ARC announces BlueARC

Arc International PLC
27 November 2000


     ARC announces BlueARCTM IP core for BluetoothTM wireless technology

ARC Cores (LSE:ARK) today announces BlueARCTM, a low-cost solution for
developers who want to add BluetoothTM wireless technology to their products.
BlueARC is an integrated package of synthesizable hardware and software, and
the hardware is portable to the designer's choice of chip-fabrication
processes. Developers can take BlueARC-based designs to any foundry, providing
access to the lowest-cost silicon.

The new BlueARC intellectual property (IP) core is based on ARC's
user-configurable 32-bit Tangent-A4 microprocessor and a baseband controller
and protocol stack licensed from Tality Corporation, a subsidiary of Cadence
Design Systems Inc. (NYSE:CDN). BlueARC is one of the lowest cost, fully
featured solutions for implementing a wide range of products based on
Bluetooth wireless technology.

With BlueARC, developers can rapidly deliver a Bluetooth wireless-technology
solution optimised for the performance and cost requirements of the
application. BlueARC flexibly supports single- or multichip Bluetooth
implementations. Other solutions may require a separate processor specifically
for the Bluetooth function, together with additional processors and stacks to
implement system functions. This adds to the cost, consumes more power, and
makes software development more complicated. In contrast, BlueARC reduces the
silicon requirement and shortens the development cycle, enabling lower costs,
lower power consumption, and faster time to market.

BlueARC provides excellent power management due to its lower clock rate over
other alternatives. The Tangent-A4 processor has ample additional processing
capability that developers can use for their applications - both today and in
the future. The Tangent's unique user-configurability lets developers add
Bluetooth wireless technology to a wide range of products, from low-power
cost-sensitive applications to full-featured wireless devices.

BlueARC evaluation kits will be available early Q1 '01, followed by a full
product release in early Q2 '01.

Bob Terwilliger, CEO of ARC International, said, 'ARC's technology is
increasingly becoming accepted in this market sector because our customers are
able to differentiate their own products as a result of user-configurability.
We have several customers who are developing their own Bluetooth solutions
depending on their own specific applications and target markets - like
BrightCom Technologies and RF Micro Devices. Now, with BlueARC, we can offer
our customers a wider choice of foundry-independent Bluetooth solutions.'

Brent Hudson, Vice President & GM of Tality's Wireless & Multimedia design
group, said ' ARC has chosen a baseband controller core with a strong track
record in their target markets. Twelve of Tality's customers in those markets
are using it successfully. Moreover, our commitment to keep our technology on
track with the Bluetooth specification ensures that Tality can support the
BlueARC product roadmap over the long term.'

Enquiries:

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Notes to Editors

ARC International plc, trading as ARC Cores, is a leading designer and
developer of customizable, high-performance microprocessor cores and related
intellectual property solutions for integrating microprocessors with embedded
systems applications. ARC's 32-bit RISC processor is an application specific
processor, or ASP, which can be customized for use in a wide variety of
increasingly sophisticated products, including telecommunications, voice and
data networking, and consumer electronics products. ARC's technology enables
designers to rapidly develop prototype designs for validation of design
concepts, to reduce the cycle time between design, development and physical
prototype to the launch of a product.

With headquarters in Elstree, England, ARC International plc and its group
companies employ over 200 people in research and development, sales, and
marketing offices across North America and Europe. MetaWare, Precise Software
Technologies and VAutomation are wholly owned subsidiaries of ARC
International plc, providing software development tools, hardware and software
intellectual property and real time operating systems offering a single source
solution when required for system on a chip development. The company's website
is located at: http://www.arccores.com or phone: [phone] (UK) or
[phone] (USA).


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