SUNNYVALE, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 02/27/06 -- Cradle Technologies, a fabless semiconductor company providing Multi-core DSPs (MDSPs) for video and imaging systems, today announced that YOKO Technology Corp., the world's largest manufacturer of professional surveillance cameras, has selected Cradle's CT3600 MDSP family as a platform for their next generation surveillance products, which includes PCI-based and stand-alone DVRs, as well as network IP cameras and streamers/servers.

Based in Taiwan, YOKO is a worldwide leader in the design, manufacture and integration of professional video surveillance systems. The company's products include CCTV cameras, DVRs, IP cameras, video servers and related products that go into a variety of safety and security systems. As a top-tier Taiwanese OEM and an established manufacturer and system integrator, YOKO works closely with some of the largest providers of surveillance equipment in the world to address the needs of their worldwide customer base.

"YOKO's selection of Cradle's MDSP platform for their next-generation video surveillance products validates Cradle's vision that processor-based programmable platforms are rapidly turning into a critical component in the new video surveillance landscape," said Leo Petropoulos, Cradle's Vice President of Sales. "We are very pleased that YOKO, one of the world's foremost surveillance camera experts and manufacturers, has recognized the value of designing Cradle's programmable and scalable multi-core DSP platform into their future video-surveillance products."

Growth in the digital video surveillance market for security and safety applications has resulted in intense competition among surveillance system manufacturers. Fixed-function silicon solutions such as ASICs and ASSPs offer cost as the only point of differentiation. The increased competition in the market is forcing system integrators and manufacturers to look beyond cost as the only differentiator. To gain a competitive edge, these manufacturers must have the design flexibility that a programmable silicon solution provides to reduce development-cycle time and cost and to simplify the design of upgradeable products. Cradle's MDSP platform, with both DSP and general-purpose processor cores, gives system developers the processing power they need to tackle evolving video algorithms, multi-standard and multi-channel scalability, and video content analysis, while enabling them to easily implement their own software for additional functionality that can add value for the end customer.

"We chose Cradle as a technology partner because the flexibility and scalability of their multi-core architecture lets us design their MDSP chips into a broad range of surveillance equipment, targeting a variety of applications," said Paul Wang, Chairman of YOKO Technology. "Along with silicon, Cradle provides a complete solution with easy-to-use multi-core development and verification tools, application firmware, and reference designs, all of which accelerate our product development cycles."

YOKO's sixteen-channel DVR features a state-of-the-art H.264 video encoding format that provides the best compression rate and outstanding video quality. Users gain the benefits of real-time H.264 digital video performance and reduced networking traffic in one system. The DVR platform offers high flexibility with various access modes and ease of upgrading to support customer required features. With an internal storage capacity of up to 500 GB and the ability to transmit signals to remote sites, the DVR has a multitask capability supporting simultaneous recording, playback, and monitoring for both video and audio. The DVR connects to sixteen PTZ cameras with various alarm-triggering modes such as video-loss and motion detection. Another attribute is support for various compression modes, which give users the ability to record video based on specific security needs. Remote viewing and playback functions through TCP/IP networking are other features included with the DVR. In addition to the DVR systems, YOKO will be designing Cradle's MDSPs into their next-generation IP network cameras and servers. Depending on the specific requirements of the end product, a different member of the CT3600 MDSP family from Cradle will be employed to offer optimum price, power and performance metrics.

About Cradle Technologies

Cradle is a fabless semiconductor company providing the best price/performance, most flexible and most scalable programmable DSP solutions for real-time multimedia applications. Cradle's Multi-core DSP (MDSP) architecture innovation delivers high-performance scalable DSP processing with the flexibility, time-to-market and product differentiation benefits of processor-based programmable platforms. Coupled with powerful development tools and a suite of application software functions, Cradle's MDSP-based solutions provide OEMs with all the building blocks necessary to enable flexible yet high-performance DSP designs. Cradle's corporate headquarters are located in Sunnyvale, California. For more information call 408-636-5000 or visit www.cradle.com.

About YOKO Technology Corp.

YOKO Technology Corp., established in 1992, is a well-known professional video-surveillance system maker in Taiwan. The company designs, develops, and manufactures a variety of video-surveillance products including CCTV cameras, digital video recorders, video servers, quad processors, multiplexers, various portable products, CCTV lenses, monitors and other peripherals. YOKO was the number one manufacturer of the professional surveillance cameras in 2004 worldwide based on the studies of a famous market survey institute in Japan. YOKO was ranked by the Commonwealth Magazine as one of Taiwan's top 50 security manufacturers and one of Taiwan's top 1000 manufacturers in 2003. For more information about YOKO Technology, call 886-2-8228-6161 or visit the YOKO Technology web site at www.yoko-tech.com.

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