silex Selects Freescale's XS110 Chipset for UWB miniPCI Module; First Japanese Vendor to Leverage UWB Technology for U.S. Products

TOKYO--Sept. 7, 2005--silex technology, Inc. (JASDAQ:6679) has developed an Ultra-Wideband (UWB)-enabled miniPCI module with Freescale Semiconductor's UWB XS110 chipset. To address the need for high-speed, wireless PC peripherals, silex will use the UWB-enabled miniPCI module in its PC peripheral line for the U.S. market.

Leveraging Freescale's commercially available direct sequence UWB (DS-UWB) chipset, silex, a leading Japanese company and provider of device-to-device networking products worldwide, will showcase the miniPCI module at the Freescale Technology Forum held this week in Tokyo.

Freescale's DS-UWB solutions are shipping to OEM customers worldwide for a variety of consumer electronics and computing products. According to West Technology Research Solutions, the overall DS-UWB component market is expected to reach $482 million (USD) by 2010 with initial deployment occurring in consumer entertainment, communications, and computing in the personal area network (PAN) arena. By 2009, annual shipments for consumer electronics applications alone are expected to reach 38 million units, according to the firm's Q3 2005 report.

"Freescale provides a turnkey solution for developers seeking to incorporate Freescale's commercial UWB into their consumer electronic products," said Martin Rofheart, director of the Ultra-Wideband Operation at Freescale. "Using our UWB development kit, silex was able to quickly and easily develop a miniPCI module that meets FCC requirements for commercial use in the U.S. And, as Japan continues to draft its regulatory policy for UWB, we look forward to providing the same turnkey solution for products sold in Japan."

The Freescale XS110 UWB chipset used in the silex miniPCI module provides a data rate of 110 Mbps to wirelessly stream video, audio and data at a range of up to 20 meters.

"Freescale's XS110 UWB chipset is both commercially available and FCC certified, which allows us to add a proven wireless solution to our peripheral products with mini-PCI modules," said Katsuhiro Yagi, silex UWB project manager. "The mini-PCI is a great first milestone in our strategy to be a leading UWB embedded technology provider."

The UWB-enabled module fits the standard miniPCI form factor. silex intends to use the module in networking products for the U.S. market. The availability of UWB-enabled consumer products for Japan is subject to regulatory processes currently underway by Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC).

About Freescale Semiconductor

Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. is a global leader in the design and manufacture of embedded semiconductors for the automotive, consumer, industrial, networking and wireless markets. Freescale became a publicly traded company in July 2004 after more than 50 years as part of Motorola, Inc. The company is based in Austin, Texas, and has design, research and development, manufacturing or sales operations in more than 30 countries. Freescale, a member of the S&P 500(R), is one of the world's largest semiconductor companies with 2004 sales of $5.7 billion (USD). www.freescale.com

About silex technology, Inc.

Japan-based silex technology, Inc., is a 30-year developer of systems, external and embedded device-to-device connectivity products, and biometric fingerprint readers and software. silex technology, Inc. has independent subsidiaries in the U.S., Germany and China armed with their own local sales, marketing, engineering and tech support resources to serve those regional markets. silex has become one of the largest global suppliers of print server products over the past 10 years. silex technology, Inc. is focused on offering leading edge print servers, USB device servers, and fingerprint security devices that help enterprises, small to medium businesses and individuals improve the way they move, print, and secure information.

silex technology, Inc. is a publicly traded corporation and trades under the code 6679 on the JASDAQ Securities Exchange. For information on the company and its products, please visit www.silex.jp and for detailed financial information visit www.silex.jp/japan/ir2/index.html.

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