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Nextreaming and RMI Team up to Deliver CMMB Mobile TV

Combination solution of high performance processor and multimedia software supports Mobile TV for China

Cupertino, CA, USA; Seoul, South Korea; Taipei, Taiwan, June 4, 2009 — RMI Corporation, RMI Corporation, a leading provider of high-performance processors for communication and media rich applications, and Nextreaming, a leading provider of embedded multimedia software for mobile devices, announced today that they have successfully combined and optimized their technologies to enable first-in-class devices supporting mobile TV services over China Mobile Multimedia Broadcasting (CMMB) network.

NexTVTM for CMMB is mobile TV software for Chinese mobile broadcasting services which is becoming one of the most important mobile TV services worldwide. NexTVTM for CMMB follows Nextreaming’s ultra-reliable and market leading mobile TV clients for T-DMB, S-DMB, OneSeg, DVB-T and DVB-H. It reflects know-how and expertise accumulated in over 5 years of experience providing mobile broadcasting software to handset manufacturers and portable device makers.

Following RMI and Nextreaming’s already successful cooperation for T-DMB and DVB-T based on the Au1250® Processor, the partnership’s current achievement has been to create a ready-to-go platform that is fully compliant with the CMMB standard and is fully optimized to provide an enhanced user experience. It is optimized for RMI’s Alchemy Au1250 Processor and the Au1300TM Processor family, reducing the time to market for device makers. The software solution includes the support of CMMB channels encrypted with Nagravision’s Conditional Access System (CAS) and China Mobile’s Mobile Broadcast Business Management System (MBBMS).

Said Mike Wodopian, vice president and general manager, RMI, “Working with Nextreaming has enabled us to successfully deliver a mobile TV solution to our customers covering multiple TV standards including CMMB, T-DMB, and DVB-T which are important to our continued success in the portable media and mobile internet device markets. We are happy to have them as a partner.”

‘Following numerous success stories with T-DMB and DVB-T on the RMI Au1250 processor, we will surely help our customers to make other success cases with our NexTVTM software for CMMB,” said Dr. Il-Taek Lim, Nextreaming CEO. “Our partnership with RMI is in line with our strategy to combine Nextreaming’s technology with complementary technologies from selected leading companies. We are proud of our

collaboration with RMI with the common goal to satisfy our customers and to help ensure the future success of their business.”

About Nextreaming
Nextreaming is the leading global provider of embedded multimedia SW for mobile devices. More than 120 devices worldwide using Nextreaming technologies have been successfully released in the market, including the world’s first commercial DVB-H phone. Nextreaming's SW products include music, video and imaging applications in compliance with the international Standards, Mobile Operator services and Internet contents.

Nextreaming is specialized in optimizing its SW (i.e. codecs, protocols and application engine) for the corresponding HW platform, achieving the best performances out of it. This fact, combined with a strong customer support, enables the best user experience as well as the shortest time to market. For more information, visit www.nextreaming.com.

About RMI (now NetLogic Microsystems)
RMI Corporation is a fabless semiconductor company providing High-Performance Super System-on-a-Chip (SuperSoC™) Processor solutions for the Infrastructure, Enterprise, and Consumer Media markets. Applications include Wireless, Networking Security, Thin Clients, and Connected Multi-Media. RMI offers a broad platform of advanced MIPS-compatible processor solutions with both 32/64-bit architectures supporting frequencies from 300MHz to greater than 2.4 GHz. RMI is headquartered in Cupertino, CA with branch and subsidiary operations in Texas, France, India, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong and China. More information about RMI can be found on the company's website at www.RMICorp.com.

About NetLogic Microsystems
NetLogic Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: NETL), a fabless semiconductor company headquartered in Mountain View, California, designs, develops and markets high-performance knowledge-based processors and high-speed integrated circuits that accelerate the delivery of voice, video, data and multimedia content for advanced enterprise, datacenter, communications and mobile wireless networks.  NetLogic Microsystems’ products include high-performance knowledge-based processors, application-aware content processors, 10-Gigabit Ethernet interconnects and network search engines that are being deployed by Tier 1 original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in leading systems such as routers, switches, wireless infrastructure equipment, network security appliances, datacenter servers, network access equipment and network storage devices.  NetLogic Microsystems' knowledge-based processors and content processors employ an advanced processor architecture and a large knowledge or signature database containing information on the network, as well as applications and content that run on the network, to make complex decisions about individual packets of information traveling through the network. NetLogic Microsystems’ products significantly enhance the performance and functionality of next-generation networks that are designed to deliver high-definition video delivery over the Internet (IPTV), media-rich content over advanced mobile wireless services, voice transmission over the Internet (VoIP) and network security applications.  For more information about products offered by NetLogic Microsystems, call +1-650-961-6676 or visit the NetLogic Microsystems Web site at http://www.netlogicmicro.com.

 

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