Press Release

For Immediate Release

Mascot Capsule Inc. launches Mascot Capsule V4 Engine for
New ATI IMAGEON™ 2300 with full J2ME Mobile 3D Graphics
API (JSR-184) and OpenGL-ES support

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Jan. 14, 2004- Mascot Capsule Inc., a division of HI CORPORATION of Japan, today announced that the industry-standard Mascot Capsule Micro3D Engine, currently installed in over 30 million handsets worldwide, is now optimized and available for the ATI Technologies' IMAGEON™ 2300 co-processor for ultra-high performance mobile 3D applications. Now supporting both the OpenGL-ES and the J2ME Mobile 3D Graphics standards (JSR-184), Mascot Capsule is the most widely adopted graphics platform for mobile applications and content. Combined with the high-performance rendering hardware in the IMAGEON 2300, the Mascot Capsule Ver.4 release packs game-console performance into the palm of your hand.

"Wireless gaming is rapidly becoming a global phenomenon," said Carl Korobkin, president and COO of Mascot Capsule, Inc., "With the most advanced rendering features and capabilities, ATI's IMAGEON 2300 now boosts the power of Mascot Capsule Ver.4 to enable virtually any console-style game to go mobile."

Mascot Capsule is currently the dominant platform for mobile graphics and imaging, supported by more than 300 3D content titles from premier content providers such as Bandai Networks, IT Telecom, Namco, Wow Entertainment, Taito, and Capcom. It has achieved 100% market share in Japan and is licensed by wireless carriers and device manufacturers from Japan and Korea to Europe, the US and China.

With the arrival of the IMAGEON 2300, high-performance 3D rendering hardware has finally come to the wireless domain. Mascot Capsule Ver.4, with full OpenGL-ES and JSR-184 support, is optimized to take maximal advantage of the IMAGEON's incredible performance and sophisticated rendering capabilities, enabling developers to continue developing to a common Mascot Capsule platform while automatically benefiting from the latest innovative hardware.

"ATI has always been an early adherent to standards with our high-performance graphics solutions," noted Azzedine Boubguira, director of marketing, Handheld Products Group at ATI Technologies Inc., "That's why the IMAGEON 2300 was designed from day one to provide the ultimate in mobile performance for OpenGL-ES and also why we're delighted to work with HI CORP. and their fully-optimized Mascot Capsule Ver.4 Engine with its support of the Mobile 3D Graphics API for J2ME.