Storm Semiconductor and Meshcom Announced Mesh Solution

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California and HELSINKI, Finland, February 28 /PRNewswire/ --

- Mesh Access Point Total Solution Using Storm's Gemini Network
Processor and Meshcom's MeshDriver.

Meshcom Technologies, a leading provider of mesh technology
and Storm Semiconductor, leading manufacturer of high performance Gigabit
network processors for wireless networks and network storage applications,
today announced a partnership to roll out a total solution for Wi-Fi mesh
access point designs.

The solution consists of Storm Semiconductor's Gemini, a
powerful dual core network processor, Meshcom's mesh technology and a
complete reference design will be available to access point manufacturers in
1H/2008.

Installation, cabling and maintenance costs for network access
are expensive in many environments. Meshcom has created a solution, Meshcom
MeshDriver, to solve these problems. Meshcom MeshDriver is a layer 2.5
protocol stack with proven features of zero-configuration, self-resilience
and an advanced routing algorithm.

Storm Semiconductor's Gemini Dual Core Network Processor is
now powered by Meshcom MeshDriver and is capable of supporting mesh
networking without adding any additional hardware. Gemini incorporates two
powerful ARM9 processors, with a dedicated hardware acceleration module
called NetEngine for IPv4/v6 routing and forwarding, Layer 4 to Layer 7
packet inspection, filtering and classification, delivering a Gigabit WAN to
LAN routing throughput, and wire-speed QoS performance.

"Wireless mesh networking is a hot topic since it solves many
networking issues in a very cost effective manner", said Miska Kaipiainen,
CEO & Founder of Meshcom. "Today, consumers are being surrounded with new
gadgets and appliances which all use difficult-to-configure network
connections for services. Similarly, operators and WISPs need to offer
services to the next billion people who live in rural or difficult-to-network
areas. They stumble in creating profitable business since roll-out costs and
maintenance for the networks are too high. We are very excited to work
together with Storm Semiconductor because now we are able to create a
solution that makes configuration trouble-free and allows operators to engage
in more profitable business activities".

"Gemini's dual CPU core with multiple Gigabit Ethernet
interfaces and segregate PCI-to-CPU architecture makes it a unique and
optimal solution for a dual band WiFi mesh network design," said Douglas
Cheung, Sr. VP of Marketing and Operations of Storm. "Combined with the
NetEngine, our customers will be able to build a high performance WiFi device
that incorporates advanced features such as Network Address Translation,
Firewall, and Quality of Service. Most importantly, for this joint solution,
Storm's technology maximizes the potential of Meshcom's software in both
performance and cost competitiveness for the whole eco-system".

About Meshcom Technologies

Meshcom Technologies, Inc. is a leading provider of wireless
mesh-enabling software for network device and handset vendors, OEMs, systems
integrators and service providers. Meshcom's products and enabling technology
offer high-performance mesh networking with new levels of mobility,
reliability, security in wireless broadband connectivity. Meshcom has offices
in Helsinki, Finland and Hong Kong, China. http://www.meshcom.com.

About Storm Semiconductor

Storm Semiconductor, Inc. is a leader in embedded network
processing, multimedia content transport, and storage solutions for both
enterprise and home networks. Storm delivers easy to use, cost effective
broadband communication and network solutions covering NAS, secured VoIP,
media server and gateway, dual band WiFi AP, WiFi mesh network, and
integrated EPON CPE. Storm is also an emerging leader of system-on a-chip,
gigabit switches and transceivers, and software solutions such as consumer
network QoS, and hardware acceleration engine. For more information please
visit http://www.stormsemi.com.

For further information, please contact:

    Jaycee Lui, Sales & Marketing Coordinator
    Meshcom Technologies
    Tel: +358-50-4000424
    Email: jaycee.lui@meshcom.com

    George Wang, Marketing Manager
    Storm Semiconductor, Inc.
    Tel: +1-650-988-0700 x116
    Email: george@stormsemi.com