NEWS RELEASE
Dacy Yee
REDSonic, Inc.
Tel: (949) 833-9679 ext. 133
E-mail: dyee@redsonic.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

REDSonic Plans to Release RED-Builder 2.0 XE

SANTA ANA, Calif., - October 17, 2001 - REDSonic, Inc., a leader in real-time
Linux solutions for the embedded market, today announced its plans to
officially release RED-Builder™ 2.0 XE on November 8, 2001.

RED-Builder 2.0 XE is the company's most recent version of its RED-Builder
tool, an easy-to-use integrated development environment (IDE) that enables
developers to efficiently customize, configure and build embedded devices and
systems. RED-Builder 2.0 XE has the additional feature of providing a
flexible plug-in framework for board support utilities, including download
setup, a bootloader, and tools for remote debugging and target connection.
With this plug-in framework, RED-Builder 2.0 XE is extremely versatile and
has the ability to support the cross development of many different kinds of
RISC architectures.

For the marketplace, RED-Builder 2.0 XE provides great flexibility and
scalability. "With RED-Builder 2.0 XE, developers will on longer worry about
the tool becoming obsolete as technology evolves," stated Dr. Kwei-Jay Lin,
chairman of REDSonic. "The plug-in framework allows the tool to grow as
technology grows."

>From the company's point of view, the product release marks the latest
milestone in its RED-Builder 2.0 project. "Our goal was to develop the most
user-friendly development tool in the embedded Linux industry and provide the
most capable features and full RISC support capability," stated Lin. "We
believe we've accomplished that goal."

REDSonic is also planning to showcase its new product at an event on November
8, 2001 at the Hyatt Regency Irvine, where the company will demonstrate the
new product and some of its other IA solutions including server appliances,
thin clients, and gateway solutions.

About REDSonic, Inc.
REDSonic, Inc. is a leader in total real-time Linux solutions for both
embedded and server systems markets. With its headquarters in Santa Ana,
Calif., and offices in Taiwan, China and Singapore, REDSonic offers a
complete integrated development environment (IDE) that includes
REDICE-Linux™, a real-time Linux kernel, and builder tools to develop
embedded systems and information appliances. The company also provides
professional services, including training, support, porting, and
custom-application development. For more information, please visit
www.redsonic.com or call 949-833-9679.

REDSonic, REDICE-Linux and RED-Builder are trademarks of REDSonic, Inc. All
other trademarks are the property of the companies with which they are
associated.