FST.L Regulatory News (FST)

26 June 2012

Toumaz Limited

Toumaz 'Xenif' device secures multiple major design wins at leading radio and connected audio brand Pure

Xenif-based Pure products already shipping world-wide

Toumaz Microsystems, which develops highly integrated, low power SoCs (systems on chip) and solutions for the growing wireless multimedia and embedded connectivity markets, announced today that a growing number of the latest new products from Pure, the world-leading maker of wireless music and radio systems, are now shipping world-wide.

The highly integrated Toumaz TZ1090 'Xenif' device enables Pure to deliver the most advanced connectivity and multimedia capabilities in the latest members of its innovative radio and wireless music product ranges, while hitting aggressive price points and power consumption targets.

The latest products from Pure that are already shipping with Toumaz Xenif SoCs include:

·; Sensia 200D Connect - Pure's second generation touchscreen product

·; Highway300Di - Pure's second generation in-car product

·; One Flow

·; One Elite Series 2

·; One Classic Series 2

These products are all shipping now in markets world-wide, including Europe, Australia and the US as well as the UK. There will be further key products launching later in the year, all incorporating the Toumaz TZ1090 device.

The Toumaz Xenif SoC is a capability-rich single chip solution for cost-effective development of a wide range of Wi-Fi connected and/or DAB+FM radio products. Featuring an advanced 32-bit Meta™ hardware multi-threaded CPU running both Linux and advanced audio signal processing, together with two Ensigma™ RPUs (Radio Processor Units) delivering both 802.11 Wi-Fi plus DAB and FM radio demodulation, Xenif delivers the highest level of integration in the industry today for connected consumer audio devices in a single chip solution.

The Xenif SoC also features 512kB of on-chip memory, on-chip high performance audio DACs as well as full support for Imagination's latest Flow technologies, as used in Pure's innovative Lounge, Pure Music and music streaming offerings

Chris Toumazou, Executive Chairman Toumaz, commented:

"We are delighted to see the growing number of designs at Pure in volume production, thanks to the strength of our Xenif range of connected consumer multimedia SoCs. We are proud of the exceptionally high levels of integration we achieved with Xenif whilst delivering low system power consumption, together with comprehensive software support for radio and Wi-Fi connectivity, high performance audio decoders and a fully optimised Linux OS. As a result, Pure's engineers have been able to create many of their latest internet-connected digital radios that introduce new innovations and features to the market while also achieving exceptional price points. We look forward to working closely with Pure to deliver many more exciting new products using Toumaz SoCs in the months and years ahead".

Pure is the UK's leading digital radio brand. That success is now being replicated throughout Europe, Australia and North America, with over 4 million broadcast and wireless audio systems sold by Pure so far.

Says Paul Smith, GM Pure:

"Using Toumaz's Xenif SoCs has enabled Pure to deliver fantastic products and new features, such as smooth DLNA streaming, advanced cloud-connected apps and highly responsive touch-screen based user experiences. We have expanded the range of products from Pure now shipping using Toumaz SoCs, with many more to come, which reflects our confidence in the quality and capabilities of Toumaz products, and their capabilities as an innovative and trusted supplier of SoCs."

Toumaz Xenif SoCs are also being used by Alpine, a major brand in the in-car market, in their new EZi-DAB in-car product which is based on a design from Pure.

Inside Xenif

The Toumaz TZ1090 Xenif SoC delivers all of the functions from tuner to audio and display output on a single chip needed to create a wide range of advanced multi-media capable connected consumer products. These functions include:

·; An advanced Meta HTP Series2 hardware multi-threaded CPU, which supports all major OSs including Linux, Android and Imagination's MeOS RTOS (all available from Toumaz). Its high performance 32-bit DSP capabilities enable advanced audio processing using a wide range of highly optimised audio decoders, including full Dolby™ MS11 support

·; An Ensigma Series3 RPU capable of demodulating all major TV and radio standards including:

o Radio: DAB, DAB+, FM-RDS

o TV: T-DMB, DVB-H, DVB-T, ISDB-T 1/3/13 Seg, ATSC

·; A second Ensigma Series3 RPU delivering high performance 802.11a/b/g Wi-Fi connectivity at up to 54Mbps

·; Advanced display output capabilities, including full on-chip support for a wide range of displays from simple text-based up to 1024x768 XVGA class touchscreensA high quality integrated audio DAC subsystem with Class D output for up to 96dB dynamic range, as well as full support for integrated headphone amplifiers and multiple digital audio input and output

·; High performance on-chip I&Q ADCs and 802.11 AFE

·; A rich peripheral set including USB 2.0 OTG, UART, SPI, SDIO & SD Card, I2S and I2C

About PurePure is the world's leading manufacturer of wireless music and radio systems, the world's leading supplier of digital radios, and the creator of the Evoke-1S, the world's most popular and iconic digital radio. Pure leads the way in wireless music systems and cloud services with the Pure Lounge portal (www.thelounge.com). Pure radios support all the broadcast standards in the DAB family used across all key markets in Europe and beyond. Designed and engineered in the UK, all of Pure's products are assembled with the environment in mind and at ethically audited facilities. Pure is part of the Imagination Technologies Group. See www.pure.com.

About Toumaz Microsystems

Toumaz Microsystems designs, develops and sells low-power and high performance semiconductor chips and solutions for the growing embedded wireless connectivity market, addressing opportunities in a wide range of internet connected devices. These include home and enterprise automation, healthcare, smart power, security/monitoring systems, intelligent toys and other connectivity-centric cloud-enabled systems. Toumaz is an AIM listed company (AIM: TMZ) with development centres in Abingdon, UK and Taipei City, Taiwan.