Press Release

HI's MascotCapsule has been Embedded into ASUSTeK Computer's Handset

HI CORPORATION (Headquarters: Meguro-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Kazuo Kawabata hereinafter "HI") announced today that HI has executed a worldwide license agreement with ASUSTeK Computer Inc. (Headquarters: Taipei, Taiwan; CEO: Johnny Shih hereinafter "ASUS") for the use of HI's 3D graphics engine MascotCapsule on ASUS handsets.

J502, which was released by ASUS for the Taiwanese market on June 12th, is the first MascotCapsule embedded handset under the agreement. It features a 3D interface on a 2.4" large QVGA display. The MascotCapsule embedded handsets from ASUS will be available in Asia, America, and Europe successively in the future.

Many content developers, including worldwide major players, have already developed high quality 3D content using MascotCapsule. HI and ASUS expect that this agreement will further expand the share of ASUS mobile phones and the market for MascotCapsule-based applications.

* Mascot Capsule is a registered trademark of HI CORPORATION. * The names of other products and companies mentioned herein may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

〔About ASUS〕
ASUS (ASUSTeK Computer Inc.) is a leading provider of 3C (Computing, Communications, and Consumer electronics) total solutions. With a global staff of more than 100 thousand and a world-class R&D design team, the turnover for 2006 was 17.4 billion U.S. Dollars.
ASUS has been ranked in Business Week InfoTech 100 for 9 straight years, and was ranked No.1 by the Wall Street Journal for best quality products in Taiwan.
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