AUSTIN, Texas, March 4 /PRNewswire/ --

- The Stellaris(R) Family of MCUs, ARM's CMSIS Initiative Share Same Goal
of Standardizing the Microcontroller Market with a Single, Scalable
Hardware/Software Architecture

Luminary Micro, creators of the award-winning Stellaris family of ARM
Cortex-M3-based microcontrollers (MCUs), today announced alignment and
support for ARM's Cortex Microcontroller Software Interface Standard (CMSIS),
a standardized hardware abstraction layer for the Cortex-M processor series.
The purpose of the CMSIS initiative is precisely the same as Luminary Micro's
purpose when creating the Stellaris family of ARM Cortex-M3-based
microcontrollers: to standardize a fragmented industry on one superior
hardware and software microcontroller architecture.

"We based our award-winning Stellaris microcontrollers on the Cortex-M3
processor to provide users with 32-bit performance while eliminating future
architectural upgrades or software tool changes," said Jean Anne Booth, CMO
of Luminary Micro. "The new CMSIS is a valuable software addition for users
who have already chosen the open ARM architecture to enable common software
reuse across multiple end-product platforms, bringing further improvements in
time-to-market."

Luminary Micro designs, markets, and sells ARM Cortex-M3-based
microcontrollers for the embedded and industrial markets. Now, with over 140
ARM Cortex-M3-based Stellaris microcontrollers and over thirty Stellaris
evaluation, development, and reference design kits, there are Stellaris
microcontroller options to fit the performance, integration, power, and
price-point requirements of any industrial application. Luminary Micro
provides the only fully-integrated standard-architecture solution in the
industry for real-time Ethernet networking (with hardware assist for IEEE
1588 support), the only ARM microcontroller to integrated both Ethernet MAC
and PHY, best-in-class motion control capability on an MCU, superior
performance through single-cycle Flash access up to 50MHz, smart and accurate
analog capabilities, and the industry's only complete StellarisWare(TM)
libraries suite.

"Luminary Micro's widespread proliferation of the ARM Cortex-M3
architecture through their Stellaris family of MCUs has fueled the movement
to standards for the microcontroller industry," said Reinhard Keil, Director
of MCU Tools at ARM. "The rich and diverse feature set of the various
Stellaris microcontrollers that are available today show that the Cortex
architecture is the right choice for the energy, security, and connectivity
markets."

Over 3400 different customers in sixty-four countries and territories
worldwide have purchased Stellaris products from Luminary Micro. The
Stellaris family offers efficient performance and extensive integration,
favorably positioning the family into cost-conscious applications requiring
significant control processing and connectivity capabilities. With the
Stellaris family's wide array of features, customers have designed Stellaris
into numerous industrial and consumer applications, including building
control devices, factory automation machines, industrial networking switches,
motor controllers, AC inverters, photovoltaic converters, fire and security
systems, test and measurement equipment, electronic point of sales machines
and printers, medical devices, power supplies, fitness equipment, and
consumer electronic toys.

Stellaris microcontrollers, evaluation kits, production modules,
reference design kits are available today, and can be purchased online at
www.luminarymicro.com/buy_now, or through local sales representatives at
www.luminarymicro.com/sales.

About Luminary Micro and Stellaris

Luminary Micro, Inc. designs, markets and sells ARM Cortex-M3-based
microcontrollers (MCUs). Austin, Texas-based Luminary Micro is the lead
partner for the Cortex-M3 processor, delivering the world's first silicon
implementation of the Cortex-M3 processor. Stellaris mixed-signal
microcontrollers contain specialized capabilities for applications in energy,
security, and connectivity markets. With the world's largest selection of
ARM-based microcontrollers, Luminary Micro's Stellaris family allows for
standardization that eliminates future architectural upgrades or software
tools changes.

Stellaris and the Luminary Micro logo are registered trademarks, and
StellarisWare is a trademark of Luminary Micro, Inc. or its subsidiaries in
the United States and other countries. All other brands or product names are
the property of their respective holders.

Luminary Micro Company Contact:

Jean Anne Booth / CMO / +1-512-917-3088 mobile / +1-512-279-8801 office /
JeanAnne.Booth@LuminaryMicro.com