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Independent OMAP™ Technology Centers To Help Speed Delivery of Next-Generation Wireless Products, Applications

BSQUARE, PSI Provide Wireless Handset Manufacturers and Developers Systems Integration Expertise and Operating System Support

DALLAS (August 21, 2001) -- Further accelerating the delivery of next-generation applications and wireless multimedia devices, Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) announced today a worldwide initiative that extends development support and training capabilities for TI's OMAP(tm) processing platform. The new network of TI-licensed companies, called Independent OMAP Technology Centers, will enable wireless handset manufacturers to rapidly take to market advanced and differentiated 2.5G and 3G wireless products based on TI's OMAP architecture, and allow software developers to quickly create multimedia-rich applications such as streaming video, video conferencing and high-fidelity audio. www.ti.com/sc/omap

TI has contracted with the first two Independent OMAP Technology Centers, BSQUARE and Productivity Systems, Inc. (PSI), to accelerate development efforts for select wireless handset manufacturers and application developers.

"OMAP technology has become the de facto standard for 2.5G and 3G wireless applications, and Independent OMAP Technology Centers give wireless handset manufacturers and application developers a very powerful tool for delivering advanced OMAP products to market quickly," said Alain Mutricy, general manager of TI's OMAP platform. "Independent OMAP Technology Centers greatly extend our development support capabilities by bringing together a variety of hardware, software and systems integration expertise, giving customers access to an entire palette of current and future OMAP development technologies."

Independent OMAP Technology Centers provide wireless handset manufacturers and developers access to a broad range of wireless system expertise, including systems integration, OMAP development training, and OMAP support products like reference designs and compilers. Operating system support is available for Microsoft's Windows CE, Symbian OS, and other familiar high-level operating systems. BSQUARE and PSI bring extensive system integration, OS system expertise, training and product support to 2.5G and 3G wireless handset manufacturers and OMAP developers.

"Our goal is to get our customers' multimedia-rich smart devices to market quickly," said Scott Bufkin, vice president of professional engineering services of BSQUARE. "As an Independent OMAP Technology Center, we can utilize our extensive Windows embedded expertise, products and services to create unparalleled OMAP solutions."

"Independent OMAP Technology Centers provide wireless handset manufacturers and OMAP developers immediate access to a comprehensive community of development technologies," said Ken Milburn, president of PSI. "By giving customers a complete set of integration and development services, we will enable the rapid mass market development of new OMAP technology-based products."

About the OMAP Platform

With a scalable, flexible, open architecture that enables the industry's highest performance with dramatically reduced power consumption, the OMAP platform has quickly become the de facto standard for next generation wireless devices. TI's OMAP architecture, which enables 2.5G and 3G wireless devices to run multimedia-rich applications like streaming video, video conferencing and high-fidelity audio, is currently being used by leading OEMs, including Nokia, Ericsson, Sony, HTC and Sendo.

About BSQUARE

BSQUARE Corporation (Nasdaq: BSQR) is a global leader in providing solutions for smart devices in consumer, enterprise, industrial and automotive markets. As a leading partner for Microsoft, BSQUARE empowers the creation, connection and management of Windows Embedded-powered smart devices through software, hardware, and service solutions. BSQUARE has an extensive product portfolio of software development and quality assurance tools, device and device management software and complete end-to-end managed device solutions. BSQUARE provides critical engineering services including device development, quality assurance, and system integration as well as services for managing client devices deployed into the market. For more information, visit www.BSQUARE.com or call 888-820-4500.

About PSI

PSI provides software application developers with engineering hardware and software development expertise, custom training and system integration services. Based in Richardson, Texas, PSI is working with TI on OMAP technology and has been since its inception. As an Independent OMAP Technology Center, PSI provides wireless handset manufacturers and OMAP developers a complete range of engineering services on OMAP platforms. As a systems integrator, PSI provides the expertise in software and hardware development from concept through fabrication. For more information, visit www.prodsys.com.

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