RMI’s Alchemy Processor Selected for iRiver’s Newly Announced WinCE 5.0-Based P10 Personal Media Player

iRiver’s P10 is the World’s First 1.3-inch HDD PMP Video Player Powered by 600MHz RMI Alchemy Au1250 Processor Running at Less than 450mW

Las Vegas, NV, January 8, 2008 — RMI Corporation™, a leading supplier of Processor Based Solutions for networking, communications and consumer applications, today announced that Reigncom (iRiver), a leader in the global digital device markets, has chosen the RMI Alchemy™ Au1250 Processor for its recently announced iRiver P10 Personal Media Player with Touch-Screen. iRiver is the World’s First To Employ 1.3-inch HDD Small Form Factor in a Personal Media Player.

The iRiver P10 Personal Media Player (PMP) has a 4-inch LCD touch-screen with 800 x 480 resolution running on Windows Embedded 5.0 operating system powered by the Alchemy Au1250™, a 600MHz Processor operating at less than a 1/2 a watt (<450mW). The 4-inch display offers an advantage over its competitors by being a compact, design-focused handheld with recessed controls. The PMP offers a 33GB hard disk drive, only available from iRiver, capable of storing over 45,000 songs and supports all audio and video formats with integrated controls stylishly presented along the edge of the player’s frame. The player also adds a tactile touch-click feel , an FM tuner, flash games, recording capability, pod-casting, an E-Dictionary as well as DMB functionality (where available) and adds a kick-stand to allow ease of viewing.

“I am very happy to announce our selection of the RMI Alchemy Processor for an important project like the P10; we have a long history with Alchemy and are pleased with the roadmap for the Au1200 Processor Family that RMI has laid out. It has been over 5 years since the introduction of our first PMP with the Alchemy Processor and we look forward to much success with the P10,” said Mr. Kyung R. Kim, director, marketing department, Reigncom.

The Alchemy Au1250™ Processor is in full-production and offers a variety of performance levels ranging from 400MHz to 700MHz, depending on the application. The new 700MHz offering, an increase of 17% in performance, allows customers and developers increased capabilities including faster re-draw speeds for navigation devices as well as increased browser speed for Wi-Fi enabled products.

“We are extremely pleased to be selected by Reigncom for the iRiver P10 personal media player. The strong brand recognition that they maintain increases the strength of the Alchemy Au1250 in the market,” states Mike Wodopian, vice president and general manager, Alchemy Solutions at RMI. “The long-lasting relationship that the Alchemy team has maintained has been rewarded with this selection and we look forward to joining in the success of this new PMP and other successful offerings in the future.”

RMI’s Alchemy Solutions include the Au1200 Processor Family and the Au1550 Processor Family to meet the needs of consumer and communications applications by offering a high-performance, low-power processor capable of delivering a rich multi-media experience to end users under a 1/2 watt (450mW). The Au1200 Processor Family consists of the Au1200, the Au1210 and the Au1250, media processors targeted for full-featured Portable Media Players (PMP), Personal Navigation Devices (PND) and MobileTV. The Au1550 Processor Family  offers network processing capabilities with a versatile high-performance, low-power, highly integrated network System-on-a-Chip (SoC) designed for wired and wireless applications. The RMI Alchemy product line provides system designers an easy-to-use, simple solution to create full-featured consumer and communications solutions with greatly reduced design cycle times.

About Reigncom
Reigncom, Ltd. is the global digital A/V product powerhouse with the world-famous iRiver brand. The company’s ever expanding digital product lines include: Multimedia Devices (MP3/4, PMP, Mobile TV), Network Devices (Home Media Center, Wife Network, Navigation) and Content Devices (E-Dictionaries). The company’s products are branded under the iRiver brand. For more information visit www.reigncom.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.