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Metrowerks to Provide Development Tools for Tao Group's High Performance 
Platform for Consumer Appliances

CodeWarrior(r) Development Environment Combines with intent(r) Media 
Platform to Enable High Speed Java Development on Multiple Targets

AUSTIN, Texas-May 30, 2001-Metrowerks is working with the Tao Group to 
enable application and content development for Tao's intent(r), a high 
performance, portable media platform for consumer appliances. Leveraging 
its strengths in the wireless and consumer entertainment markets, 
Metrowerks is providing CodeWarrior(r) development tools for the intent 
platform, including the intent, Java(tm) Technology Edition, a Sun 
Authorized Java(tm) compliant and branded engine that runs real world, 
rich multimedia Java content extraordinarily fast and in very small 
footprints.

Tao's intent provides a complete and portable framework that allows 
developers to easily create multimedia content, such as 3D video games, 
that run on connected digital appliances, even low-end client devices.  
The Tao technology is used by many of the world's leading consumer 
electronics manufacturers, including Sharp, JVC and Grundig.

"This agreement will give developers the opportunity to target a single 
platform and reach a broad array of consumer appliances with 
high-performance applications and content," said David Perkins, 
president and CEO, Metrowerks.  "Tao's software is being integrated as 
core technology by world class OEMs -- many of whom already use 
CodeWarrior -- for set-top boxes, PDAs, wireless phones, web tablets and 
other appliances enabling a new generation of premium content for 
consumers."

Under the agreement, Metrowerks' CodeWarrior Integrated Development 
Environment (IDE), debugger, and Java compiler will combine with the Tao 
SDK to allow developers to quickly create compelling multimedia content 
and applications for Tao's high performance language independent 
platform on a variety of consumer appliances.

Stated Francis Charig, Chairman of Tao, "Having a world-class tool chain 
has been a fundamental requirement for Tao.  Our tools partner, 
Metrowerks, gives us the access to the content community, the global 
presence, the reputation amongst the OEMs and, most important of all, 
the quality and functionality of a product that the market desires.  The 
relationship with Metrowerks is already helping accelerate our company's 
growth."

The intent suite is available as a binary portable content engine on 
operating systems such as Windows(r) 95, Windows(r) 98, Windows(r) NT, 
Windows(r) CE for MIPS, Linux(r), Embedded Linux, EPOC, VxWorks(r), 
OS-9000(r) and Elate(r).  Elate was designed by Tao from its inception 
as a multimedia, deterministic operating system 

The first CodeWarrior for intent products will be available in the 
fourth quarter of 2001, following a beta program that will be launched 
in the third quarter.

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