Press Release

Abatron Joins eNsemble™ Multi-Core Alliance to Promote Development Tools for Multi-Core Processors

Rotkreuz, Switzerland - April 28, 2010 - Abatron AG today announced that it has become a member of the eNsemble™ Multi-Core Alliance, a premier industry organization founded to drive best-in-class innovations in multi-core parallel processing platforms and software development. Supported by a broad base of world-class hardware and software providers, the eNsemble Multi-Core Alliance serves as the foundation upon which original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) can more effectively and more efficiently develop high-performance networking equipment using industry-leading multi-core processors.  

”We are pleased to be a part of the eNsemble Multi-Core Alliance and to support continued innovations in multi-core processing platforms,” said Max Vock, President of Abatron AG.

Abatron AG offers full on-chip development support for multi-core processors. The BDI3000 high-speed JTAG debug interface and its associated applications for development support multi-core and multi threaded development and control of the high performance NetLogic Microsystems XLR® and XLS® processors. This enables customers to perform low-level hardware development, Linux kernel development, as well as in-circuit flash programming.

”Abatron provides tools that are important to the development of multi-core systems, and we welcome Abatron as a valuable member of the eNsemble Multi-Core Alliance,” said Behrooz Abdi, executive vice president and general manager at NetLogic Microsystems, a founding member of the eNsemble Multi-Core Alliance. “By having a community of technology innovators who are respective leaders in their areas of expertise, the Alliance creates a platform on which these developers can innovate to create new, breakthrough applications and solutions that can take full advantage of the superior performance and functionality of multi-core processors.

”As a founding member of the eNsemble Multi-Core Alliance, NetLogic Microsystems (NASDAQ: NETL) is committed to an open programming model for its family of market-leading multi-core, multi-threaded processors to allow the tighter coupling between networking software and the XLR®, XLS® and XLP™ multi-core processors. This enables significant improvements in the application development efficiency of software code and overall system performance. In addition, this enables the development of new enhanced services and applications for next-generation Internet networks that are highly optimized for multi-core, multi-threaded processors.

For more information about the eNsemble Multi-Core Alliance, please visit www.ensemblealliance.org.

About Abatron

Abatron AG is a privately held Swiss company, established in 1985. Abatron develops and produces high quality, high-speed BDM and JTAG Debug Tools (BDI Family) for development and production. Satisfied customers worldwide work with Abatron’s professional tools in targeting industries such as Automotive, Telecommunications, Industrial Control and Automation, Medical Instrumentation and Military and Aerospace Electronics. For further information regarding Abatron, please visit www.abatron.ch

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Max Vock

Abatron AG

+41 41 792 09 55

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4/28/2010