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Genesi Press Release about the April® Chip for PegasosPPC
bplan GmbH and Thendic-France SARL
Announce Completion of April® Chip for PegasosPPC

Paris, France - December 3rd, 2002. bplan GmbH and Thendic-France SARL, both soon to be acquired by Genesi S.à.r.l. of Luxembourg, are pleased to announce the development and final certification of the April® chip. The April® chip adds new functionality to the successful Articia® chipset developed by Mai Logic Incorporated of Fremont, California. Mai Logic, an innovative technology design house of integrated circuits/systems, worked with bplan to develop the first prototype of the April® chip. The April® chip enables Mai and Genesi licensees to offer PPC based computer systems that can compete in today's quickly evolving IT environment. The Pegasos will be the first platform to offer the April® chip and will be commercially launched at the Amiga+Retro Computing 2002 in Aachen, Germany 7-8 December.

"We were very pleased to have worked with Mai Logic on this development," said Gerald Carda, Chief Technology Officer of bplan. "Through our collaborative efforts, we were able to leverage Mai's expertise in PowerPC-based chipset/system development and manufacturing technologies and our own knowledge of system design, architecture and software to bring the April® development to a successful conclusion. The Articia® and April® can be used together to promote an exciting alternative platform for the desktop, portable computer and sub-notebook marketplace.

The Pegasos incorporates the Articia® and April® chip with either a PowerPC 750FX processor or a G4 processor, operating at 800 MHz or higher. A dual CPU module release is planned for 2003. In addition to the standard enterprise applications and other state-of-the-art functions to satisfy the most demanding users, the Pegasos platform will offer many state of the art functions. For example, smart card and bar code modules have been prepared to work with the platform. A handheld version of the Pegasos is currently being developed with a planned release in 2003.

Genesi, Innovation for the Future

MorphOS is also being launched at Amiga+Retro Computing 2002. MorphOS is a new operating system for PowerPC RISC microprocessors and was developed for the Pegasos. MorphOS runs on the Pegasos and on the Mai Logic Teron CX and Teron PX evaluation boards. MorphOS functions on 603e, 604e, 750 and 7400 (Original G4) PowerPC processors. In the future MorphOS will also run on other Open Firmware based PowerPC machines. Genesi will also be release an internally developed CD-bootable version of DebianPPC at Amiga+Retro Computing 2002 for Linux users. Additionally, a first quarter 2003 Pegasos release of OpenBSD is expected.

The Pegasos on sale NOW!

The Pegasos can now be purchased through any of the following vendors:

And coming soon to:

USA http://www.aztekcomputers.com/
Australia/NZ http://www.boinghosting.com.au/

Articia® is the registered trademarks or trademarks of Mai Logic Incorporated. April® is the registered trademark of Genesi S.à.r.l.

For more information, please contact:

Raquel Velasco or Bill Buck
+33 1 43662800
bplan@thendic-france.com
(ps)

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