Alchemy Semiconductor Selects Stellcom

Wireless Integrator to Provide Engineering Services for Prestigious Chip Maker

SAN DIEGO -- 5/22/2001 -- Premier wireless integrator Stellcom, Inc. today announced that it has been selected by Alchemy Semiconductor, Inc., an Austin-based fabless semiconductor company targeting the Internet Edge market, to provide system engineering services supporting Alchemy's Au1000 processor.

"Stellcom provides depth of expertise in areas such as Bluetooth, portable devices, LCD and battery integration, making it an obvious choice to provide development expertise as we build solutions for our clients," said Phil Pompa, vice president of marketing for Alchemy. "Stellcom understands and is known for its mobile computing expertise. The company's 17-year history of engineering offers a valuable soup to nuts approach that is critical in developing new technology and solutions."

Pompa added that Stellcom's leadership within the Internet appliance and device space combined with its first-hand experience at developing real world solutions for clients were critical reasons Stellcom was selected over other vendors.

Stellcom, headquartered in San Diego, is a wireless systems integration firm committed to engineering mobile workforce solutions that maximize ROI and increase worker productivity. Stellcom provides engineering expertise to leading Fortune 1000 companies through strategic alliances with companies such as BEA Systems, Microsoft, and Intel. "Stellcom has been working to stake a leading position in the wireless integration field - particularly on the device and appliance side. Being selected by a company such as Alchemy Semiconductor underscores the positive recognition we have gained with other technology innovators," said Tracy Trent, CEO of Stellcom.

Alchemy Semiconductor recently debuted the Au1000 processor which is a high performance, low power, high integration system-on-a-chip (SOC) targeted for the Internet edge market. These markets include Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) products, including both wireless hand-held enterprise PDAs and remote Internet access products as well as Internet infrastructure products, such as routers and line cards.

About Stellcom
Stellcom Inc., the premier wireless systems integration firm, is committed to engineering mobile workforce solutions from the enterprise to the device for Fortune 1000 companies and builders of Internet infrastructure. Stellcom's services and applications are delivered via its senior consulting, engineering and project management teams utilizing defined Stellcom delivery methodology. By leveraging its reference platforms, as well as strategic partners such as Microsoft, BEA Systems, Oracle and Sun Microsystems, Stellcom helps transform and enhance enterprise infrastructures, build Internet-based platforms and engineer wireless solutions all to manage mobile access to information. Founded in 1984, the company is headquartered in San Diego with offices nationwide. For more information about Stellcom, please visit www.stellcom.com.

About Alchemy Semiconductor
Founded in Austin, Texas, in 1999, Alchemy Semiconductor is a fabless semiconductor company that designs, develops and markets high performance, yet very low power systems-on-a-chip (SOCs) for the Internet Edge Device market: Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) products, including both wireless handheld enterprise PDAs and remote Internet access products; and Internet infrastructure products, such as routers and line cards. The company's founding team includes world-renown embedded microprocessor architects, led by former DEC Alpha / StrongARM design team members, allowing for a combination of proven design execution and MIPS performance technology to achieve high performance, low power dissipation and system integration in its Internet Edge Processor. Alchemy's headquarters are at 7800 Shoal Creek Blvd., Suite 222W, Austin, Texas 78757; or go to www.alchemysemi.com.