Press Release

HI 's 3D Rendering Engine MascotCapsule® Shipments Exceeds 600 Million Worldwide

HI CORPORATION (Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan; President and CEO: Kazuo Kawabata hereinafter "HI") today announced that the cumulative shipments of MascotCapsule hit over 600 million units worldwide as of the end of March 2010.

Having been adopted by many companies including leading mobile phone manufactures in Japan and other countries, MascotCapsule has been globally recognized as a de facto 3D rendering engine for embedded devices.
Although in FY 2009 the number of global shipments of mobile phones -- the major embedded device for MacotCapsule -- declined 0.9 % (*1) from a year earlier while domestic shipments also went down by 4.0 % (*2), HI has achieved the widespread adoption of MascotCapsule into devices other than mobile phones, allowing us to break this pleasant news.

Number of handsets shipped with MascotCapsule®

Kazuo Kawabata, President and CEO of HI said, "We are very pleased that our MascotCapsule has been shipped in more than 600 million devices. Despite the still sluggish consumer spending in Japan and around the world and ongoing changes in business environments such as the rise of smart phones, MascotCapsule has been increasingly embedded into mobile phones as well as in other devices such as vehicle equipment and Karaoke devices due to our continued efforts. We are committed to further focusing on the development for smart phones with ever-increasing demands around the world."

"We will globally promote the provision of MascotCapsule as well as UI development solutions with high demands for an open platform such as Android™ that is increasingly being adopted. In terms of 3D stereopsis, which is attracting strong attention around the world, we will continue our efforts to provide technologies acquired from 3D graphics experiences and functions to support content development, as well as develop the technologies that immediately respond to market needs in the future, " said Hirotaka Suzuki, CTO of HI.

*1 Source: U.S. Gartner (disclosed on February 23, 2010, US time).
*2 Source: MM Research Institute (disclosed on April 22, 2010)

* MascotCapsule® is a registered trademark of HI CORPORATION in Japan.
* Other company names and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of respective companies.