San Jose, CA and Dresden, Germany (March 12, 2002) - Systemonic has announced the selection of Kanematsu Device Corporation (Kanematsu) as the distributor for the Systemonic product line in Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, Singapore and Korea. Under the terms of the agreement, Systemonic will use Kanematsu in Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, Singapore and Korea to sell its world-class line of Wireless Local Area Network products. Kanematsu will provide technical logistical support to Japanese, Taiwanese, Chinese, Singaporean and Korean companies developing W-LAN products.

"Kanematsu is a well-respected company throughout Asia," said Jose Villafuerte, Systemonic Director of Sales, "It has excellent experience, knowledge and relationships in our targeted markets. We expect these to be a long and fruitful association for many years to come."

Systemonic, the Communications Connection, recently launched its Tondelayo™ family of W-LAN silicon system solutions that provide transparent connectivity to information and applications for individuals and networks. These solutions support multi-mode, multi-protocol communication standards for a wide range of wireless and wired applications globally.

About Kanematsu
Kanematsu Devices Corporation ("KDC") was re-formed in April 2001, with the merger of three companies - Kanematsu Semiconductor Corp., Kanematsu Metals Ltd., and Kanematsu Electronic Trading Co., Ltd.
The Semiconductor Company (Division) of KDC, based upon its 30 years experience, handles a wide range of products, from semiconductors to semiconductor manufacturing equipments and related software, and provides them in the most suitable form to the customers. For the satisfaction of the varied needs from customers located Asia or the world-wide, KDC also has local offices in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Korea, China (to be opened) and U.S.A.

About Systemonic
Systemonic, founded in 1999 is a developer of wireless network applications, has gained a reputation as the pioneer of multi-protocol and multi-band solutions supporting different standards for wireless networking applications worldwide. Headquartered in San Jose, CA, it retains a base of operations and engineering in Dresden, Germany and in Marlboro, MA. Today, Systemonic platforms provide complete system solutions in silicon for data, video and voice networks across standards. Tondelayo is a trademark of Systemonic, AG. All other names are trademarks of their respective owners.

Kanematsu Device Corporation: compo@kdcjp.co.jp

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