unit also comes with
1 Mbyte of embedded flash memory and 48Kbyte of SRAM.
    "Today's announcement of the ML67Q2003 is yet another strong example of
Oki Semiconductor's commitment to bringing the ARM advantage to various
markets -- in this case, offering automotive designers a powerful solution
with better pricing and broader alternative sources," said Ike Saeed, vice
president of marketing for Oki Semiconductor.  "This open, highly scalable
solution also gives auto designers a lower total cost of ownership (TCO), and
the flexibility to increase the performance and functionality."
    In teaming with ARM, Oki has been responding to the growing desire among
its customers to move away from the uncertainties, inflexibility and higher
costs associated with proprietary MCU designs.  The company has made a
strategic commitment to becoming a leader in ARM core-based solutions to
address that market shift, and is well positioned to take advantage of its
emergence.
    "The ARM partnership with Oki Semiconductor will bring several advantages
to automotive customers.  In this case, by selecting the ARM966E-S core for
its engine control unit, Oki's ECU is able to handle more complex combustion
monitoring to further improve fuel efficiency and reduce emissions," said John
Rayfield, VP, US Marketing, ARM.  "In addition, the VFP9 co-processor will
speed development, enabling engineers to really benefit from model-based
control methods, mapping their simulations more accurately to the target
system."
    "Ultimately, this partnership benefits both companies -- allowing ARM to
showcase its enhanced signal processing capabilities to speed performance and
development, while enabling Oki to offer its automotive customers flexibility
in increasing future performance at a lower cost with an ARM core-based
solution," Rayfield added.
    The engine control unit acts as the central control system of a car,
determining a wide range of essential engine functions including throttle,
timing, oil temperature and pressure, battery, transmission, and brakes.  This
system helps deliver increased fuel efficiency and reduced emissions, as well
as impacting transmission and suspension systems, rollover control and more.
    Oki's ML67Q2003 is QS-9000 compliant and includes the following features:

    -- High-performance ARM966E-S core-based 32-bit CPU
    -- 1 Mbyte of embedded flash memory
    -- 48Kbyte of SRAM
    -- Interrupt controller with 69 interrupts
    -- ARM VFP9 co-processor
    -- 2 channel CAN
    -- 36 channel x 10 bit ADC
    -- 5V interface
    -- Input/output timers
    -- Parallel ports (134 I/O)
    -- A 272 QFP package
    -- Battery level Detector
    -- Up to 80Hz operating frequency
    -- Operating temperature:  -40 to +125 degrees C

    Price and Availability
    Sample pricing of Oki Semiconductor's ML67Q2003 is $23 for one million
parts per year.

    About Oki Semiconductor
    Building on Oki's century-long commitment to communications technologies
and markets, Oki Semiconductor designs and markets a broad line of advanced
integrated circuits for telecommunications, automotive, computer and consumer
products.  Oki's product lines include telecommunications, RF, speech
synthesis, ASIC, microcontroller, display drivers, and memory devices, offered
in a variety of creative packages.  Founded in 1977 and headquartered in
Sunnyvale, Calif., Oki Semiconductor is a division of Oki America Inc., which
is a subsidiary of Oki Electric Industry Co, Ltd.  Oki has ISO-9000 and
QS9000-certified manufacturing facilities in Japan and Thailand.  Information
on Oki Semiconductor and its products is available through its web site at:
http://www.okisemi.com/us .