Press Release

Sandbridge Offers Innovative Multimode Wireless Processor Technology

Company Focused on Fully Programmable Mobile Device Solutions for 2.5, 3G and beyond

White Plains, New York, June 17th, 2002 – Sandbridge Technologies Inc. today announced its entry into the multimode wireless processor market. Sandbridge supplies advanced single chip silicon solutions for multimode broadband wireless devices that integrate audio, video and data communications. Sandbridge's unique, patent-pending technology derives from company’s accumulated expertise in the design of extremely low-power DSPs and software defined radio (SDR) wireless baseband chip-set solutions for broadband multimedia handsets.

Guenter Weinberger, Sandbridge President and CEO, stated: “For multimode and 3G terminals to fulfill consumer needs and expectations, OEMs need innovative, new technology solutions. The Sandbridge SDR solution enables OEMs to deliver exceptional consumer value through higher performance and flexibility at lower cost.” According to Weinberger, “Sandbridge’s value is realized as OEMs respond to wireless device consumers demand for full data and voice integration, flexible support for computationally intense applications and multimode wireless protocol support to include GSM / GPRS / WCDMA / WLAN / BlueTooth and GPS.

The Sandbridge platform is very cost competitive with other commercial broadband wireless baseband solutions. Moreover, OEM customers have noted that the tremendous flexibility, processing power, and integration provided by the Sandblaster™ SDR single-chip multimode platform is like getting a set of additional interoperating baseband chips for no additional cost.” Weinberger concluded,, “Sandbridge is truly Expanding the Dimensions of Wireless Technology through our powerful Sandblaster™ SDR baseband processing platform that scales from 2.5G through 3G and beyond, ”.

About Sandbridge Technologies

Sandbridge Technologies Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company that develops and markets broadband wireless chip sets for handheld devices. The company’s exceptionally cost effective, ultra-low power broadband wireless technology is based on its Sandblaster™ DSP architecture. Sandbridge products are unique as they provide fully-programmable, multimode wireless communications solutions to meet future multimedia handset requirements. Sandbridge Technologies Inc, was founded in March 2001. Sandbridge is funded by Bessemer Venture Partners, Atlas Venture and Columbia Capital.

Reader Contact Information

Sandbridge Technologies Inc., 1 North Lexington Avenue, 10th Floor, White Plains, NY 10601, USA,
Phone: +1.914.287-8505, Fax: +1.914.287-8501, info@sandbridgetech.com, www.sandbridgetech.com

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David Routenberg
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914-287-8513

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