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Crystal Media Adopts ARC’s Configurable 750D Core For Next Generation VoIP Solutions

Announcement Part of a Series of New Licensing Agreements with Leading Semiconductor Companies in Asia

ELSTREE, England, March 28, 2007 – ARC International (LSE: ARK), the world leader in configurable media subsystems and CPU/DSP processors, today announced new licensing agreements with leading Asia-based semiconductor companies. Each is a new ARC customer, and all have adopted ARC's patented configurable solutions to create system-on-chips (SoCs) for high-growth applications such as multimedia, VoIP phone, and flash memory devices. See companion news releases dated March 28, 2007 for more information about these new ARC customers.

These license wins underscore the growing number of semiconductor companies in Asia that are using ARC's configurable products to displace "fixed architecture" alternatives, and as companion solutions to internally developed CPUs and processors from firms such as ARM Holdings. These trends have boosted the number of license agreements for ARC from semiconductor companies throughout Asia in calendar year 2006, and led to a record 239 percent increase in revenue from customers in that region.

"We have been pleased with the strong adoption of ARC's configurable products by one of the world's largest and fastest growing communities of semiconductor companies," said Derek Meyer, senior vice president of sales and marketing at ARC International. "We welcome these new customers to ARC as they join close to 140 others who are using ARC's configurable subsystems and cores to create SoCs for high-growth markets."

Crystal Media
Crystal Media of Taiwan is a fabless semiconductor company devoted to the development of Internet phone SoC solutions for the emerging VoIP market. An affiliate of semiconductor foundry giant UMC and founded in 2004, Crystal Media has taken a license for the configurable ARC 750D core to develop next-generation consumer VoIP solutions. The ARC 750D core provides Crystal Media's SoC design team with the ability to increase the performance of their ARC-Based™ chip while reducing die size and lowering overall development cost.

About ARC International plc
ARC International is the world leader in configurable subsystems and CPU/DSP processors that are used by semiconductor companies worldwide to create system-on-chip (SoC) designs that provide a strategic competitive advantage. ARC's patented configurable products are smaller, consume less power, are less expensive to manufacture, and provide a higher degree of differentiation over what can be created using "fixed architecture" core alternatives.

ARC International maintains a worldwide presence with corporate and research and development offices in California and Elstree, UK. 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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