Customer Announcement

Arc International PLC
20 February 2008


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Jonah McLeod
ARC International
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                 ARC Powers Audio for Fujitsu's Next-Generation
                     Multi-Standard HD Set-Top Box Solution

SAN JOSE, Calif., and ST. ALBANS, England, February 20, 2008  -  ARC
International (LSE: ARK) today announced that Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe
(FME) has extended its long term relationship with ARC and taken a license for
one of ARC's powerful audio solutions.  It will be used to process
multi-standard audio codecs in FME's next generation high definition (HD)
digital television decoders, including MPEG audio, Windows Media and other
standards.  This will help ensure that FME can deliver a high quality audio
experience to consumers watching digital televisions regardless of the encoding
source.

"Fujitsu first chose ARC because its configurable cores enabled us to build
highly differentiated solutions," stated Johannes Richter, FME's director of
multimedia business unit. "Using ARC's audio solution enables our
next-generation chip to meet critical price points in the highly competitive
consumer market.  Furthermore, it helps our design team get the chip to market
much faster."

Bill Jackson, ARC's vice president of marketing, said, "ARC's multimedia
subsystems provide customers such as Fujitsu with a hardware and software
solution that reduces their design effort and increase their competitiveness.
We are pleased that Fujitsu chose to extend its relationship with ARC, and look
forward to their continued success with ARC-Based chips in the high growth
set-top box market."

Global Digital Set-Top Box Market

According to market research firm, Semico Research Corp. in Phoenix, Ariz., the
set-top box market in 2007 reached $11B, a 24 percent increase over 2006, and
grew to more than 85 million units.  The arrival of HD content and the ability
to connect to the Internet are factors that are expected to spur new unit growth
for this application.

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About ARC International plc
ARC International is the world leader in multimedia subsystems and configurable
CPU/DSP processors. Used by over 140 companies worldwide, ARC's configurable
solutions enable the creation of highly differentiated system-on-chips (SoCs)
that ship in hundreds of millions of devices annually. ARC's patented subsystems
and cores are smaller, consume less power, and are less expensive to manufacture
than competing products.

ARC International maintains a worldwide presence with corporate and research and
development offices in San Jose and Lake Tahoe, California, St. Albans, UK, and
St. Petersburg, Russia. For more information visit www.ARC.com. ARC
International is listed on the London Stock Exchange as ARC International plc
(LSE: ARK).

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