KAWASAKI (Japan), DUESSELDORF and DORTMUND (Germany), Nov 4, 2009 - ELMOS Semiconductor AG (FSE: ELG) and NEC Electronics (TSE: 6723) today announced the availability of its four new single-chip IO-Link solutions for IO-Link slave applications. This project is based on a close cooperation with TMG-Karlsruhe. The new IO-Link solutions combine NEC Electronics' All Flash(TM) 78K0R 16-bit microcontroller and ELMOS IO-Link transceiver, with integrated IO-Link slave protocol stack in a single package. The part numbers differ according to their flash memory capacity; uPD78F8040 offers 32 kilobytes (KB), uPD78F8041 offers 64 KB, uPD78F8042 offers 96 KB, and uPD78F8043 offers 128 KB of flash memory.

IO-Link is the preferred standard serial digital communications protocol used for sensors and actuators in industrial automation systems. IO-Link offers the following advantages:

* Compatible integration into existing fieldbus or Industrial Ethernet environment * Process, parameter and diagnosis data in one cable * compatible cabling to existing sensor communication

One key advantage of using the IO-Link slave protocol stack offered with the NEC Electronics' solutions is that minor upgrades could be included if the IO-Link specification is enhanced, significantly reducing development time and effort. Alternatively, designers can opt to develop and maintain their own software stacks. The ELMOS transceiver integrates significant analogue components, which enable system designers to eliminate use of additional external components and develop a complete IO-Link slave product at low cost.

NEC Electronics provides extensive product range to include a choice of memory variants all in the same device package. Developers can choose from 4 pin-compatible memory configurations in an 8mm x 8mm 56-pin QFN package making it easy to switch to a larger memory if more software is needed. Flash sizes from 32 KB to 128 KB will be available. This also allows developers to use the same PCB for multiple designs even though different amounts of software may be required. A 32 KB device can easily be replaced by a 128 KB device without having to re-design the PCB.

To support system designers in using the IO-Link single-chip solution, NEC Electronics and ELMOS can also provide a comprehensive development kit at lower cost than most of the other kits in the market. The 78K0R Link-It! kit is available now.

The IO-Link market is now beginning to show real promise and ELMOS and NEC Electronics are working with several vendors some of whom are already engaged in development projects. ELMOS and NEC Electronics are well placed to enable system designers to quickly and easily achieve differentiated designs using the only single-chip IO-Link solution available on the market Availability Samples of the new single-chip IO-Link solutions are available now. Mass production of the new devices is slated to begin in April 2010, with expected monthly mass production of 500,000 units. (Availability is subject to change without notice.)

More information about ELMOS and NEC Electronics' solutions for the industrial automation market can be found at http://www.elmos.de/german/produkte/know-how/io-link.html or http://www.eu.necel.com/iolink . (Remark) All Flash is a trademark or registered trademark of NEC Electronics in Japan, America, Singapore, Hong Kong, UK, German, and China. NEC Electronics is a registered trademark or trademark of NEC Corporation. All other marks are property of their respective owners. About ELMOS Semiconductor AG ELMOS Semiconductor AG (FSE: ELG) is a leading developer and producer of customer-specific system solutions in the automotive sector. Based on the modular high-voltage CMOS technology, a great amount of analog mixed-signal circuitry elements such as voltage regulators, analog/digital converters, power-drives and NVM storage offer a huge range of integration possibilities for customers' ideas. In addition, MEMS-based sensor systems and dedicated packages both developed and manufactured within the ELMOS-Group, enable ELMOS to supply silicon-based microsystems. About 90 percent of sales are achieved with ASICs for automotive electronics. ELMOS is listed on the Prime Standard of the German Stock Exchange. For additional information about ELMOS Semiconductor, visit www.elmos.de. About NEC Electronics Corporation NEC Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723) specializes in semiconductor products encompassing advanced technology solutions for the high-end computing and broadband networking markets; system solutions for the mobile handset, PC peripheral, automotive and digital consumer markets; and multi-market solutions for a wide range of customer applications. NEC Electronics Corporation has subsidiaries worldwide including NEC Electronics America, Inc. (www.am.necel.com) and NEC Electronics (Europe) GmbH (www.eu.necel.com). More information about NEC Electronics worldwide can be found at www.necel.com.

NEC: Japan/Asia Kyoko Okamoto NEC Electronics Corporation + 81-44-435-1676 kyoko.okamoto@necel.com

NEC: Europe Oliver Luettgen NEC Electronics (Europe) GmbH +49-211-6503-1469 oliver.luettgen@eu.necel.com

ELMOS: Mathias Kukla +49 231 75 49 199 mkukla@elmos.de

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WHEN: November 5, 2009, 1:00 pm EDT / 10:00 am PDT

NEC PARTICIPANT: Gideon Senderov, director of product management and technical marketing, Advanced Storage Products, has over 17 years of experience within the storage industry in product management and engineering and is responsible for the product management and technical marketing of NEC's HYDRAstor grid storage platform. Gideon is heavily involved in the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) and was instrumental in defining global data deduplication. His current involvement in SNIA includes serving on the Data Management Forum leadership board, active membership in the Data Protection Initiative, and participation in the Data Deduplication and Space Reduction initiative.

TO REGISTER: Visit http://www.brighttalk.com/webcasts/7107/attend

About NEC Corporation of America

Headquartered in Irving, Texas, NEC Corporation of America is a leading provider of innovative IT, network and communications products and solutions for service carriers, Fortune 1000 and SMB businesses across multiple vertical industries, including healthcare, government, education and hospitality. NEC Corporation of America delivers one of the industry's broadest portfolios of technology solutions and professional services, including unified communications, wireless, voice and data, managed services, server and storage infrastructure, optical network systems, microwave radio communications and biometric security. NEC Corporation of America is a wholly-owned subsidiary of NEC Corporation, a global technology leader with operations in 30 countries and more than $42 billion in revenues. For more information, please visit www.necam.com.

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By joining the UNIVERGE(R) Solutions Partner Program, Tidebreak will work with NEC to provide its collaborative classroom environment for education customers. In addition to innovative learning space technologies, Tidebreak's interactive learning space technologies support three major ideas: transforming large displays into communal work surfaces, enabling the easy movement of content among students, instructors and devices in a classroom or group meeting, and automatically capturing and disseminating information to participants as they co-create new ideas. Tidebreak's technology offers campuses a software-based alternative to the traditional but costly audio/visual hardware infrastructure, creating the potential to lower total cost of ownership and maintenance costs to a point where advanced technology classrooms can scale across the entire campus.

"NEC has a strong product portfolio for the classroom; Tidebreak introduces an original approach that fosters student learning based on peer-to-peer interaction. Together, NEC and Tidebreak offer universities a complementary solution that completes the modern classroom," said Sydney Burton, director, education markets, NEC Corporation of America. "Tidebreak's ClassSpot PBL solution -- supporting flexible environments that support both teaching and learning - can be seen in action with NEC's classroom technologies in our booth."

Throughout EDUCAUSE, NEC will be showing additional technology demonstrations at the booth in four areas, set up to offer insight into communications mobility and flexibility for students, faculty and staff as they move around the campus.

-- Mobility -- technologies that can increase flexibility, productivity, collaboration and improve resource allocation throughout the campus. Technologies include: UNIVERGE UC for Enterprise (UCE) suite of applications with UC700 Desktop Client and UCE Mobility (MC550). The MH160 mobile handset, part of NEC's UNIVERGE Assured Mobility solution, and RFID location tracking to help prevent loss of assets.

-- Student Services -- communications management to connect with prospects, students and alumni via multiple media-types, including NEC's Digital Signage Solution, Automated Message System (AMS), and TellMe(R) hosted voice applications. Additionally, click-to-call capabilities to enhance the campus web site, contact center solutions, which help to streamline and support student services, and web phone communication alternatives to enhance student interactions with faculty and staff.

-- Campus Management -- support green initiatives and allow reduced costs through increased energy efficiency, and improve protection of people and assets. NEC's green initiatives help universities maintain a socially and fiscally responsible campus by enabling management and monitoring of building system's power usage to make informed decisions about energy consumption planning. Other technologies include: E911 from Amcom(TM) to help optimize emergency response, remote monitoring systems and network security for enhanced safety through crisis planning and management.

-- Classroom -- including Tidebreak's ClassSpot technology and the NEC's UNIVERGE Sphericall Enterprise Softswitch which provides a complete, software-based unified communications system that will support IP phones, unified messaging, video conferencing, presence and more. During the show, universities interested in obtaining a FREE copy of the Sphericall software for academic lab and software development use can visit NEC booth #622 to register. The UNIVERGE Sphericall SDK will allow a university to incorporate this fully-featured service oriented architecture within its IT curriculum.

For additional information about NEC's solutions for higher education, please visit us online at www.necunified.com/highered.

More information on NEC can be found here:

www.necam.com

www.necunified.com

www.UNIVERGE360.com

www.NECToday.com

Twitter at www.twitter.com/NEC and @NEC

Facebook fan page: NEC Unified Solutions

For more information about Tidebreak, please visit http://www.tidebreak.com/.

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TM Forum Business Benchmarking Special Studies are one-time studies developed to provide insights into important industry issues and business performance. The "How Hot is Your NOC" study was sponsored by Cisco and offered exclusively to Cisco Powered Program members. The study evaluated participating NOCs on:

- Customer experience management and ability to meet customer expectations

- Operational efficiency in problem resolution

"NEC's NOC has always been a source of pride as our performance-focused team helps ensure our customers' networks are performing at optimal levels," said Vinod Muthuswamy, General Manager, Managed Services and Support, NEC. "NEC Managed Services performed in the NOC have a history of allowing NEC customers to maximize network uptime, performance and security through various levels of remote monitoring and management."

The "How Hot is Your NOC" study focused on Unified Communications services, including Voice over IP, IP telephony, multimedia conferencing, communications applications, and intelligent networks.

More information:

http://www.necunified.com

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