Press Release

For Immediate Release

ACCESS and HI CORPORATION to Cooperate in Marketing
3D Rendering Engine

Provide Integrated Solution combining ACCESS' NetFront Suite of Browsers for Consumer Information Appliances with HI CORPORATION's 3D Rendering Engine, Mascot Capsule Engine

Tokyo, Japan - February 14, 2003 - ACCESS Co., Ltd. (president & CEO: Toru Arakawa; ACCESS below) and HI CORPORATION (president: Kazuo Kawabata) announced that the two companies have concluded a license agreement to provide products combining browsers for consumer information appliances developed by ACCESS with HI CORPORATION's 3D Rendering engine Mascot Capsule Engine.

Tailored to the needs of customers, ACCESS will integrate HI CORPORATION's 3D Rendering engine, Mascot Capsule Engine, into its NetFront' and Compact NetFront(TM) browsers for consumer information appliances, and JV-Lite2 Java compatible engine for consumer information appliances. Integrated browsers will be shipped globally to consumer information appliance markets including mobile phones, PDAs and car navigation systems. This browser solution provided by ACCESS integrating the 3D engine will enable users to access 3D polygon contents inside HTML content, and allow applications such as idle browser screens utilizing 3D polygon and displaying 3D map contents on the browser. ACCESS will also provide a Java-based 3D Rendering engine that runs on JV-Lite2.

A trial version of Mascot Capsule Engine has already been bundled with the latest ACCSESS browser, NetFront v3.0 for PocketPC. The browser is sold through software download websites in Japan and the U.S. A trial version of the browser can be obtained at no charge. Bundling the engine with ACCESS products supplied to overseas mobile phone manufacturers is also planned.

HI CORPORATION is a member of the ACCESS partner program, ACCESS Advanced Alliance (AAA).

For more information about this solution, exhibitors and attendees can visit ACCESS' booth (Hall 2, G39) and Texas Instruments' booth (Hall 2, E19) at 3GSM World Congress 2003, February 17-21 2003, Cannes, France.

Mascot Capsule Engine Micro3D Editionv on NetFront v3.0 for PocketPC