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ThinkNavi Picks RMI Alchemy Au1250 Processor for ThinkNavi T7 DVB-T
Portable Navigation and Mobile TV Media Player


Alchemy Au1250 Media Processor powers Navigation-based Portable Media Player for
ThinkNavi’s European Market Entry

CUPERTINO, Calif. and TAIPEI, Taiwan, June 3, 2008 — RMI Corporation, a leading
provider of High Performance Processor Solutions for Communications Infrastructure,
Enterprise and Media Rich Applications, today announced that Thinkware, a
leader in the personal and portable navigation industry, has selected the RMI AlchemyTM
Au1250TM Processor for its ThinkNavi T7, a DVB-T based Portable Media Player for the
European Market.

The ThinkNavi T7 is a 7-inch personal navigation device running a 500MHz RMI®
Alchemy™ Au1250 Processor. The device operates on WinCE 5.0 and comes with a
complete European map for navigation, DVB-T, picture-in-picture (PIP) capabilities and
AV-in for rear camera viewing (safe parking and rear drive). The T7 also comes with
complete media capability, including the support of all common audio and video formats
as well as E-Book functionality.

"The integrated MPEG-2 video support provided by the Au1250 Media Processor
enables a cost effective DVB-T-based mobile TV solution with excellent navigation
performance. We have worked with the RMI Alchemy team on many of our successful
PND product lines, and are pleased with the performance, low power and integration
that RMI provides. We are confident that the T7 will help us execute our growth strategy
across Europe." said Konan Kim, CTO and vice president, Thinkware.

“Thinkware is expanding its leadership in multifunction navigation products by bringing
media and mobile TV to the European PND market. We are very happy to be working
with an innovator such as ThinkWare in this important growth area,” says Rob Oliver,
director, Media Processing Solutions at RMI.

The RMI Alchemy Au1200™ Processor Family addresses the needs of consumer media
applications by offering a high-performance, low-power processor capable of delivering a
rich multi-media experience to end users under a 1/2 watt (450mW). The Au1200
Processor Family consists of the Au1200, the Au1210™ and the Au1250, media
processors targeted for full-featured Portable Media Players, Personal Navigation
Devices (PND) and MobileTV. The RMI Alchemy product line provides system designers
an easy-to-use, simple solution to create full-featured consumer solutions with greatly
reduced design cycle times.

About ThinkNavi
ThinkNavi is the global brand of Thinkware Systems Corporation, located in Seoul,
Republic of Korea. Thinkware Systems Corporation is the leading provider of navigation
and LBS solutions for the automotive and mobile device industries since early 1997 and
the No.1 market player among the navigation market with almost 50% of market share in
Korea. With its own in-house developed navigation systems, covering hardware as well
as its own software, Thinkware/ThinkNavi is using its successful market know-how for
now entering Western Europe, introducing the portable navigation device ThinkNavi UZ.
www.ThinkNavi.com

About RMI Corporation
RMI Corporation is a fabless semiconductor company providing High-Performance Super System-on-a-Chip (SuperSoC) Processor solutions for the Infrastructure, Enterprise, and Consumer Media markets. Applications include Wireless, Networking Security, Thin Clients, and Connected Multi-Media. RMI offers a broad platform of advanced MIPS®-compatible processing solutions with both 32/64-bit architectures supporting frequencies from 300MHz to 1.2 GHz. RMI is headquartered in Cupertino, CA with branch and subsidiary operations in Texas, United Kingdom, India, Korea, Japan, Taiwan and China. More information about RMI can be found on the company's website at http://www.RMICorp.com.

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Media Contact - RMI
D. Christopher Keil                              
Sr. Director, Marketing             
RMI Corporation
ckeil@RMICorp.com 
408-434-5700   

 

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