Communications and Semiconductor Company Invests in Embedded Real-Time Software Supplier

SAN JOSÉ, Calif.—June 30, 1998—Lynx Real-Time Systems, Inc., a leader in embedded software solutions, announced that Motorola, Inc., one of the world's leading providers of wireless communications, semiconductors and advanced electronic systems has executed an agreement to invest in their company.

This investment is intended to accelerate the development of the Lynx industry-leading real-time operating system (RTOS) technology which is built on a scalable, standards-based architecture. The technology will enable Motorola and others in communications-focused industries to build complex, highly reliable, intelligent systems for their leading-edge products. One of the key technologies accelerated by this investment is high availability platforms, such as cellular infrastructure equipment, and other applications.

Motorola Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Staff Officer, Bob Bigony said, "Motorola believes this is a strategic investment because we consider the Lynx technology to be valuable for our next generation products."

"The communications infrastructure represents a fast-growing, strategic market for Lynx embedded software technology. Motorola has been a key customer and partner for us, particularly in the wireless arena," remarked Inder Singh, Lynx Chairman and CEO. "In addition, Lynx has a strong commitment to the PowerPC CPU architecture and Motorola's embedded board and system products, which are widely used as the hardware platform by major customers of Lynx for their real-time applications."

Long-term relationship

In recent years, Motorola has selected the Lynx embedded software platform for several products in its rapidly expanding communications business. These projects standardized on LynxOS, the Lynx real-time product, because of its stability, high reliability, scalability, openness and deterministic performance, and its robust support for large complex applications.

LynxOS, the Lynx Real-Time Systems flagship OS, has from its inception supported the popular 32-bit microprocessor produced by Motorola Semiconductor Products Sector (SPS), including members of the popular embedded "workhorse" 68K family, the high performance PowerPC family of RISC processors, and most recently the high integration PowerQUICC devices (MPC8xx) for communications and portable device applications.

The same Motorola processors, in addition to finding their way into a variety of proprietary embedded applications, are also featured in board- and system-level platforms host an array of mission critical applications, including those in communications infrastructure, data acquisition, industrial control and military/aerospace.

About Lynx Real-Time Systems

Lynx is a worldwide supplier of embedded software solutions including real-time operating systems, development tools, support and consulting. These products are used in a broad spectrum of applications including telecommunications switches, printer, avionics control systems, automotive test systems and process control systems.

Lynx products shorten product development cycles and reduce costs for software engineers. By committing to POSIX®, UNIX, Java and other industry standards, the company enables customers to leverage their investments in software development and education. No other real-time operating systems matches the degree of LynxOS compliance to POSIX, which defines the industry-standard API for UNIX and is the first standard API for real-time embedded applications.

Founded in 1988 as a privately-held company, Lynx has offices in the U.S., Europe, and Japan, with worldwide headquarters in San José, California.

About Motorola

Motorola is one of the world's leading providers of wireless communications, semiconductors, and advanced electronics systems, components, and services. Major equipment businesses include cellular telephone, two-way radio, paging and data communications, and personal communications; automotive, defense and space electronics and computers.

Motorola semiconductors power communications devices, computers and millions of other products. Motorola's 1997 sales were $29.8 billion.

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