Arkle Res Regulatory News (ARK)

6 Feb 2008 07:01

Arc International PLC06 February 2008 Media Contact: Investor Contact:Jonah McLeod Juliet ClarkeARC International Financial Dynamics+1 408 437 3477 +44 20 7831 3113Jonah.Mcleod@arc.com juliet.clarke@fd.com Leading Smartcard Provider Again Adopts ARC For High Volume, Ultra High Security Applications SAN JOSE, Calif. and ST. ALBANS, England, February 6, 2008 - ARC International(LSE: ARK) today announced that it has signed a new agreement with a majorsmartcard company that first licensed ARC's configurable solutions in 2005.High volume applications where smartcards are used include retailers, GSM phoneproviders, banks and airlines. The new license enables the existing ARCcustomer access to multiple ARC products to create new solutions forsmartcard-related access control and identification devices. "Being able to easily access medical, financial, legal, and multimedia contentis a vital part of the end user experience," commented Bill Jackson, ARC's vicepresident of marketing. "Smartcards represent another application where ARC isproviding a solution unique from competitive offerings. Our customer changedour IP to provide the consumer secure access to confidential personalinformation anytime and anywhere. And with potentially millions of smartcardsin circulation, our customer is assured that his custom design will be harderfor thieves to compromise. We are delighted that we have again been selected tohelp our customer address this growing market." Smartcards are a natural target for hackers, and if compromised companies couldlose millions of dollars in lost revenue due to product recalls. ARC'sconfigurable solutions enable designers to customize the core and add customextensions to create a proprietary design that is unique to the creator andextremely difficult to reverse engineer. Similarly, ARC enables the smartcarddesigners to remove unwanted functions to create a very small solution which isvital to keep manufacturing costs down in high volume applications. # # # About ARC International plcARC International is the world leader in configurable multimedia subsystems andCPU/DSP processors. Used by over 140 companies worldwide, ARC's configurablesolutions enable the creation of highly differentiated system-on-chips (SoCs)that ship in hundreds of millions of devices annually. ARC's patented subsystemsand cores are smaller, consume less power, and are less expensive to manufacturethan competing products. ARC International maintains a worldwide presence with corporate and research anddevelopment offices in California and St. Albans, UK. For more information visitwww.ARC.com. ARC International is listed on the London Stock Exchange as ARCInternational plc (LSE: ARK). ARC and the ARC logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of ARCInternational. All other brands or product names contained herein are theproperty of their respective owners. This press release may contain certain"forward-looking statements" that involve risks and uncertainties, including thedevelopment, implementation, and release of features described herein. These areat the sole discretion of ARC International. Licenses from 3rd parties forcertain software and essential patents may be required depending on licensee'suse/implementation. For other factors that could cause actual results to differ,visit the company's Website as well as the listing particulars filed with theUnited Kingdom Listing Authority and the Registrar of Companies in England andWales. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange